A recent column in The New York Times by Nicholas Kristof, convinced me to turn my attention away from Crimea and focus on a completely different issue which is how our dietary choices affect our natural environment. Kristof cites a new book by Christopher Leonard about Tyson Foods and the concentration of the American meat […]
Crimea and Chinese Air Pollution
Last week two events happened in different parts of the world and I have been debating with myself, which one of them might be more important for anyone concerned with doing business on the earth: Crimea or China. In Eastern Europe, Russian troops have surreptitiously occupied the autonomous region of Crimea and the province’ is […]
Sochi & Sustainability
This week I have been in New York City for the first module of the Advanced Management Program in Media & Entertainment and went with the program participants to visit NBC News and luckily managed to see Alex Wallace, a graduate of the program before she flew out to Sochi for the Winter Olympics. Having been […]
Shale Gas and Fracking (2)
In this, the second of three posts on shale gas, I want to focus on the impact that fracking technology …
Shale Gas and Fracking (1)
The first of a series of posts on hydraulic fracking discusses the technology and the environmental problems that it can cause if not done to a high enough standard …