Posts Tagged ‘Environment’

Living Future unConference 2013: David Suzuki

David Suzuki, garbed in a poppy red button down, took the stage in the Grand Ballroom to a standing ovation to deliver his keynote address. Suzuki, a world-renowned and award winning scientist, environmentalist, broadcaster, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, spoke from his experience and his passion. · Read More

We Need the Capacity of a Collective to Play with Complexity

Peter Senge helped me to fully appreciate that we have to develop “collective leadership” at all levels of our systems in order for us to rise to the challenges facing us. · Read More

The HappoDammo Ratio

Posted November 27th, 2011 · Tags: ,
The HappoDammo Ratio defines the fundamental challenge of our times. It points to the possibility for vast improvements over the current course of society. · Read More

BGI in the 2011 Net Impact “Business as Unusual” guide

Posted August 17th, 2011 · Tags: , , , ,
Net Impact has released the latest Business as Unusual guide and the BGI chapter has performed spectacularly. · Read More

The 12 Principles of Ecopreneuring

Posted February 15th, 2011 · Tags: , , , ,
Ecopreneuring is a way of using people’s desire to serve the planet and its people to inspire profitable innovation. · Read More

Mura, muri, muda

Posted January 17th, 2011 · Tags: , , , ,
One of the most powerful ways to affect all three bottom lines (people, planet, profit) is to safely deliver value while wasting less energy, fewer resources, less people’s time, etc. · Read More

Five practices to save the world – A look at the culture of a Sustainable MBA

Posted May 6th, 2010 · Tags: , , , ,
The world is full of problems with few visible solutions. Yet…we are not helpless individuals. BGI has helped me see that everyone is part of the solution. · Read More

What’s getting in our way? Three questions for a sustainable future

Posted May 26th, 2009 · Tags: , , ,
I think this is where our society is stuck most: is the solution better than the problem? Most people assume that to be more sustainable, we’d have to make huge sacrifices now for the benefit of future generations. · Read More