Although it is not that overwhelming, only 25% of hotels have a sustainability program and it is becoming more commonplace to see such hotels. Even more promising, there are more tour groups that try and run socially and sustainably oriented travel programs. I think that it is equally promising that cruise lines, long notorious polluters […]
Sometimes government is not able to undo the future. At least that is the hope that I find in the attached articles about investing and the environment. Notwithstanding the fact that it appears our environmental laws will be under the greatest assault since Reagan was President, I am hopeful that the tide has already turned […]
Bloomberg recently reported that it probably found your e-waste…in a small town in Mexico being disassembled by workers who are unprotected from the Lead, Mercury or other toxic chemicals in the phones, computers or other electronics shipped there. And it is shipped there in spite of EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) laws that say the manufacturers […]
Ron Lieber recently wrote a very good article on what to look for in buying real estate and considering climate change when you do so. First, let me say that whether climate change is anthropogenic or not is not the point. The point is that if you are going to invest near a coastal area, […]
What a view may take a back seat to how safe is the house going to be if it is near the water. That is the basis of a recent article on how market forces are effecting there real estate market in coastal areas. Yes, we all like to be near the water. Yes, those […]