What about the environment?

[njord]

The Amazon is burning...
The Congo is burning...
Indonesia is burning...
Siberia is burning...
The sea is fulling up with plastics...
And in europe we have had the hottest summer in decades...

I know this is a forum where we talk about business and ways to earn money. But what about the environment? Can fastlane; earning tons of money (creating value for others) and stopping/reducing environmental damage go hand in hand?

I was wondering what people experiences and opinions on the matter are and what we as entrepreneurs can do about the future of our planet.

 

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[Kid]

It will when:
Client's a$$ is burning...

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Can fastlane; earning tons of money (creating value for others) and stopping/reducing environmental damage go hand in hand?

Yes, and I believe it to be an imperative value skew. While I consider myself a pure capitalist, I'm not a believer in unlimited economic growth at the expense of environmental factors.

There is a ton of value skew to be created by addressing environmental concerns; reducing of waste, plastic alternatives, biodegradable stuffs ...

Regardless of the climate debate, there is a significant market that wants to "do their part" -- given a choice between identical products, I'd buy the one that would have less environmental impact. Environmentalism is a significant part of identity, and if you can tap into consumer identity, you have an advantage.

 

[Bertram]

Yes, and I believe it to be an imperative value skew. While I consider myself a pure capitalist, I'm not a believer in unlimited economic growth at the expense of environmental factors.

There is a ton of value skew to be created by addressing environmental concerns; reducing of waste, plastic alternatives, biodegradable stuffs ...

Regardless of the climate debate, there is a significant market that wants to "do their part" -- given a choice between identical products, I'd buy the one that would have less environmental impact. Environmentalism is a significant part of identity, and if you can tap into consumer identity, you have an advantage.

Yes.
Who are the experts at tapping into that consumer ID? Any thread links to offer here? Much thanks.
I'm involved in a biodiversity project. Any insights would be highly valued.

 

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[Bertram]

Yes, and I believe it to be an imperative value skew. While I consider myself a pure capitalist, I'm not a believer in unlimited economic growth at the expense of environmental factors.

There is a ton of value skew to be created by addressing environmental concerns; reducing of waste, plastic alternatives, biodegradable stuffs ...

Regardless of the climate debate, there is a significant market that wants to "do their part" -- given a choice between identical products, I'd buy the one that would have less environmental impact. Environmentalism is a significant part of identity, and if you can tap into consumer identity, you have an advantage.

I dislike how the youngest generations are being frightened and disempowered by doomsday narratives (politically motivated, natch) based on sheer stupidity.
Why stupidity? Because technology is the wild card. Science is the good wizard. We have a lot of work to do.
There have been such phenomenal advances in technology and in applied science in the past twenty years. No one should buy the story that we have no choice but to witness species loss and environmental degradation. and we need to stop teaching this depression story to children.
Political motivated scientifically illiterate poppycock.
Every child should be encouraged, reassured, educated in science, and then knighted when they are adolescents with the noble mandate to get going and be inventive. Find technological and organic solutions to the problem.
From revitalizing farmland to carbon-free aeronautics, designing carbon-free clothing, cooling the planet through upper atmospheric geophysics, innovating new food sources, zero carbon catalytic hydrogen generator for homes, promoting a recycling mindset, promoting wellbeing through the lifespan, protecting species migration, and ending the use of paper cups which each require fifty gallons of water to manufacture, there is tons of stuff to do.
Starbucks' plastic straw ban a triumph? Gimme a break.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Starbucks' plastic straw ban a triumph? Gimme a break.

Triggered.