Join the World Business Academy in welcoming renowned mind-body expert and futurist Deepak Chopra, M.D. Dr. Chopra will speak on topics close to his heart over two days of events in Santa Barbara, culminating in a major address at the Arlington Theatre at 7 pm on Friday, March 28th. Dr. Chopra is appearing under the […]
CBS News Covers Ongoing Fukushima Disaster
CBS News visited the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan for a first-hand look at the ongoing disaster. Their conclusion: the estimated cost of the cleanup effort is currently $100 billion with a time horizon of 40 years. The World Business Academy continues to study the Fukushima disaster. The scale and scope of the cleanup […]
Despite the Evidence, Major Media Sing Nuclear Praises
The nuclear power industry is having its roughest time since reactors were first conceived in the 1950s, however recent major media stories make one think that all is rosy.
Rachel Maddow: Problems at Diablo Canyon
Rachel Maddow does a great job explaining just some of the major concerns with the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant on California’s central coast.
Permafrost: The Climate’s Tipping Time Bomb
Permafrost: The Tipping Time Bomb, a production of the Yale forum on Climate Change and the Media, describes the urgent and little-understood climate change tipping point – the melting of the permafrost and the release of the massive stores of currently frozen greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Pegged by climatologists as one of the most […]
Nuclear Regulators Hear from Angry Public on Diablo Canyon Plant
Over 230 people attended a standing-room-only public forum of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the evening of November 20 in San Luis Obispo, CA, to express their opinions the NRC’s Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) and proposed Waste Confidence Rule. The GEIS attempts to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with the continued storage […]
We Have the Whole World in Our Hands
We see an authentic leap forward occurring in business’ commitment to take responsibility for our collective future.
The Shutdown of American Democracy
The press in Britain, France, Greece, and China did not mince words discussing the breakdown of the U.S. political system.
Why a World Business Academy?
“Business will have a shaping effect on the future. The Academy’s self-imposed task is to bring as much enlightenment as possible to that shaping.”
Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering
A version of this article originally appeared in the World Business Academy’s monthly publication Currents in Commerce. Join our mailing list to receive Currents in your inbox. As the effects of climate change “begin to frighten us, geoengineering will come to dominate global politics,” predicts Clive Hamilton, in his must-read new book, Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age […]
Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Model
Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable, Little-Know Model By Ellen Brown, Public Banking Institute November 11, 2013 (Republished with permission from the Author. Visit her website for more.) In Costa Rica, publicly-owned banks have been available for so long and work so well that people take for granted that any country that knows how […]
An Evolutionary Perspective for Richard Branson’s B Team
A “supporting idea” response to the new “B Team” from Academy Fellow Elisabet Sahtouris