Environmental Debt ─ The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy

An award-winning environmental activist reveals the essential role of conservation in economic success, comparing the costs of artificial environmental controls naturally performed by mature trees while calling for governments, businesses and consumers to identify the money-saving contributions of the natural world.

Amy Larkin works with multinational corporations on transformative initiatives through her consulting firm Nature Means Business and serves as Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Climate Change. She partners with RESOLVE convening discordant parties from business, government, and civil society to revamp public policy so it better serves our 21st-century global economy. For many years, Larkin led Greenpeace Solutions and collaborated on surprising and high-impact corporate technology revolutions for which Greenpeace and several corporations received Harvard's Roy Award for Public/Private Partnerships that protect natural resources. She is a regular contributor to the Guardian Sustainable Business and the chair of Biomimicry NYC.