10 Years Of Enviropreneurs
Bobby McCormickA look back on the PERC Enviropreneur Institute from the retiring director
The Magazine of Free Market Environmentalism
Carr is finding that the fastest way to solve most environmental problems is with “economics not public policy”—a concept that PERC’s Enviropreneur™ Institute (PEI) has been teaching over the past 10 years. In this year’s special enviropreneur edition, PEI director emeritus extraordinaire, Bobby McCormick, reflects on the past and future of this powerful program.
A look back on the PERC Enviropreneur Institute from the retiring director
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How a fence and an off-road race are creating a new conservation paradigm in Kenya
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Productive farm land near large urban centers is being protected as conservation easements include farming as a stipulation of the tax-reducing easements.
John Charles Cascade Policy Institute In 2004, John Charles became the president of Cascade Policy Institute—an Oregon-based think tank working for state-level reform in areas…
An enviropreneur uses water rights markets to keep water in stream.
Creating a marketplace for fashion designers to use eco-friendly materials
How the large-scale food system can be a midsized farmer's best hope