News Featuring World Business Academy’s projects and initiatives
- Deer Ridge Golf Course focusing on sustainability – (May 18, 2021 – The Press [paywall])
- World Business Academy Announces New Executive Director (January 2021) – Press Release
- 7 Lessons from Davos 2020: It’s Time to Act (February 5, 2019 – Real Leaders)
- Davos: 5 Takeaways on Stakeholder Capitalism (January 23, 2020 – JUST Capital)
- Davos Dispatch: Why CEOs Need to Focus on Financial Stability for American Workers in 2020 (January 20, 2020 – JUST Capital)
- Can Capitalism Be Fixed by Making Companies More Just? (January 7, 2020 – Harvard Business Review)
- Intel Broke Ranks to Talk about Pay, Race and Gender. Now Other Tech Companies are Getting Heat (December 13, 2019 – NBC News)
- JUST Capital CEO Whittaker on Building a Purpose-Driven Company (December 3, 2019 – Bloomberg)
- Forbes, in Collaboration with JUST Capital, Discloses a List of the 100 Most Just American Companies (November 21, 2019 – Industry Global News 24)
- EthicMark® Winners: “Carrefour” and “Nature Now” Best Advertising Campaigns 2019 (November 14, 2019 – CSRWire)
- Why Intel is going to share gender, racial pay data most companies conceal (October 17, 2019 – Bloomberg Law; October 20, 2019 – Chicago Daily Herald)
- Ten Finalists Announced for the Annual 2019 EthicMark® Awards for Communications Uplifting the Human Spirit and Society (October 16, 2019 – CSRWire)
- Joe White awarded Santa Barbara UNA Peace Prize (October 10, 2019 – Noozhawk)
- The World Business Academy’s Global Citizens Club hosts free housing solutions discussion (July 10, 2019 – KEYT News)
- Millennials the Focus of Panel Discussion About Santa Barbara’s Housing Needs (July 10, 2019 – Noozhawk)
- World Business Academy Publishes Major New Academic Study Focused on Increased Atmospheric Warming from Natural Methane Releases, Calls for Attention and Action to Lower Global Temperatures (July 10, 2019 – Yahoo Finance, PR Newswire, Oil and Gas 360)
- Uniting the World: Peace Fires Summer Solstice 26-hour Global Healing Event (June 5, 2019 – World Religion News)
- Deepak Chopra: The best companies in America all have one thing in common (May 10, 2019 – CNBC)
- Montecito Fire Protection District Solar Microgrid to be a National Model (March 5, 2019 – CleanTechnica)
- Global Citizens Club Talk Targets Grassroots Action on Climate Change (Feb 7, 2019 – Noozhawk)
- This week Solutions News Radio will welcome Seth Streeter (Feb 1, 2019 – KEYT News)
- This week Solutions News Radio will welcome Elisabet Sautouris (Jan 25, 2019 – Noozhawk)
- Noozhawk Forum Focuses on Revitalizing Downtown Santa Barbara (December 5, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Montecito Explores Microgrid for Emergency Services (November 22, 2018 – Santa Barbara Independent)
- Can Montecito Go Solar? World Business Academy Launches Microgrid Project (November 15, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Panel to Debate Competing Santa Barbara Redistricting Measures, G and H (October 16, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Santa Barbara’s Redistricting Future: An Invited Panel Debating Measures G and H (October 16, 2018 – KEYT News)
- Ideas to Fix State Street Drive Residents to Santa Barbara City Council Meeting (August 14, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Business Group Asks State Supreme Court to Hear Case on Diablo Canyon Safety (July 24, 2018 – KQED)
- Clean Coalition, World Business Academy Pave Way for Microgrid Initiative in Montecito (July 2, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Palms Springs Expert Says Santa Barbara Needs More Millennials, Downtown Housing (June 28, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Task Force Developed to Revitalize State Street (June 28, 2018 – KEYT News)
- State Street Retail: Developing a Plan for the Future (June 21, 2018 – Santa Barbara Independent)
- Rinaldo Brutoco: Setting the Record Straight on the Costs of California’s New Solar Panel Rules (June 14, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Panel Considers How to Resuscitate State Street (June 13, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Inspiring Tales From the Front Lines of Conscious Capitalism (May 23, 2018 – The Motley Fool)
- Powering Paradise Advises on Solar, Backup Power Systems (May 13, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative (April 30, 2018 – Edhat)
- Montecito sets course for emergency energy independence (April 30, 2018 – Santa Barbara News Press)
- Montecito Community Microgrid Initiative will provide energy resilience to the region (April 30, 2018 – PV Magazine)
- Taking Initiative (April 26, 2018 Issue – Montecito Journal p.6, 18)
- Montecito Community to Implement Microgrid Initiative (April 27, 2018 – Voice Magazine p. 5)
- Montecito Community Microgrid Launches (April 26, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- The World Business Academy: Taking Responsibility for the Whole (March 9, 2018 – Voice Magazine)
- Workshops Look at Clean Energy Solutions (March 9, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Business Innovator Partners with World Business Academy (February 28, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- El Encanto offers half-off rates for mudslide evacuees (January 11, 2018 – Noozhawk)
- Rinaldo S. Brutoco wins local UN Peace Prize (October 19, 2017 – Noozhawk)
- World Business Academy Honors Deepak Chopra and Marianne Partridge (September 28, 2017 – Santa Barbara Independent)
- Sara Miller McCune Chair World Business Academy Event (August 5, 2017 — Noozhawk)
- When Right Work is Service to Others. Meet a Modern Day Hero: Rinaldo Brutoco (April 3, 2017 — Huffington Post)
- Safe Energy fundraising luncheon (March 30, 2017 – Montecito Journal)
- First brief filed in Diablo power plant lease lawsuit (February 27, 2017 – Lompoc Record, Santa Maria Times)
- Edison Inspects Power Towers from the Air and Responds to Santa Barbara Safety Concerns (December 22, 2015 – KEYT News)
- South Santa Barbara County’s Power Infrastructure Highly Vulnerable (November 12, 2015 – KEYT News)
- City Feels More Blackout Blues (September 17, 2015 – Santa Barbara Independent)
- Group Challenges State Decision To Allow Continued Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Operation (August 2, 2016 – KCLU)
- California Oil Spills Worries Business Owners and Residents Alike (May 22, 2015 — The Washington Post)
- KSBY Investigates: Radiation Study (February 16, 2015 – KSBY News)
- Both Paradise and Safe Haven (June 20, 2008 – New York Times)
Press Releases
- Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Recognizes a Climate Emergency (December 10, 2019 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy State Street Task Force Works with City to Get New State Street Food Business Back on Track Following Stop-Work Order (September 4, 2018 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy Takes Lawsuit against Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant to the California Supreme Court (July 25, 2018 – Press Release)
- Local Homeowner Installs Solar to Fight Climate Change, Zeros Out His Electric Bills (July 6, 2018 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy Seeks Rehearing in Lawsuit against “Ticking Time Bomb” Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (June 28, 2018 – Press Release)
- Powering Paradise Program Helps Homeowners and Commercial Property Owners With Solar and Backup Power Systems (May 9, 2018 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy Hosts Meeting March 21 on Ways to Create and Keep a Vibrant Retail Scene in Santa Barbara (March 7, 2018 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy Seeks to Protect California’s Environmental Laws in Lawsuit against State Lands Commission (February 19, 2018 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy Forms Global Citizen’s Club to Engage Donors and Support Local Non-Profits (January 16, 2018 – Press Release)
- Belmond El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara Offers Huge Room Discounts to Montecito-area Evacuees Fleeing Flooding, Mudslides (January 9, 2018 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy Appeals Ruling in Lawsuit Against State Lands Commission, Seeks Environmental Review of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (October 26, 2017 – Press Release, Full Appeal Brief)
- Inaugural Santa Barbara United Nations Association Peace Prize Awarded to Rinaldo Brutoco (October 16, 2017 – Press Release)
- California Energy Commission’s Rejection of Puente Gas Peaker Plant in Oxnard Presents A New Opportunity for Renewable Energy (October 10, 2017 – Press Release)
- World Business Academy’s Lawsuit Says State Lands Commission and PG&E are Ignoring Cancer and Infant Mortality Risks from Continued Operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (May 22, 2017 – Press Release, Full Reply Brief)
- The World Business Academy Applauds New Decision Rejecting SCE’s Request to Refurbish Aging Gas Peaker Plant in Goleta, California (April 11, 2017 – Press Release, Proposed Decision)
- World Business Academy Files Opening Brief in Lawsuit against State Lands Commission to Enforce CEQA Environmental Review of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (February 27, 2017 – Press Release, Full Filing)
- Study finds Rising Infant Death Rates Attributable to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (September 19, 2016 – Press Release, Full Study)
- Lawsuit Filed Against State Lands Commission Over Diablo Canyon Lease Renewal (August 3, 2016 – Press Release, Full Filing)
Academy Interviews
Dr. Jerry Brown discusses academy lawsuit against State Lands Commission (March 2, 2017 – Solartopia Podcast)