Aug 29, 08
A Prophetic Approach to Energy Efficiency
by Eric de Place Taking a three-day weekend for the planet. From the Beehive State, a gratifying way to reduce energy use (and carbon emissions): taking Fridays off. And it's mandatory. In part to deal with rising gas prices, Utah's republican...
Book Review: Nudge
By Coco Krumme Call it the Malcolm Gladwell effect. With its pristine cover design and one-word title, Nudge---an engaging jaunt through the field of behavioral economics--- seems at first glance to belong to a certain species of book. Gladwell’s...
"B" is for Beneficial: The B Corporation
As small, socially responsible businesses gain attention, some large corporations start to take notice, and in some cases take over (See, for example, Ben & Jerry’s, Tom’s of Maine and Burt’s Bees.) To help companies maintain their morals in...
Resource: NRDC Green Enterprise
There's a lot of evidence to suggest that sustainability and business are a good match. We've often said as much. Amid the many voices out there clamoring for businesses to "go greener," however, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC...
Green Jobs Find International Support
Many predict that the future of job growth lies within a green economy. Expanding renewable energy industries, such as wind and solar, can offer high-paying jobs for skilled workers. Sitting in a warm Capitol Hill office building last week...
Earth Day and the Polling of America
Taking one step back to size up American opinions surrounding sustainability, Worldchanging correspondent Joel Makower has once again collected a number of "green" polls concerning the subject, which came out just in time for Earth Day. While looking through a...
What's No Longer Impossible?
With new ideas about sustainability and responsibility rapidly moving to the forefront of the discussion, things that once seemed implausible are quickly becoming a reality. We caught up with some Worldchangers at the Seattle Green Festival to ask them...
The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovation and Governance in the 21st Century
by Karlson Hargroves and Michael H. Smith (Earthscan Publications, 2005) Anyone interested in the business of building a bright green future needs to read this book. Itï¿œs an absolutely critical overview of our progress thus far toward sustainability, with 500-plus...
Pattern Recognition
by William Gibson (G. P. Putnamï¿œs Sons, 2003) What does it mean to be swimming in a sea of brands, advertisements, and rapid cultural evolution? Gibsonï¿œs novel, a sort of science fiction set in the present, offers us a new...
Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the Worldï¿œs Most Difficult Problems
by Stuart L. Hart (Wharton School Publishing, 2005) Stuart Hart makes it clear that there is no inherent conflict between creating a better world and achieving economic prosperity. Global capitalism is at a crossroads, he argues, and ï¿œcorporations are the...
The SRI Advantage: Why Socially Responsible Investing Has Outperformed Financially
by Peter Camejo (New Society Publishers, 2002) Founder of the first environmentally screened fund on Wall Street, Peter Camejo aims to dispel the myth that investing in socially responsible corporations will yield smaller returns than investing in their less-than-responsible counterparts...
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