Nov 22, 09
Worldchanging Timeline: 2003-2009
We here at Worldchanging just celebrated our sixth anniversary! In addition to publishing a series of "101" posts, highlighting some of the iconic pieces we've published over the years, and a primer on blogs and other resources we lean heavily upon, we though that it might also be useful to share a timeline of the project so far, noting some representative events, to give the interested reader a sense of where we came from and how we got here; perhaps knowing something of the evolution of...
Worldchanging 101: BUSINESS
Changing the world is good business. Here are some of the most popular and enduring stories we've published in our first six years, stories we think offer a window into the Worldchanging archives. In these pages you'll find a treasury: more than 10,000 articles on cutting-edge solutions dating back as far as October 2003. This work pushes the boundaries of the global conversation on sustainability, social innovation and planetary thinking. Many of these writers are leaders in their...
Worldchanging 101: An Anniversary Collection
Worldchanging is six years old today! To celebrate our sixth anniversary, we've created a collection of what you might think of as the Worldchanging canon: pieces that have had enduring popularity and that we think say something important. And it turns out the two overlap pretty well. After compiling a list of our most popular articles we noticed that a high proportion of our most read, forwarded and linked pieces not only represent groundbreaking work, they also highlight many of the core...
Worldchanging 101: STUFF
How will our things -- and our relationships to them -- change in a bright green future? Here are some of the most popular and enduring stories we've published in our first six years, stories we think offer a window into the Worldchanging archives. In these pages you'll find a treasury: more than 10,000 articles on cutting-edge solutions dating back as far as October 2003. This work pushes the boundaries of the global conversation on sustainability, social innovation and planetary...
Letter from Copenhagen - Cities and Citizenship
I love Copenhagen. It's beautiful and unbelievably livable and human-scaled. People are friendly, the food is good, it's downright pleasant to walk around. Forget Denmark's climate leadership, its wind-powered economy or the stunning fact that Copenhagen is aiming to increase the percentage of total trips taken by bicycle from its current 37% to 50%: the Danes just know how to live. I just had an outstanding stay there, including a series of terrific conversations with folks I really admire:...
The Backstory of Stuff: New Sites Enable More Transparency in the Supply Chain
by Kirstin Butler In simpler times, just checking the tag inside a t-shirt was enough to qualify you as a discerning consumer. Choosing goods “made in the USA” over countries with more lenient labor laws meant that you’d done your due diligence as a shopper. As geopolitics have become more complex, though, so too has the supply and demand of stuff; and now making even the most basic purchases can be fraught with considerably more anxiety. The good news is that while the times have...
Transparency, Accountability and the "dot eco" Debate
It's All in the Name: A New Tool Will Provide Assurance for Green Claims By Peter ter Weeme. Despite the troubled economic times, recent research shows that consumers are continuing to purchase “green” products. According to a survey conducted in March of this year by BBMG, an American branding and marketing agency aligned with “forward-thinking brands and conscious consumers,” nearly seven in ten Americans (67%) agree that "even in tough economic times, it is important to purchase...
They Paved Paradise...And Put Up An Airport?
Word on the street is that New York City may be getting a new addition: The Manhattan Airport. And what better place to develop it than on the largest piece of undeveloped land in New York City -- Central Park? According to The Manhattan Airport Foundation's website: “New York City is the cultural and financial capital of the world. It is also our nation’s most densely populated urban area. Yet surprisingly, New York City has no viable airport. JFK, La Guardia and Newark may work for...
Bright Green Retail
To live in the modern person is to be a purchaser of things. We all shop. Many of us are paying more attention to the quality and impact of the things we buy. More and more of us are questioning how much we shop and whether we need so much stuff in the first place. But in the last few years, there's a been a quiet revolution emerging in where and how we shop as well. Right now, many of us in the developed world shop by driving to large chain stores -- this is especially true in North...
Aquaponics: A Locavore's Fish Farm?
If we don't figure out a way to produce seafood sustainably, we may live to see a future when wild fish are too rare to eat. Fish farming has increased as an alternative to ocean fishing (nearly half of all fish eaten worldwide today are, in fact, farmed), but marine farming -- raising ocean-caught fish in netted coastal pens -- can be extremely problematic for nearby coastal ecosystems. One solution can be found in emerging technologies that support indoor aquaculture -- systems for...
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