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It’s inviting contributions to help reforest Puerto Rico after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria last year. Indeed, according to the Miami Herald, the entire damage estimate for PR from Maria is $90 billion. Given that the island’s entire GDP was last measured as $101 billion in 2016, the financial dimensions of the problem are stark. And in case you’ve forgotten, EDN is on track to  plant 7.8 billion trees worldwide by 2020 as part of their Canopy project.

I don’t blame them, but this has caused a major headache for waste management folks here and around the world who are basically letting the plastic pile up at home at the moment. I now hydrate with the best of them, but I know that aluminum cans are “infinitely recyclable. Another surprise to me: according to Columbia University’s Earth Institute, burning the plastic that sits in landfills today is not a bad option. When you subscribe, I’ll send you “10 Ways to Re-Use Your Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) Content for More Impact" - for free.

It’s raining ash in Portland right now While there have been air quality alerts for days now, from a number of fires around the state, a new wildfire blew up over the holiday weekend. There is no emotional bandwidth for some vague concept like “the environment” or “climate change. Climate scientists – who have been raising the alarm about climate change since the 1980s – know that things will only get worse, unless we act. From 350.org to the Citizens Climate Lobby, from GreenBiz.com to organizations that are building a circular economy, from universities like PSU and ASU who focus deeply on sustainability issues to faith organizations that feel called to protect the earth – find an organization where you want to contribute, and do so.

Experts ranging from scientists to economists to business people explain in blunt, clear times why the U. S. will be the great loser here. That agreement, signed by 195 countries in 2015, put the world on a path to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing our world to warm to a dangerous and unhealthy degree. And as an MBA with a corporate career that spanned multiple industries, I saw first-hand the often-tepid efforts that companies make to address a problem that may leave them with both no business – and no customers. This despite the fact that – like most problems – the solutions to climate change will create jobs: from wind turbine technicians to solar panel installers and more.