Comments on: Sustainability: Services – not Products – Are the Key to Aligning Interests http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/ Media, Economics, Finance, Business, Technology, etc. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric Olson http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/comment-page-1/#comment-62445 Eric Olson Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:23:05 +0000 http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/#comment-62445 @ JZ: I thought that is what you had. Apparently that company has commercial services as well where they sell the carpet as a service. @ JZ: I thought that is what you had. Apparently that company has commercial services as well where they sell the carpet as a service.

]]> By: John Zeratsky http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/comment-page-1/#comment-62436 John Zeratsky Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:50:53 +0000 http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/#comment-62436 We have InterfaceFLOR tiles at home. But we purchased them square by square, not as a service. Even so, it's a more sustainable approach than traditional carpeting -- if one area wears out, we can pick up a couple new tiles instead of replacing the whole thing. We have InterfaceFLOR tiles at home. But we purchased them square by square, not as a service. Even so, it’s a more sustainable approach than traditional carpeting — if one area wears out, we can pick up a couple new tiles instead of replacing the whole thing.

]]> By: Eric Olson http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/comment-page-1/#comment-62355 Eric Olson Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:40:42 +0000 http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/#comment-62355 Thanks Peter! I will absolutely check out the work of Hawken and Lovins. Thanks Peter! I will absolutely check out the work of Hawken and Lovins.

]]> By: Peter Christensen http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/comment-page-1/#comment-62305 Peter Christensen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:33:24 +0000 http://www.ericjohnolson.com/blog/2008/02/14/sustainability-services-not-products-are-the-key-to-aligning-interests/#comment-62305 Natural Capitalism (by Paul Hawken) is *the Bible* for this kind of stuff. It's probably in my top 10 favorite books of all time. http://www.amazon.com/o/asin/0316353000/pchristensen-20 Actually, anything by Paul Hawken is required reading for anyone who wants to take an intelligent approach to environmental economics. Here's a review I wrote for "Ecology of Commerce" http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/the-ecology-of-commerce-by-paul-hawken/ Another guy to keep an ear out for is Amory Lovins, head of the Rocky Mountain Institute. If Paul Hawken wrote the Bible, then Amory Lovins is like God for this field. He did a lecture series at Stanford that is available online: http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/worlds-best-primer-on-energy-competitiveness/ http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/series/si-energy.html Catch up on Hawken and Lovins and your world will be transformed and you'll know more than 99% of people in the world about environmental economics. Natural Capitalism (by Paul Hawken) is *the Bible* for this kind of stuff. It’s probably in my top 10 favorite books of all time.

http://www.amazon.com/o/asin/0316353000/pchristensen-20

Actually, anything by Paul Hawken is required reading for anyone who wants to take an intelligent approach to environmental economics. Here’s a review I wrote for “Ecology of Commerce”

http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/the-ecology-of-commerce-by-paul-hawken/

Another guy to keep an ear out for is Amory Lovins, head of the Rocky Mountain Institute. If Paul Hawken wrote the Bible, then Amory Lovins is like God for this field. He did a lecture series at Stanford that is available online:

http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/worlds-best-primer-on-energy-competitiveness/
http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/series/si-energy.html

Catch up on Hawken and Lovins and your world will be transformed and you’ll know more than 99% of people in the world about environmental economics.

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