John Tenpenny

The Economics of Green Infrastructure

Traditionally, green infrastructure was developed for aesthetic reasons. However, these systems provide much needed services such as water management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, air…

The Era of Innovative Financing

The global economic crisis and current economic slowdown has countries around the world opting for tightly controlled budgets and drastic cuts in public deficits. In…

Talk is Cheap

When this annual series of conferences started in 1984, TEDTalks focused on technology, education, and design. While organizers kept the acronym, the scope of Ideas…