• “From the Florida Everglades to the bluffs overlooking the Deschutes River in Oregon, conservationists are snapping up prime property for preservation, often at a fraction of what the asking price was at the real estate market’s height.” Supply and demand work!
• 100 Best Blogs for Socially-Minded MBAs
• The straight dope on compostable plastics. Surprise! More marketing than solution.
• Dave and Janet Carle walked, boated and biked along California’s 38th parallel from Mono Lake to Point Reyes, learning about water issues the whole way.
• “The Lake Clarity Crediting Program [pdf] establishes the framework that connects on-the-ground actions to the goal of restoring Lake Tahoe clarity. It defines a comprehensive and consistent accounting system to track pollutant load reductions from urban stormwater using Lake Clarity Credits… It’s currently in a year-long beta-test period.”
• “Industry self-regulation, much like government regulation, acts before the harm is done. As compared to government regulators, however, the industry regulates with superior information. Furthermore, a pro-industry bias inherent to self-regulation also arises under alternative institutional arrangements when adjudicators are vulnerable to pressure by industry members. We show when industry self-regulation is socially desirable and feasible, and clarify when it could be an attractive institutional arrangement for developing and transition countries.”

Hattips to CC and DL