Did you take geography in school?

Back in the day, those that took geography at the university wanted an easy 'A'. I didn't take it because I prided myself in that born in Greece, the center of my world and I memorized maps. But to my dismay over the years, names have changed and border conflicts continue today.

As an immigrant in grade school, I could not get enough knowledge, I had globes and books that I still possess. This gives a real kick to what is happening out in the world because they are no longer accurate. (See the evolution of the borders in this historical map). In my little world back then, I did not know about things like the turn of the century two million person genocide as many history books don't carry it to maintain 'peace' by not talking about the opposite. To learn more, about the Baltic area topics see this organization EMBCA as they discuss happenings or check out the 'unspeakable' history in the film.

Though that elective geography class may have fallen by the wayside, it is more important than ever as we look at world happenings. What is going on is a power grab of one sort or another by despots that are never satisfied. To learn more, hear Markos Kounalakis, discuss his book 'Freedom Isn't Free' and check out his latest interview with the Hoover Institute. Anyhow, why does this matter in business? Well, we all know peace makes the world go round and lack of it creates a quagmire that we don't want to step in... By the way, how is your supply channel doing these days?

Back to my point, I keep an eye on the business world by subscribing to all kinds of newsletters, especially digital, technological, and ecological transformations. One of these is the Green Car Congress which recently had a great article that broke through my winter spell and brought the reality of geography to life again with the information they provided through the US Geological Survey. Here you will see how today and in the future, we rely more and more on other nations for resources needed for our transformation.

As the futurists become realists (kudos to Hyundai from the Chicago Car Show they spent quite the buck to let us know their goals in 'Carbon Neutrality 2045'). The world is changing at a rapid speed and rare earth minerals and renewable energy are cornerstones. The question is what hoops do we need to jump through to achieve this? (I am eager to see how my state of Illinois proceeds on its commitment to also go Carbon Free by 2045.) If by reading this you have checked out my resource links, and reached this point, play the geography game and 'A'ce it. Your children will be proud.