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Roland’s new book, The Business of Less, challenges the corporate sustainability gospel of ‘eco-efficiency’ and ‘win-win’ and introduces an alternative set of ideas to reconcile business and the environment.
The book shows how the four pollution prevention principles ‘again’, ‘different’, ‘less’, and ‘labor, not materials’ can be used to truly make companies and households more sustainable.
Full of anecdotes and examples, this book is highly accessible and relevant for everyone who is worried about the fate of our planet and looking for answers.
Roland Geyer’s op-ed in The Guardian says that to meet the dire need to further decrease greenhouse gases will require a ban fossil fuels. Read the full article to find out why.
Watch the PBS NewsHour Special on plastic production, use, and disposal featuring interviews with Dr. Geyer throughout the program.
Roland discusses recycling and consumerism on Patagonia’s film, “Why Recycled?” featuring his work with waste systems and Patagonia’s efforts to help consumers reduce, reuse and recycle.
The story of Dr. Geyer’s investigation into plastic has been illustrated by artist Susie Cagle. Check out cartoon-Roland in The Guardian
Industrial Ecology
Industrial ecology studies the material and energy flows in industrial and consumer activities, the effects of these flows on the environment, and how economic, political, regulatory, and social factors can influence the flow, use, and transformation of natural resources to reduce environmental impact.
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