New Feature Articles

EcoIQ Magazine is currently being redesigned. Feature articles from the 14 previously published quarterly issues are linked below (and from the archive page accessible below). This section of EcoIQ Magazine includes in depth articles, book and speech excerpts, and examination of what's happening, what's working, and what the implications are.

What We Learned in the Rainforest
Business Lessons from Nature
By Tachi Kiuchi and Bill Shireman

In the rainforest, nature uses feedback to "close the loop." In the face of limits, feedback triggers adaptations that lessen or make an end-run around physical constraints. In business, companies like Coors use feedback to "close the loop," triggering innovations that lead to new products, processes, businesses, and profits. More…

Wind Power Capacity Jumps Almost One-Third In 2001
By Lester R. Brown

Preliminary data show world wind electric generating capacity climbing from 17,800 megawatts in 2000 to an estimated 23,300 megawatts in 2001 - a dramatic one-year gain of 5,500 megawatts or 31 percent. As generating costs continue to fall and as public concern about climate change escalates, the world is fast turning to wind for its electricity. More…