Here are four key lessons from environmental legend Barry Commoner, as repeated by Andy Revkin on NY Times’ Dot Earth:
– Everything Is Connected to Everything Else.
– Everything Must Go Somewhere.
– Nature Knows Best.
– There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.
More on Commoner’s life and work can be found here. He’s worth reading about in more detail.
I think Revkin is right: he is a more significant figure than Rachel Carson, although perhaps less well known.
I'm Tobias Webb, founder of Innovation Forum and Sustainable Wine. I write on this blog, with others, about areas of interest to me in supply chains, circular economy and sustainability in general. I hope you find it useful. I've worked in sustainability for about 20 years, and work with large companies, NGOs and governments all over the world. I often act as facilitator, at our conferences, and other meetings, either private or multi-stakeholder. I also work as a 'critical friend' advisor to companies on strategy and stakeholder engagement. I have a separate wine website on sustainability in wine at 
