Executive Summary: Cashmere and Savannah Regeneration: If you buy a cashmere sweater online, PayPal, which secures your electronic funds transfer, will make as much money on the sale as the sheep farmer who had to endure the winter months under the...
Case 111: Cluster: How biodiversity regeneration makes a tea plantation competitive
Transforming an organic tea estate in Assam, India, into an economic powerhouse: setting new standards for park management; strengthening the community. Written by Gunter Pauli, author of "The Blue Economy," March 1, 2016. Kaziranga received a notification...
Case 110: Cluster: Mangroves, shrimp, and algae
Executive Summary: Mangroves represent a unique ecosystem at the crossroads of four distinct life forms: aerobic, anaerobic (due to tides that vary the water level), exposure to air or immersion in water, and salt water and fresh water...
Case 109: Cluster: Beer, energy and food
Executive Summary: Brewing beer is a global business, but the amount of waste produced by this industry is staggering. Only 8% of the starch is used, and the remaining 92% of the spent grains, which contain fiber and protein, are...
Case 108: Cluster: Local economic development, housing and social capital
Executive Summary: Most of us are familiar with the old adage "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer," and the truth is that this will never change as long as current business models, especially with regard to housing...
Case 107: Cluster: Agriculture, forestry, biorefineries and stranded assets
Executive Summary: Today's societies are heavily dependent on oil, and the transition to more renewable and sustainable fuels presents a major challenge. Biorefineries are central to achieving this shift by utilizing biomass, which...
Case 106: Cluster: Coffee, Food and Equality
Executive Summary: The demand for nutritional sources to feed the world's population continues to grow, and to meet this demand, industries have resorted to genetic modification or intensifying cultivation by guaranteeing higher yields...
Case 105: Cluster: Biofuels, heavy industry and forests
Executive Summary: There are many methods for creating biofuels and renewable energy sources for growing or struggling economies, but few viable solutions offer low carbon emissions with minimal impact...
Case 104: Cluster: Urban agriculture, climate change, and real estate valuation
Executive Summary: A large portion of the world's less privileged population does not have easy access to fresh, healthy fruits and vegetables. As rural areas become increasingly depopulated and cities expand to overflowing, the...
Case 103: Cluster: From building design, glass, and landfills
Executive Summary: There are many viable approaches to designing green buildings, from using principles from nature, such as air conditioning by termites and zebras, to using bamboo, which will be discussed...










