Terra Alpha Voices: Lisa and Bob

Lisa Renstrom & Bob Perkowitz Environmental leaders, impact investors, and wife-husband duo. Lisa Renstrom is President and co-Founder of ValuesAdvisor, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the flow of money into values-aligned investing. With three decades in the environmental, social justice, investment, and philanthropy sectors, her previous leadership roles include Executive Director of Voice & Choices,

What Americans Agree About on Climate Change

There are obvious facts about climate change and things we don’t know exactly yet.  At the same time, Americans have different information sources and different priorities in their lives.  Combine all these and we end up with different perspectives on climate change. As the impacts become evermore undeniable and unignorable, we have an uncertain future

Consensus on Climate Change

Talking about climate change can bring up a range of emotions and responses in people. Concern may arise for some because climate change threatens their families, communities, and future. Others are upset because they say government regulations to stop climate change destroys our freedom. Some still see climate change as a conspiracy theory, others as

The United Nations, Climate Change, Environmental Health, and You

by Nicole Hill, MPH and Robert Perkowitz Published in the NEHA Journal, October 2022 The leading authority globally on cli- mate change is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) within the United Nations. Every 5 years, the panel releases an extensive 3-part as- sessment on climate change that explores the science, the impacts, and

The Inflation Reduction Act is a Climate Breakthrough: But It’s Only Half the Story

The Biden administration and Democratic congress have taken flak from allies for not doing more, faster to address climate change. It’s a charge that could be leveled at each of us. Dig a little deeper though, and you’ll find that the Democrats have overcome internecine squabbles, Republican stonewalling, and Supreme Court rulings to enact an


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