Gil Friend’s Blog

Via @ccoletta & @thejoelepstein on Twitter: CEOs for Cities reports New York City's $19B "Green Dividend" When does a bike lane become an economic stimulus? When it's part of an alternative transportation system that puts $19 billion into New York City's economy each...

Here are some of the key places I 'll be speaking over the next few months. Urban planning and transportation design for a carbon-constrained future WDHB May 6 2010 Berkeley Keynote: The Three Barriers to Building a Sustainable Economy Sustainable Enterprise...

As you know, I think and speak a lot about subsidies, and their impacts in market distortion as well as environmental & social damage. Data unfortunately is hard to come by, so please let me know any good sources you know of. Two suggested to me today: Earthtrack, and...

Concise and to the point: the four "care instructions" for the planet, and us. As our friends at The Natral Step say: Think you can explain The Natural Step Framework and basic sustainability principles in two minutes? Look what Real Eyes Sustainability Ltd., out of...

Well, that was the plan. Sustainablog's 2010 Pedal-Powered Blogathon is underway, and the plan was to blog my brains out this afternoon. But the combination of jet lag and other pressing commitments is valving down my contribution -- to this announcement, and maybe...

Christine Arena interviews me for the CSRreport on 3BL Media. Why most companies Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are "woefully inadequate" -- and leave money on the table.

One data point in particular stands out for me in The Business of Sustainability report (produced by MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group) that we reported on in January. It’s not that 92% of the more than 1500 executives surveyed said their...

I'm not sure how it happened, but finance firm RoseRyan has rated me one one of the top 25 clean tech leaders in the Bay Area -- which is of course Action Central in this field. Thanks - to whoever's responsible!