Contents
Foreword
Preface
What in the World Is Wrong?
Where did all the animals go?
But this is nothing new – or is it?
A new normal
Plastic, plastic everywhere
Global warming
Overpopulation
Too Much Is Not Enough
The debt trap
The end of history?
Monetary weapons of mass (environmental) destruction
Interesting rates
Shortage or oversupply?
What will happen to the debt?
Natural Capital
All we need is… more natural capital
Conserve your personal capital
What is nature worth?
Do we care?
Crooked accounting
Running in circles
Winners and Losers
The Easter Island story
Good governance is key
The “sensitive issue” of IQ
When to be where
Are you happy now?
It’s a personal choice
“Ethics” Is Many Things
We are all in the same boat
Various values
So what is my view?
Capital is shifting
It’s complicated
Finding smaller targets
Use the power of capital
The green tycoons
The Asian way
Position Yourself
Bonds versus stocks
Investing or trading
Analytical tools
A bit about stocks
Ethical funds
Institutional ethics
Energetic Investing
Fossil fuels are old sunshine
We subsidise the burning
Can coal be clean? Can gas?
All electric by 2025?
The solar options
Blowing in the wind
About the real Tesla
Geothermal and such
Investment ramifications
Positive Screening Options
A constructive strategy
The eco-tourism explosion
The darker side of travel
Environmental services
Other ethical sectors
The biofuels fiasco
The things we eat
The Ethical Portfolio
Asset allocation
Portfolio balancing
Broad or core SRI?
Build your own green fund
Can do-gooders make a buck?
Let’s look at more facts
Support the Supporters
The time is right
Governmental versus non-governmental
Finding solutions
A simpler way
Everyone can pitch in
Notes
Glossary
Persons referred to
References