SANTA BARBARA, California — On Friday, November 15th, Solutions News radio will host Monika Penukonda Taylor, Director at Divine Lineage Healing Center located in Mendocino County, California. Monika will be in Santa Barbara to raise awareness and funding for projects that will exhibit possible ways to live in harmony as a community in times of […]
A Letter to Business Roundtable
Earlier this week, the Academy’s own Rinaldo S. Brutoco sent a letter to Business Roundtable President and CEO Joshua Bolten. In light of Business Roundtable’s new definition of corporations to serve all stakeholders, Mr. Brutoco has put forth the mission of the Academy as well as the potential of Business Roundtable to benefit from working […]
Global Citizens Club Meeting: Designing Dreams from Derricks
On November 6th, 2019, we concluded the Global Citizens Club 2019 conference series on “Greening our Infrastructure.” With the company of over 100 Santa Barbara community members and four key panelists, “Designing Dreams from Derricks” focused on the new discussion of the decommissioning of oil platforms off the coast of Santa Barbara. With a controversial […]
Business Warrior Monk: Core Principles
By Rinaldo S. Brutoco, Founding President of World Business Academy In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. – Dag Hammarskjöld, U.N. Secretary-General (1953-1960) If we are to address the many challenges of our era, ranging from climate change to income inequality, leaders must increasingly embrace a unique combination […]
Whitepaper Published on The Methane Accelerator
On June 6, 2019, the World Business Academy released for publication a 31-page whitepaper addressing a global phenomenon it calls the “Methane Accelerator”: cumulative emissions from massive deposits of methane gas, sequestered for millennia in permafrost, glaciers and marine sediment, but which are now being released due to warmer atmospheric and ocean temperatures. For at […]
Solutions News Updates: March 2019
The World Business Academy’s newest project, “Solutions News” with host Rinaldo Brutoco, has hit the ground running! Each week, the show offers listeners inspiring ideas, new solutions and clever strategies to solve the local, national and global challenges we face each day. We also feature interviews with solutions thinkers from various fields who are courageously […]
WATCH: Video of Global Citizens Club Feb 2019 Event – “The Year of Climate Mobilization”
Please enjoy this video recording of the Feb 19, 2019 GCC Public event “2019: The Year of Climate Mobilization” focusing on grassroots mobilization in the face of the greatest challenge to our society since WWII. Speakers: Joan Hartmann, Margaret Klein Salamon, Rose Strauss. Panel Moderated by Rinaldo Brutoco. Video Message from Bill McKibben. Location: Belmond […]
Global Citizens Club Meeting Feb. 19 to Focus on Climate Change Grassroots Action
The World Business Academy’s Global Citizens Club is hosting a meeting on Feb. 19 titled, “2019: The Year for Climate Mobilization.” The event features a video statement from Climate Change icon Bill McKibben and a panel discussion with climate activists and local experts discussing grassroots mobilization. Club members and the public are invited to attend […]
Follow Our New Radio Program “Solutions News” on KZSB 1290AM Friday Afternoons at 5 p.m.!
We have some exciting news to kick off the New Year: The World Business Academy is going live on local radio! Beginning Friday, January 11, we will begin broadcasting a new weekly radio talk show called “Solutions News.” Hosted by Rinaldo, each broadcast will feature a spirited and informative discussion concerning solutions to local, national […]
Watch: Video of community meeting on MCMI (Nov. 14, 2018)
The World Business Academy and the Clean Coalition have teamed up to provide the Montecito community with a sustainable energy solution during times of crisis. Kristy Jansen, Chief of Staff for the World Business Academy and Craig Lewis, Executive Director for the Clean Coalition, presented on this exciting and ambitious initiative at the Montecito Community […]
Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative Public Meeting
The World Business Academy and the Clean Coalition have teamed up to provide the Montecito community with a sustainable energy solution during times of crisis. When completed, the Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative (MCMI) will ensure that vital services remain running during emergencies, and serve as a replicable model for other communities looking to transition California […]
Learn All About the Montecito Community Microgrid at a Public Meeting on Nov. 14
One of the most important ongoing projects of the World Business Academy is the Montecito Community Microgrid, an energy system that would deliver local energy daily and power emergency facilities during outages caused by extreme weather events and system failures. A Community Microgrid is a new approach for designing and operating an electric grid based […]