Category: environmental economics

William Schlesinger, Ph.D.
September 10, 2015April 4, 2016 William Schlesinger, Ph.D.conservation, environmental economics, faculty, marine studies, population growth, sustainability

Sustainability—–not

As long as the human population on Earth is growing, nothing we are doing is particularly sustainable

Recycling: What goes around comes around

Suspecting that recycling is a marginal business, I have worried that comingled approaches must be less profitable, since a lot of sorting must be done off-site.

Save the Wetspot

Beyond aesthetics and the intangible value of nature, wetlands also provide real economic value to our property.