“..if sustainability becomes integrated into the fabric of nation’s economies, there is hope..”

After the Rio+20 convention left most people disheartened about the possibility of turning humans away from their profligate consumption, and most activists and analysts shouting, ‘this is a whitewash,’ there does seem to be a kernel of hope from the meeting’s outcome. The Guardian newspaper has profiled an interesting side to the seemingly stalled environmental discussions – the idea of “Green Economics” was, apparently, much discussed but was left off of the main agenda. Read the rest of this entry →