PinnedMetabolic Currency: The future of money and sustainable growthIntroduction Do you know how money is created? It’s okay. Most people don’t. Very few understand how money creation really works. We may have learned in school that the US Treasury prints money and that’s it. The amount of money printed is only a small fraction of the money in circulation…Metabolic Currency11 min readMetabolic Currency11 min read
May 17Core Values — The DNA Of A CompanyA company’s core values are the DNA of how they operate. From the senior executive to the junior staff. The challenge for most companies is how they operationalize these values. We have been exploring how to do this, including adding these as part of our employment agreements, contracts, and daily…Core Values2 min readCore Values2 min read
May 17Sustainability Consulting or Environmental Consulting: What is the difference?Warm Springs Consulting (WSC) is often mistaken for an environmental consulting firm. While we do work on some environmental topics, WSC is a sustainability consulting firm, not an environmental consulting firm. What is the difference between an environmental consulting firm and sustainability consulting firm? There are some commonalities between the two types of consulting firms. Both have highly technical staff and work on…Sustainability Consulting3 min readSustainability Consulting3 min read
Mar 23Core Values — The DNA of a CompanyCORE VALUES A company’s core values are the DNA of how they operate. From the senior executive to the junior staff. The challenge for most companies is how they operationalize these values. We have been exploring how to do this, including adding these as part of our employment agreements, contracts, and daily…Core Values2 min readCore Values2 min read
Oct 1, 2022My husband and I sold our 2012 Subaru and bought a 2015 BMW i3 Electric Vehicle.Not only is it a blast to drive (faster than any gas-powered Porsche I’ve driven) and lower environment impact, the economics are undeniable. We are looking at a 3 year payback on just fuel savings. …2 min read2 min read
Aug 30, 2022Mining in the Race to Net ZeroOriginally published on WSC Blog, Aug 29, 2022 As the world progresses toward the renewable energy transition, the demand for minerals increases exponentially. …9 min read9 min read
Feb 11, 2021Could Idaho be the Nation’s Clean Energy Leader?Most people assume California or Hawaii have the cleanest electric grids. It turns out that Idaho is #1 for Clean Energy, based on 2019 data published in a report by the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. Yep, you read that right — Idaho has the cleanest electric grid in the…Idaho7 min readIdaho7 min read
Jan 24, 2021The Myth of “Over There” and “Away”Where do the minerals in your cell phone come from? “Over there,” right? Where does that phone really end up, after you toss it in the trash or recycling? “Away?” Too many of us live in the myth that there is somewhere called “over there” or when we no longer…3 min read3 min read
Jan 16, 2019Women, Money and Power: When the sexual harassment stoppedI can’t pinpoint when exactly it happened, but it was sometime in 2007 when I stopped being a victim of sexual harassment in my professional life. Yes, I still get an occasional cat call on the street or an obnoxious ass grab in a nightclub — that type of harassment…Feminism5 min readFeminism5 min read
