Instead of creating more stuff that eats up and degrades the life of people and ecosystems on our planet, there are more and more businesses and communities out there that are doing life and commerce in ways that are renewable. Making more life while making a living.
Career Choice: Personal Shopper or Architect for Humanity?
Nathaniel Corum had a cross-roads in his career. He wanted a job that was more meaningful. How about you? Continue reading
We’ve been living in an economic Take Make Waste Bubble. Straight-up, it’s not sustainable. Just as Peter Senge outlines in his book, The Necessary Revolution, “gravity isn’t just a good idea, it’s the law”, sustainability is the law of the natural world. The question, then, is not “When will the Industrial Age bubble burst?”, but “Will it slowly deflate or suddenly collapse?” Continue reading
Green Hopes in the Garbage
What kind of small businesses can be created from one of humanity’s most plentiful resources – garbage and waste? Here’s my list. What other great businesses have you come across? Continue reading
Mash-Up Saviours
Mash Ups that blur the lines between the public, private and the voluntary sector could hold the key to a brand new kind of economic order. This is the civic economy. “It is both fundamentally open and social. It’s an economy which is fusing the culture of Web 2.0 with civic purpose.” Continue reading
Ron Dembo on Risk Thinking & Green Business
What do different types of risk have to do with the way we respond to complex issues such as climate change? Ron Dembo of Zerofootprint advises that a Hedge strategy rather than a Prescriptive strategy is the smartest way to go. Continue reading
The Great Weekend Exodus
What’s keeping us from resurrecting the railway lines of Ontario circa 1899? They once criss-crossed the province out of necessity. They went out of vogue with the car, transport truck and cheap fossil fuels – but our need for lifestyle balance and greater transportation sustainability makes them a necessity again. Continue reading
The Trouble with Being Less Bad
Bringing sustainability into the very DNA of how you do business can create incredible value. There are four different areas your enterprise can focus on, and this post gives a quick tour of each. Why settle for being less bad with a green-thing tacked on to business as usual, when you can tune in to sustainability for lasting value? Continue reading
Transforming Black Friday
Checking out clips of the Black Friday shopping madness, it seems we don’t even question whether a cheap deal is actually a good deal or not. Our society has a serious case of bulimic consumption. Open discussion about alternatives to more-cheap-stuff is a good place to start healthier habits. Continue reading
Wake Up and Smell the Mega Trend
Sustainability is global economic mega-trend. Bob Willard’s resource can help any one, at any level of leadership make the business case for sustainability. Continue reading
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