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China in Africa

Posted in Economy, Environmental Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Africa has been on my mind a bit lately, in part due to a wonderful (though likely quite controversial) article from last month’s Fast Company, which I finally got around to reading.  The article touches on China’s land grab on the African continent, telling a story that many will be fascinated to hear.
Certainly, part of [...]

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A mighty wind

Posted in Economy, Environmental Sustainability on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Since gas prices across the US reached an average of $4/gallon this last week, I thought it timely to share this wonderful Fast Company article.
If there is one fabulous thing about skyrocketing fuel prices, it's their ability to make even people like this guy believers in alternative energy.

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A much needed distraction

Posted in Environmental Sustainability, Innovation, Technology on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just about fell over the other day when I realized it had been nearly three weeks since I last posted. I haven't neglected the blog this badly since probably Christmas. But that also means that I was due for my bi-annual break from writing.
Anyhow, I have a few posts teed up now, and so [...]

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New Year’s SMART Goals?

Posted in Current Affairs, Environmental Sustainability, Human Resources on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

To lighten things up a bit after a series of intense posts, check out the Heath brothers’ (authors of Made to Stick) column in this month’s Fast Company… Does this sound eerily HR?
If you like that one… or even if you don’t… I would also suggest taking a look at David Roberts’s Green Business column [...]

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19.20.21

Posted in Current Affairs, Economy, Environmental Sustainability, Social Entrepreneurship on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

While I ripped on BusinessWeek’s innovation article a couple of weeks back, I do have to give them credit for introducing me to the 19.20.21 project.
I have little doubt that the world of the future will be one in which the vast majority of the world’s population lives in major urban centers. 
The sociologist [...]

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Back in the saddle, part II

Posted in Environmental Sustainability, Innovation on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

My recent post on CO2 allowances and trading actually only touched on the economics behind allowances.  Since the concept of building environmental degradation into a firm’s fixed production costs could be implemented a number of ways, including via an emissions tax, I thought it important to offer quick comments on why it makes sense to [...]

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Back in the Saddle

Posted in Current Affairs, Environmental Sustainability on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been largely absent from the blogosphere over the last couple of weeks.  Work, shoveling snow, catching up on reading, and tending to family/household matters (i.e. the holidays) has pretty much dispelled any energy or desire I’ve had for writing.

And now that I’m forcing myself to pick it back up, I can’t think of anything [...]

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