Sustainable Sports
Friday, August 10th, 2007 Posted in Sustainability, Vegetarianism | 1 Comment »The sports industry, for all of its evolution over the years, still has a long way to go. Sports have been integrated for some time and Title IX has helped women gain access to legitimate athletic opportunities. But, homosexuality is ...
Watt Coms and Clean Tech
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Energy, Responsibility, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »I came across a great article today entitled, "Start-up fervor shifts to energy in Silicon Valley". In it, Matt Richtel of the New York Times discusses how "Silicon Valley's dot-com era may be giving way to the watt-com era." Hopefully ...
So Many Bad Things . . .
Monday, March 12th, 2007 Posted in Corporations, Environment, Sustainability, Water | No Comments »Oh man, Mondays are hard enough to deal with. But throw in daylight savings time (so stupid), an incessantly meowing cat and stupid people at the helm of very powerful countries and companies and the shock to the system is ...
Ethical Man’s Top Ten Tips for Ethical Living
Monday, March 5th, 2007 Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Green, Responsibility, Society, Sustainability, Transportation, Vegetarianism | No Comments »Our friends across the Atlantic bring us this very interesting and action-oriented article about reducing one's carbon footprint. The author, Justin Rowlatt, and his family went "green" for an entire year and the results are going to be discussed on ...
The 2010 Imperative
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 Posted in Design, Energy, Environment, Green, Sustainability | No Comments »I've been waiting to hear about something like this for a while. The 2010 Imperative is an effort to make systemic change in the design and planning community. According to the website, "The 2010 Imperative Global Emergency Teach-In addressing global ...
Creating Exceptional Value
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 Posted in Capitalism, Corporations, Globalization, Responsibility, Society, Sustainability | No Comments »I'm currently enrolled in a class called Creating Exceptional Value: Performance Without Compromise. The class is co-taught by Professors Anjan Thakor and Chuck Knight. Knight is the former CEO of Emerson, a St. Louis-based company that experienced tremendous, sustained growth ...
You Are What You Eat
Friday, February 9th, 2007 Posted in Environment, Sustainability, Vegetarianism | 1 Comment »Kelly Freston published a phenomenal piece on HuffingtonPost.com a few weeks back but I just got a hold of it the other day from my friends over at Alternet.org. The article is called, Vegetarian is the New Prius, and makes the ...
The Global 100: Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 Posted in Capitalism, Corporations, Governance, Responsibility, Society, Sustainability | No Comments »This is only one list of many but I thought it provided a good representation of sustainable corporations in a variety of industries, from a variety of countries. According to the website: The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World ...
