Change Oracle

Since 2008, Change Oracle (formally The Green Market Oracle) has provided prescient reviews and insightful analyses of the most important sustainability issues. Change Oracle is widely cited by reports, journals, books, papers, reports, and websites including Forbes, the LA Times, Columbia Law School, Cornell Law Review, and New York Magazine, Change Oracle’s transdisciplinary, science-based analyses are read by business leaders, academics, legal scholars, activists, and investors.

Richard Matthews

Richard Matthews is a writer, researcher, journalist, consultant, and change activist. He has published thousands of articles and contributed to reports for policymakers including a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) publication. His critical, interdisciplinary analyses have been cited by a wide array of, academic publications. His research interests include carbon removal, nuclear power, and disinformation. He is currently focused on holistic economic reform. 

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

UNDP REPORT: GREEN ECONOMY IN ACTION. The Green Economy and Sustainable Development Efforts. The Green Economy is the Right Solution for our Troubled Times (page 16ff).

CITATIONS

Here is a select list of publications (reports, research journals. books, papers, magazines, academic publications and courses) that have cited articles published by Richard Matthews or Change Oracle.

Reports

• Australian Government: Senate Report on the Inquiry into Australia’s oil and gas reserves
• EPA ENERGY STAR® Most Efficient Value Proposition. Consumer Messaging: Educating on Efficient Product Use and Replacement/Recycling (Roadmapping Webinar)
• Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Issue: Addressing the role of climate change on human migration
• ENERGY STAR Webinar: Consumer Messaging: Educating on Efficient Product Use and Replacement/Recycling
• Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2018

Research Journals

• Cornell Law Review: Private Environmental Governance
• International Journal of Business and Marketing: Eco-innovative textile clothing: Is Country of Origin Important?
• Sustainability: Green and Reverse Logistics in Conditions of Sustainable Development in Enterprises in Slovakia
• Sustainability: Sustainable Financial Risk Modelling Fitting the SDGs: Some Reflections
• Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability: Green Sustainability and New Social Media
• Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal: A Case for Transnational Law in Contemporary Times
• Journal of Law and Social Problems: Combating Climate Change through a Duty to Divest
• Journal of Small Business Strategy: Sustainability Reporting and its Implications for family firms
• The Australian Journal of Emergency Management: Why focus on children: A literature review of child-centered climate change adaptation approaches
• Central and Eastern European Journal of Management and Economics: Values created by circular solutions in the buildings sector for companies and municipalities as key actors
• Journal of Librarianship and Information Technology: Using Social Media to Evaluate Green Initiative for Library Sustainability in Big Data Era: A Review
• International Journal for Infonomics: Understanding the Mechanism of Social Media to Promote Green Initiative for Library Sustainability
• Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues: Evolution of corporate social responsibility applied to the concept of sustainable development
• Journal of Graphic Era University: Green Marketing Practices and Challenges in the Indian Context
• Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability: A Further Strategic Move to Sustainability-A Case Study on IKEA
• Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems: Combating Climate Change Through a Duty to Divest
• International Journal of Management Economics and Business: İŞLETME FONKSİYONLARI AÇISINDAN ÇEVREYE DUYARLI İŞLETMECİLİK
• The Georgetown International Environmental Law Review: Strengthening Environmental Rule of Law: Enforcement, Combating Corruption, and Encouraging Citizen Suits
• Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology: A PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC WITH SUBJUNCTIVE CONDITIONALS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA FRAMEWORK TO EMPOWER THE ENDOWMENT OF GREEN
• International Journal of Business and Marketing: Eco-innovative textile clothing: Is Country of Origin Important?
• International Journal of Business and General Management (IJBGM), CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A CONTRIBUTION BY INDIAN BANKS. Puneet Kaur A.S College, Khanna. July 2020.
• Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability vol. 9(1/2) 2014. Green Sustainability and New Social Media. Kaylene C. Williams, California State University, Stanislaus Robert A. Page, Southern Connecticut State University, Alfred R. Petrosky, California State University, Stanislaus
• Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues, ISSN 2029-7017 print/ISSN 2029-7025 online 2019 March Volume 8 Number 3, Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility Applied to the Concept of Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.9770/jssi.2019.8.3(14).

Books

• The Palgrave Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility. Living reference work entry. Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: Evolution, Institutionalization, and Current State. Ferhan Sengur.
• Handbook of Disaster Research Chapter: Population/Community Displacement. Ann-Margaret Esnard & Alka Sapat, 17 November 2017. Part of the Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research book series (HSSR)
• Ethics and Climate Change A study of national commitments. IUCN, Jul 27, 2015 – Law – 170 pages. A publicly available record on national compliance with ethical obligations for climate change similar to the reports that are now available on national compliance with human rights obligations.
• Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Tools and Theories for Responsible Management, Debbie Haski-Leventhal
• Grounds and Challenges for Implementing a Circular Economy in the European Road Transport Sector: Sustainable Transport Development, Innovation and Technology, Monika Paradowska (University of Opole)
• Radical Joy for Hard Times: Finding Meaning and Making Beauty in Earth’s Broken Places, Trebbe Johnson
• Blue Economy: An Ocean Science Perspective, Edward R. Urban Jr. · Venugopalan Ittekkot, Oct 2022 · Springer Nature
• Green Marketing in Emerging Economies: A Communications Perspective, Emmanuel Mogaji · Ogechi Adeola · Isaiah Adisa · Robert E. Hinson · Chipo Mukonza · Ayça Can Kirgiz. Jan 2022 · Springer Nature
• Sustainable Trade, Investment and Finance: Toward Responsible and Coherent Regulatory Frameworks. Chapter 12: Fossil fuels divestment: a strategy for sustainability? Benjamin J. Richardson Edited by Clair Gammage and Tonia Novitz. 2019 · Edward Elgar Publishing
• Sustainable Transport Development, Innovation and Technology: Proceedings of the 2016 TranSopot Conference, Michał Suchanek. Mar 2017 · Springer ‎Business & Economics

Papers

• Strengthening Environmental Rule of Law: Enforcement, Combating Corruption, and Encouraging Citizen Suits
• Anthropocentric Attitudes in Modern Society
• Environmental Economics for Sustaining Development: Framework and Tools for Researchers and Policy Makers
• IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No.86: Ethics and Climate Change A Study of National Commitments

Articles and magazines

• Renewable Energy Focus: UK Army’s Foray into Renewables
• Energym: How Green Marketing Can Make a Big Impact on Your Brand
• Eco Warrior Princess: 20 Ways to Break Free From Fossil Fuels and Take Climate Action
• A Newer World: Norway Gets It! Deutsche Bank Gets It!,
• Christian Legazpi, From Dirt To Dollars,
• Everything Asia: The paradox of e-waste recycling
• Magazine of Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Tribology, Ecology, Sensorics, Mechatronics: What to do with a Hybrid Drive System?
• Wake Forest Law: The Slaughter of Innocents: Our Complicity in the Murder of Environmentalists

Academic publications and courses

• University of South Florida, Muma College of Business, Supply Chain Innovation Lab,
• University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Climate Change and Global Sustainability Resources:
• Charles Sturt University. Course title: Strategic and Sustainable Accounting

Full articles

Global Warming is Real.

• Crafting a Positive Environmental Narrative
• The Pearl in the Oyster – Leveraging the Climate Crisis for Human and Planetary Health
• New Support for the Interconnectedness of the Environment and the Economy
• The Promise of Climate Change Education Standards
• Graphene May Herald Miracles

Eco-Business

• COP 18: Bridging the gulf between science and reality
• How morality can win the war on climate change
• Building support for action on climate change before we reach tipping points
• Is sustainable development viable?
• New tools help companies with water risk

ENN

• Reports Reiterate Link Between Environment and Economy
• Forests and the Health of the Planet
• Extreme Weather Makes a Convincing Case for Climate Change
• Findings and Solutions in the Living Planet Report 2012

Energy Central

• Energy Efficiency or Dirty Digital Footprints? Looking at “Green” Websites’ Energy Use
• 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

The Energy Collective: Emissions Market to Grow Renewable Energy and Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Cleantechnica: Why A Carbon Tax Is Necessary

Progressive Charlestown: Green Energy Might Really Work

Toronto Sustainability Speaker Series: The Dangers of Transporting Fossil Fuels

The Daily Planetwatch (TDS): Why the World Needs More Corporate Transparency

Podcasts

• Richard Matthews Discusses Carbon Removal, Carbon Capture and Storage with Earthfeels
• Episode 123. BEST IN CLIMATE: Economics Fuel Renewable Energy Growth, by Richard Matthews

Short films

The Seed is a short film that takes us on an allegorical journey through a fallen world. Without succumbing to futility or despair, this simple yet authentic parable speaks to the urgent need for action on the interrelated crises of climate change and environmental degradation.

The Search for Greta – A short film about hope as we teeter on the cusp of an apocalypse. Set against the backdrop of the world’s largest climate march that took place on September 27, 2019, in Montreal, the protagonists in this short experimental documentary set out to find Greta Thunberg amid the half-million protestors. Despite being overwhelmed with the hopelessness of our current situation a lofty dream is emerging from within the womb of this dystopian nightmare. An inclusive narrative is being born that consolidates our understanding and our purpose.  We find hope even as we teeter on the brink of an apocalypse, as we discover a movement emerging from the ashes of this dying world. As we hurdle toward an uncertain future, we discover that action is the antidote to apathy and despair.

Introduction to Carbon Removal Technologies for Climate Mitigation. A brief introduction to carbon removal. Why we need it, what it is, and how it works.

Awards and Accolades

Change Oracle has received many accolades including Best Blogs and Websites about Climate Change and Best Green Business Blogs, Websites, and Influencers (2021, 2022, and 2023). Previously Change Oracle won the Top Sustainability Blog award and was nominated for Best Green Energy Website. Change Oracle was also included in the “50 Best Blogs for Green Business Students,” and was ranked as one of the top 5 green blogs in Canada, it was also acknowledged as the Best Green Business Site on the Web and Top Social Entrepreneurship blog to watch. Related social media feeds include the Top 20 Green and Sustainable Business Facebook pages and the Best Green and Sustainable Business Twitter Feeds.