Measuring the Sustainability of Business: From Economism To Earth Systems Science
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Twenty-five years ago, pictures of our planet taken by NASA showed how our living biosphere captures the daily shower of free photons from the Sun teaching us that we did not need to dig in the Earth’s crust for our energy but could mimic the technology developed by plants – photosynthesis – and harvest those free photons, not only in the plants that provide our daily food, but also directly in solar collectors, from wind, water and mimicking the radical efficiency of Nature’s productivity.
Fast forward to 2013 and Ethical Markets’ Green Transition Scorecard reported that $4.1 trillion of private investment is now at work growing a greener, cleaner, knowledge-richer economy.
And now, markets and their metrics are slowly reforming to catch up with these new realities with a recent survey conducted in 11 countries showing that the public understands the need for correcting GDP to include health, education, poverty gaps and environmental quality.
Economist and Futurist Hazel Henderson takes stock of these emerging metrics and introduces us to the recently launched Principles of Ethical Biomimcry Finance, on Talkback. |
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Creating Good Work: Rugged Collaborationism
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What would compel someone like David Haskell to lead an organization that is willing to go into the most dangerous places on earth to see to the needs of those trapped in those locations? What drives a woman like Karen Tse to end torture in 32 nations by training local public defenders to uphold the humanity of those accused?
What inspired Bart Weetjens to even think he could train giant rats to sniff out land mines in Africa and then accomplish this task saving thousands of lives threatened by this treachery?
So, what is it that informs these entrepreneurs’ values, motivation and inspiration? Ron Schultz believes it is the Shambhala Principle. In a fascinating editorial, he decodes the Principle and suggests that we all better learn how to work with “rugged collaborationism” on Talkback. |
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Is Your Baby Part of a Risky Science Experiment?
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Similac, Enfamil, and Gerber Good Start – who combined account for more than 90% of all infant formula sales in the US – are exposing American and Canadian babies to potentially grave health risks by… Read More.
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Press Releases
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Posted: May 06, 2013 04:32PM
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Staff Transitions at the Aspen Roundtable on Community Change
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Posted: May 06, 2013 12:34PM
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Voting is Now Open for $5000 Green Small Business Award
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Posted: May 06, 2013 11:30AM
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PR News’ Platinum PR Awards Entry Deadline is Friday, May 10
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Posted: May 06, 2013 10:13AM
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Big 5’s WellnessAd Helps Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy Make Baseball Dreams Come True in Southern California
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Posted: May 06, 2013 09:00AM
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The Sustainable Living Plan: Unilever to Hold Twitter Chat with Chief Sustainability Officer on Progress, Challenges & a Call to Action
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Events
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Posted: May 06, 2013 10:59AM
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BBB Forum on Corporate Responsibility VI
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CSRlive Multimedia Picks May 07, 2013
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