Ecocentricity Blog

A bi-monthly blog by John Lanier, director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and grandson of the late Ray C. Anderson.  Musings from John as he manages the private family foundation that keeps Ray's legacy alive. Subscribe here.

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Energy & Infrastructure
Ecocentricity Blog: COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis, Part II
Michael Liebreich shares good examples of how longer-term stimulus can play out in various industries. As important as whether we will have any “green stimulus” is how those dollars will be utilized.
Environment
Ecocentricity Blog: COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis, Part 1
The COVID-19 virus was not caused by climate change. But this virus probably isn’t the last one that will spill over into the human population. It’s entirely possible that the next one will have that direct link to climate.
Energy & Infrastructure
Ecocentricity Blog: Price Wars
This is a great time for the country to shift its economic priorities. Rather than try to lead the world in producing oil, what if the U.S. instead focused on leading the world in renewable energy?
Health & Healthcare
Ecocentricity Blog: COVID-19
John Lanier has decided to write his weekly Ecocentricity blog about the COVID-19 virus, and the reason is simple - He's an environmentalist because of his love for humanity, and the actions that we all take now in response to this virus can save human lives.
Environment
Ecocentricity Blog: Hot Off the Digital Presses
As the world changes and climate action becomes more urgent, we will need the latest data on what we can all do to solve this enormous challenge.
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
Ecocentricity Blog: Trash Turned Into Treasure
After taking a deep breath she smelled…nothing. If anything, it smelled like crisp, fresh, unpolluted air. She didn’t detect any unpleasant odors that she would have previously associated with composting.
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
Ecocentricity Blog: Free-Riders
We need to stop our collective carbon-loading of the atmosphere, but that need is often met by objections like “my emissions are small so they’re okay” or “what about China and India?” Classic free-rider justification.
Environment
Ecocentricity Blog: The Best Laid Schemes
Doing right by the planet is a complicated and nuanced endeavor. It’s important that we all keep learning, doing our best, and not beating ourselves up when our best laid schemes go awry.
Environment
Ecocentricity Blog: Buildings Made of Sky
In The New Carbon Architecture, Bruce King and his merry band of authors unpack all of the ways in which we can eliminate embodied carbon emissions when constructing buildings, and even go beyond to construct carbon negative buildings.
Responsible Production & the Circular Economy
Ecocentricity Blog: Modern Day Alchemy
Basically, they claim to have found the Holy Grail of the circular economy. They’ve developed a process to take generic waste that would otherwise be put in a landfill and turn it instead into a useful thermoplastic.

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