Sharing is caring – an old saying which has been largely ignored in our consumptive economy. Here are some efforts to bring it back – and maybe create a healthy planet in the process.
The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
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. The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, by Charles Fishman, a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for business journalism, is a brilliant, engrossing, and invaluable book that entertains […]
Sustainable Responsible Impact Investing with Mindy Lubber
Mindy Lubber, President of Ceres, is in conversation with Academy President Rinaldo S. Brutoco. These two leaders in the Sustainable, Responsible Impact Investing (SRI) space discussed the responsibility of investors and business to strengthen the world economy, care for the environment and combat climate change. Mindy Lubber is President of Ceres, the leading coalition of […]
From the Current Business Paradigm to the Second Renaissance
Business being the most pragmatic of all social organizational forms, it historically has focused narrowly on its economic activity without being distracted by the demands of political affiliations, societal and communal needs, environmental concerns, individual aspirations or civic pursuits, except for those which have been legislated or decreed by regulatory agencies, or the occasional token donation to a cultural charity such as the opera.
Privatizing Water: “Taxing Through the Tap”
The privatization of water is underway and you’ll probably be the one paying.
Neo-Currencies: Flying Buttresses Can Stabilize the Shaky Euro
The Euro continues to wobble and induce fear. But what if there were a creative monetary policy solution to stabilize it?
The “Fiscal Cliff” and the Class Wars
The homemade U.S. crisis known as the “fiscal cliff” throws into stark relief the fact that the U.S. can’t fix its economy and fix its budget deficits at once because fixing the economy requires more government spending, and fixing the budget requires less spending. Cutting spending too much too soon could tip the U.S. back […]
Academy Fellow Jerry B. Brown, 1960s Grape Boycott Organizer
Academy Fellow Jerry B. Brown was a co-coordinator of Cesar Chavez’ national grape boycott in the 1960’s. A new book sheds light on the campaign.
France Says “No” to Fracking
France has said “no” to fracking, the controversial production of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing. The process entails injecting large volumes of toxic chemicals deep into the ground, threatening and contaminating groundwater supplies. The anti-fracking movement is also gaining ground in the U.S. In a sharp turnaround, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has just announced […]
The Hydrogen Economy Takes Off
A new report by the Department of Energy on hydrogen and fuel cells shows how fast the hydrogen economy is taking off: “Global sales of fuel cells, which use a chemical process to draw power from hydrogen, have more than tripled since 2008 to about 74 megawatts last year.” “New, independent studies highlighted the key […]
Climate change: Do the Math
It’s been a year of record-breaking numbers, whether the number of heat records or other extreme weather events or the rate of Arctic ice melting. Bill McKibben’s article in Rolling Stone this August, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” explains the three numbers that matter most and their repercussions. The short version is on the 350.org […]
“Things are Much Too Bad for Pessimism”
America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy, the new book by the esteemed environmentalist Gus Speth, contains a message of hope and a pathway to remaking our broken political and economic systems and solving our diverse challenges, from poverty, unemployment, and income inequality to climate change. “Things are much too bad for pessimism,” he […]