Ethical economics, or ‘Ethonomics’ is about founding businesses that are good for the world as well as the bottom line. It’s about practising social change through urban revitalization, sustainable agriculture, green IT, alternative energy and online community-powered investing.
Any business that claims to be truly sustainable and innovative should be increasingly efficient with energy and natural resources, transparent and accountable, and good on balance for people and other living things. Ethonomics is a hybrid of technology, design, and social responsibility. In the reality-based world of ethonomics, good results are more important than good intentions.
Also known as electronic waste or high-tech trash, it is considered hazardous waste. E-waste contains harmful metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury. When these elements are...
Earth Overshoot Day is the day each calendar year when the human demand, the natural resources we consume and the carbon dioxide emissions we create, exceeds the planet’s ability t...
The central strategy in the cradle-to-cradle development method seeks to create industrial systems that emulate healthy natural systems. The central principle of eco-effectiveness...