by Ray Podder | Energy, Featured, In Focus, SoCap
In 1997, while rummaging through a bin of novelty items in a tiny sidewalk shop in San Francisco’s China Town, I stumbled upon an item that sounded too good to be true. It was a shaving razor made of a self sharpening non-metallic material that was supposed to be good...
by Ray Podder | Resilient Cities, Thought Leadership
Progress and peril have been reluctant partners for most of our civilized existence. The unprecedented material progress that we have now become accustomed to, has also passed on the real systemic costs to our people, places and planet. We still have no idea how to...
by Ray Podder | Ecosystem, Impact, In Focus, SoCap
Amongst the many lessons we learn from the school of life is the realization that our present reality only appears to be complex or difficult because we have not yet found the idea to adequately explain what is actually happening. This is a humble attempt to explain...
by Ray Podder | Featured, Socially Responsible, Sustainability
If there is any one fundamental idea standing in the way of a bright future for all, it is the idea of human inequality. The idea that someone is above you or that someone is below you. It is the most confused and most dangerous idea in our existence borne from the...