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The Language of Sustainability & the Power of Words
Consider the word ‘electric’. Unexamined, the term undoubtedly carries positive associations. At some point, we preferred light bulbs to the fire hazard of candles, and we opted for electric heating instead of coal-burning chimneys. Now, ponder a meme featuring an urban sticker that reads: “Ditch electric vehicles / Build trains”.
In the Business of ‘Thriving’ with a Cambridge Pracademic
“The obsession with shareholder value has turned businesses into soulless money machines. . . . Sustainability goals and public statements should be aggressive enough to make everyone nervous.”—Paul Polman, CEO Unilever (2009-2019) The most famous scene in the now classic film A Few Good Men is perhaps all too well known: Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, played by Tom Cruise, shouts at the colonel played by Jack Nicholson.
Positive Soundscapes: A Doubly-Cool Trend for Municipalities
The term may sound new to you, as it did to me. A ‘soundscape’ is the equivalent of a ‘landscape’ but related to the invisible dimension of vibrations. Just as there are pleasant and unpleasant sights when it comes to perceiving the beauty or ugliness of a landscape, so too when it comes to the world of sound. The word goes back at least to an MIT grad and city planner by the name of Michael Southworth, who reportedly first coined the term ‘soundscape’ already in 1969.
Why ‘Treeconomics’ Is Better Than a Profit-Hungry 'Heartless' Machine
Carpet manufacturer Interface’s now-classic ‘Mission Zero’ is arguably the most well-known example of a bold move towards (truly) circular business models. Along with a few other pioneers, Interface remains a point of reference of a company leaping toward reducing fossil fuel emissions, while also becoming a zero-waste, 100 percent recycled-fiber carpet enterprise, where the output of one cycle becomes the input of another.
Treeconomics: A (Not-So)-New Image for the Business World
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Treeconomics: A (Not-So)-New Image for the Business World
Carpet manufacturer Interface’s now-classic ‘Mission Zero’ is arguably the most well-known example of a bold move towards (truly) circular business models. Along with a few other pioneers, Interface remains a point of reference of a company leaping toward reducing fossil fuel emissions, while also becoming a zero-waste, 100 percent recycled-fiber carpet enterprise, where the output of one cycle becomes the input of another.
Einstein’s Take on Capitalism, Socialism, and a New Kind of Business
By Eduardo Sasso, originally published by Resilience.org October 30, 2020 A glimpse at the headlines surrounding the upcoming presidential election in the U.S. reveals how we are still largely governed by the old dichotomy of business vs. society. Many in the Left dismisses capitalism for fostering greed and exacerbating inequality. Some in the Right respond by dismissing socialism as the truest threat to freedom.
Planet of the Humans: Reviewing the Film and its Reviews
By Eduardo Sasso, originally published by Resilience.org May 7, 2020 If you haven’t seen the latest (and arguably the most contentious) documentary on renewable energy, be prepared for an aftertaste of mixed feelings. Joining hands with the controversial Michael Moore, environmentalist and filmmaker Jeff Gibbs has sent an eerie message that is now somewhat dividing the climate movement—in many ways for the worse, but, in a few others, for the better.
Business Beyond Shared Value
By Eduardo Sasso, originally published by Resilience.org January 17, 2020 A Case for Placing Virtue and Spiritual Traditions at the Core of the Business Enterprise ————– Albert Einstein famously remarked that we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Put differently, an edifice will never be round if one lays a squared foundation, nor will a cello player perform decently by reading from a music sheet written for sax or for piano.
Is governance the unexplored secret behind Patagonia’s business success?
In September, the United Nations gave the 2019Champions of the Earth award to clothing B-Corp Patagonia. The organization’s pace-setting entrepreneurial vision was recognized for upholding a dynamic mix of policies that have put sustainability at the very core of its successful business model. Why does Patagonia continue to set itself as a bastion in the circular economy for fashion and in the business world at large?
A Climate of Desire: Excerpt
By Eduardo Sasso, originally published by Resilience.org October 18, 2019 Just around a year ago, business sustainability consultant and climate organizer Eduardo Sasso published A Climate of Desire ー a book reconsidering the original roots of Christianity to more fully enable us to respond to the challenges of climate change. The table of contents of A Climate of Desire is presented below, followed by an excerpt from Chapter 1.
Eat this Word: Mixing Faith and Food Justice
By Eduardo Sasso, originally published by Resilience.org July 3, 2019 How a church community is taking action on food justice and climate change Asking any sustainability aficionado, soon one realizes that healing our industrialized agricultural system is one of the chief ways to halt our current ecological breakdown. Asking most church-goers, one then finds a puzzling disconnect between ways of engaging with food and ways of living out the vision of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.
Churches as Key Actors on Climate Change?
Imagine a group of people committed to the flourishing of a neighbourhood.
Transforming Business: A Play in Four Acts
Imagine a play in four acts: the first one describes a revolution underway in the business world; in the second act religion leaves the public square, paving the way for the ascent of money; the third one showcases social movements, long ignored or forgotten; the fourth sounds like a dream, awaiting full germination and yet to take deeper root. Act One: Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility.
Transforming business: A play in four acts
Imagine a play in four acts: the first one describes a revolution underway in the business world; in the second act religion leaves the public square, paving the way for the ascent of money; the third showcases social movements, long ignored or forgotten; the fourth sounds like a dream, awaiting full germination and yet to take deeper root.
Morro Bay, California Travel Guide
Morro Bay is a working fishing village in San Luis Obispo County, California, about half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It’s a picturesque, sleepy little place that is a perfect rest point if you happen to be driving along Highway 1. Along with the usual range of ocean activities – sailing, kayaking, whale watching – and tiny unspoiled beaches, the main feature of Morro Bay is the Morro Rock, a nearly 600-foot high volcanic plug that stands at the entrance to the harbor.
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