McGee YoungSustainable Water and EnergyMeterHero — as a concept — wants to challenge conventional notions around sustainability. We want to create a new framework for valuing…Aug 25, 2015Aug 25, 2015
McGee YoungConservation, Climate Change, and the FutureAs we confront the fact that we’ve long since surpassed greenhouse gas concentrations that will irrevocably change the climate, we have to…May 26, 2015May 26, 2015
McGee YoungConservation, Climate Change and the Future of Earth DayForty-five years ago, environmentalists celebrated the first Earth Day, inspired by the promise of ecological problem solving as a social…Apr 22, 2015Apr 22, 2015
McGee YoungThe Value in ConservationTo value conservation, in our society, is to put a price on it. What is it worth to a community to make water available to its residents…Mar 20, 2015Mar 20, 2015
McGee YoungIs it time to hit reset on conservation policy?California is preparing to tackle its fourth straight year of drought. Are we going to move beyond 1970s policy?Mar 19, 2015Mar 19, 2015
McGee YounginEverything WaterWhy the production of conservation will solve the water crisisCalifornia is a year away from running out of water. Yet, my water bill is more or less the same as what I would have paid four years ago…Mar 19, 2015Mar 19, 2015
McGee YoungWe have a water crisis because we don’t have a way to value waterWater is difficult to value because the value of water is highly context dependent…Mar 17, 2015Mar 17, 2015
McGee YoungPrice is the most important factor in the California water crisis, and not for the reason you thinkAside from the lack of rain, price seems to be the primary culprit in driving California into water debt. As in, water is laughably cheap…Mar 16, 2015Mar 16, 2015