A Whitepaper by the World Business Academy (Santa Barbara, CA) Originally Released June 6, 2019 Updated January 2026 Download a Copy Here With New Scientific Findings from 2020-2025 On June 6, 2019, the World Business Academy released for publication a 31-page whitepaper addressing a global phenomenon it calls the “Methane Accelerator”: cumulative emissions from massive […]
Academy response to those agitating to keep Diablo Canyon running for decades: It’s a bad idea!
A 2021 report out of Stanford and MIT argues that in order for California to meets its 100% carbon-free by 2045 goals, the state should reverse course and delay closing Diablo Canyon for another decade or two. Pro-nuclear energy interests have been increasingly vocal in the past several months suggesting that the planned 2024 wind-down […]
Sixty Minutes with Hazel Henderson and Kate Raworth
An Update on our Fellow, Hazel Henderson The Academy is happy to share that our Fellow, the wonderful Hazel Henderson, recently participated in a webinar entitled “Sixty Minutes with Ecological Economists Hazel Henderson and Kate Raworth”. Scroll down below to watch a recording of this interview. Hazel is an ecological economist and futurist, and the […]
May Round-Up
“Each shift makes more shifts possible. But only if we go actively toward the possibilities rather than passively into the collapse.” – Rebecca Solnit Dear Academy Friends and Supporters, Here we are at the end of May! We feel a growing optimism looking towards summer as vaccines continue to impact the case counts in the […]
Hydrogen Revolution: Growth, Jobs, Security & Sustainability – Book Excerpt
If you’re paying attention to the news lately, the end of the fossil fuel economy seems nearer than ever. In the past few weeks, major shareholder initiatives, legal challenges lost, and changing consumer trends have shaken up boards, business models and executive pay schemes at Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., and Royal Dutch Shell. Everyone, […]
In the News: Deer Ridge Golf Course focusing on sustainability
One of our projects recently got a nice write up in The Press, the local paper covering Brentwood, Discovery Bay, Oakley and Antioch California. Staff writer Tim Epperson’s May 18, 2021 article features a description of the Deer Ridge Golf Course Sustainability project, and also an interview with Robert Shelton, the Sustainable Development Project lead. […]
April Round-Up
Dear Academy Friends and Supporters, “The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” – Harriet Ann Jacobs As we arrive on the last day of April 2021, I reflect on how this April is different and yet similar from the last. We remain cautious and […]
75 Years of Global Prosperity: A Brief History of Free Trade
Welcome back to New Business Paradigms, where we address the most pressing socioeconomic issues and trends of our time. On this episode, Kristy Jansen and Rinaldo Brutoco discuss the history of trade and the impact of free trade in the globalized world. We discuss multi-lateral trade agreements, notably Brexit and NAFTA, and check […]
Practically Visionary
This article was published on November 24 in the Montecito Journal’s “The Giving List” – a curated guide to the philanthropic community of Santa Barbara. Click here to read the digital online edition “Helping build strong and lasting relationships between our philanthropic community and the nonprofit organizations which not only serve as a critical safety […]
Designing the 21st Century Electric Grid
One area that the World Business Academy Staff and Fellows have devoted a tremendous amount of time and energy over the past decades has been in research and design of economically viable, environmentally safe, and sustainable energy resources. We have published extensively on this subject, and wanted to highlight several of the more cutting edge […]
Perspectives: Fixing Wall Street: Debt vs. Dividends
BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share We frequently hear on public media that “the stock market does not reflect […]
Perspectives: Are We Becoming a Gerontocracy?
BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share Think about it. In 2017, Donald Trump was inaugurated at the age of 70 […]