What’s your -er? I was lucky to attend the TED conference this past week, where there are always some unexpected sources of wisdom and insight. If you had asked me to name the most likely source of connection and de-partisanship to be encountered during the gathering, I would not have guessed Frank Luntz, […]
$650 million. Unilever acquired Seventh Generation last week, for something in the $600-700m range. Many of you will know that Seventh Generation is the pioneering sustainable paper goods company, named for the the Iroquois law that says decisions should be based on what’s best for the seventh generation to come. Years ago, I heard Seventh […]
Double. Half. Zero. 100. In Nike’s latest sustainable business report, CEO Mark Parker puts forth a bold charge: can we double our business while halving our environmental impact? Think about that. Double and half. Where could you double a positive, and half a negative? The company has also announced some specific goals: zero waste […]
This post was originally published on the Sprout Lenders site, which has lots more detail on supporting local agriculture in the greater Boston area. “We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of our time: how much is enough?” – Wendell Berry I’ve learned a lot from dirt in […]
Hello Honeybees! As many of you know, the writing of my first book is well underway, and it’s set to be published by Bibliomotion in springtime 2014. Below please find a mini-manifesto about this mega-project. If you’d like to receive ongoing book updates, please click here. We are all investors. We invest our time, our energy, […]