PinnedMember-onlyHow to Finance Global Ecological ProsperityCreation of the International Biosphere Fund, modeled (somewhat) like the IMF Introduction Over the last 30 years, Costa Rica has tripled the size of its economy, doubled the size of its forests, and moved to 100% renewable energy. They did this by implementing ecological conservation and restoration projects across the country…Sustainability23 min readSustainability23 min read
Published inThe Startup·Apr 4Member-onlyReplacing REDD+ with the Forest Carbon Ledger (FCL)Forest conservation needs a new carbon methodology — REDD+ is failing as a tool for forest conservation and carbon accounting. The Forest Carbon Ledger (FCL) is a better alternative. It’s cleaner, more objective, easier to verify, and harder to cheat. Blockchain is not required but could help strengthen it. It’s time for a change. Summary REDD+ stands for Reducing…Climate Change9 min readClimate Change9 min read
Apr 3Member-onlyFlipping REDD+ on Its HeadThe Forest Carbon Ledger (FCL) is a new CO2 valuation method Brief Summary A golden opportunity to finance large-scale rainforest conservation is losing momentum. The vehicle that was supposed to get us there — REDD+ — suffers from a fundamental accounting problem. This is undermining the credibility of the entire mission. As…Climate Change34 min readClimate Change34 min read
Published inThe Startup·Sep 9, 2020Member-onlyHow Businesses Can Save the WorldPioneering the way for True Cost economics — If politicians aren’t willing or able to curb climate change and ecological collapse, businesses and consumers will have to do it themselves. True Cost economics is quietly one of the most powerful tools to make this happen. In a previous article, I presented the case for why True Cost economics…Business9 min readBusiness9 min read
Published inThe Startup·Sep 2, 2020Member-onlyOne Thing Capitalism Can Do to Save Itself and the PlanetA pathway for True Cost economics to change the world…if you want it — The primary driver of ecological collapse is entirely economic. It has to do with how we, as humans, measure the cost of the goods and services that we consume. At the heart of the issue is a simple market failure. There are two different ways to measure costs. The prevailing…Business13 min readBusiness13 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jul 7, 2020Member-onlyWhy Quitting My Job on Wall Street to Start an NGO Was a Financially Horrendous DecisionI’m probably the only person you’ve heard of who made more money his first year out of college than in any of the twenty years since. And yet, by some measurements, my life has generally improved over that span of time. Fresh after graduation from college, I went to work…Life12 min readLife12 min read
Mar 15, 2020Member-onlyMicro-Dosing Mescaline: Comparing San Pedro to LSD and PsilocybinWhereas a high dose can fundamentally reframe your relationship with Life, a microdose of San Pedro is like Adderall infused with a subtle sense of gratitude for being alive. I’ve written numerous other articles about the life-altering power of consuming full doses of San Pedro, and I even made a…Psychedelics10 min readPsychedelics10 min read
Feb 29, 2020Member-onlyMystical Experience vs ReligionThe one key difference between them First I’m going to describe an example of a mystical experience. Then I’ll describe how it’s transformed into a religion. …Religion5 min readReligion5 min read
Jan 9, 2020Member-onlyTech Abstinence in a Wild Place: 7 BenefitsOne of my jobs is managing a rainforest preserve in Ecuador. In the middle of this forest is a research station, although it’s really more like a homestead. It’s totally off the grid — there is no Wi-Fi or cell signal. We have a phone hooked up to an old…Travel8 min readTravel8 min read
Oct 7, 2019Member-onlyLove and the Laws of Space-TimeWhat I have learned, because of you, is that love is not constrained by the laws of space and time. It is something that can be experienced in physical form. It can be experienced temporally in this particular dimension. But it doesn’t come from here nor does it end here…Love7 min readLove7 min read
