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How-To Educate Yourself For An Impact Career
“There are alternative paths” for reaching your social justice dream job, says change agent Jessamyn Lau. She should know. Her social change career began with dropping out of high school, then moved to enrolling in art school, teaching elementary school in China,...
In Focus
Taryn Sullivan of Efficiency Exchange on energy apps | Vol 1
The world is getting a little smaller with CEO and mover shaker Taryn Sullivan of Efficiency Exchange (EEx) building applications on site, in China, to help companies analyze and create better supply chains. In her interview, Taryn discusses the reasons and ways EEx...
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Resource Productivity: McKinsey Frames a Huge Business Opportunity
Companies need to shoot for the stars in thinking about resource productivity, according to a new report from McKinsey & Co. Fortunately, technology is presenting opportunities to do so. “Rather than settling for historic resource-productivity improvement rates of...
Bonnie Nixon of The Sustainable Roundtable on how data can help create transparency and sustainability within corporate America
Information is power and the goal of using metrics is to analyze solutions and measurements to make important changes in business also helps to create transparency. Bonnie Nixon talks about the goal of developing and leveraging the data to enable companies and people...
Sectors
Billion Dollar Breakthrough in Solar Efficiency?
For years, scientists have studied the potential benefits of a new branch of solar energy technology that relies on nanosized antenna arrays theoretically capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun’s electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously converting...
Spinning Conical Solar Cells – 8 cents per KW?
The average cost of electricity in the US is about 12 cents per kWh. The asserted cost of V3Solar’s Spin Cell is quoted by the company as being 8 cents per kWh! A 3rd-party solar specialist has apparently verified the cost projection, and his technical review is...
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How-To Kick It As A Fundraiser For Fun And Profit
One million U.S. nonprofits compete for the $300 million annually donated to charity. Historically, most of the money goes to religious and educational institutions. Is your social enterprise, your vision for a decent world, getting funded? Like every successful...
Feature
The Global Summit 2012
London, England - Amid the chaos of the Olympics, a team of Americans scurry to make the finish line. They are not athletes in the traditional sense, but facilitators of an event called The Global Summit happening in London just after the Olympics and prior to the...
Farmhopping and Tilt World Create Remote Eco Heroes via Green Entrepreneurs
Though we always hope humans will get out into the natural world and get their hands dirty – whether they garden or farm or go for a hike or walk in the park – sometimes urban-bound folks need a way to experience the great outdoors from behind a computer or gaming...
Recycled Bomb Accessories for a Social Enterprise Twist on Eco-Jewelry
There are numerous ways to create eco-friendly jewelry, but we bet you’ve never heard of bomb-based jewelry! That’s right, these two social enterprises have taken something incredibly violent and destructive and turned it into a source for good by transforming former...
Ephigenie Banaynal dela Cruz, SAP
Watch this video of Ephigenie Banaynal Dela Cruz, Global Director of Sustainability at SAP discusses SAP’s sustainability efforts, including their signature Economic Opportunity For All social entrepreneurship program. Dela Cruz explains that through this program, SAP...
Lawyer for the Earth at the Rio Earth Summit
Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil - On June 5, the Rio Earth Summit has been happening on the other side of the world, and a barrister is presenting her grass roots program Eradicating Ecocide. Polly Higgins began her journey in England as a barrister which is what we call a...
Serious about sustainable business? SB12 happening June 5th in San Diego.
San Diego, CA - Sustainable Brands Conference The "revolution must be branded" is the theme song for the upcoming Sustainable Brands conference, dubbed SB12. What in the world does this mean? Perhaps a war cry for change being led by corporate America. And what have...
Waste not want not with online matchmaking and RecycleMatch maker Brooke Farrell
Houston, Texas - Though Leadership "In some ways, I feel like my whole life has prepared me for this opportunity." Brooke Ferrel of Recycle Match is considered a leader in zero waste management with a software company that enables other companies to source and sell...
Bloom or bust with “Boxes” for natural gas
Sunnyvale, CA - When looking at the rapid shift to natural gas we are seeing the use of fuel cells, which use an electrochemical process that produces small amounts of electricity. When these fuel cells are stacked upon each other and arranged into large modules...
Voices: Paul Herman, On Clients Who Lend
Our firm is experiencing an increasing number of clients who are seeking to fill the role of the bank by funding new investment opportunities in scaling existing businesses and funding entrepreneurial ventures. Since these clients tend to be family offices, family...
3.8 Billion Years in Sustainability R&D
Berkeley, CA - Thought Leadership "Everything we need to know is right in front of us." When I hear this I sometimes say, "obvious to you, perhaps...". But what is often the most obvious is often the most overlooked. Gil Friend of Natural Logic believes that all we...
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