Quote of the day

Socialism collapsed because it did not allow prices to tell the economic truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow prices to tell the ecological truth. -Oystein Dahle, former Vice President, Exxon, Norway Exactly. (Thank you,...

BOP on the road

Business Growth and Innovation in the Base of the Pyramid is a series of ‘cross-sector dialogue[s] exploring the opportunities for small, medium and large companies and social entrepreneurs working with the Base of the Pyramid.’ Upcoming dates include...

Sustainable Products, Sustainable Companies

[This piece was posted at WorldChanging this weekend, in my biweekly Sustainable Sundays submission, and will go out to the New Bottom Line list and up on the Natural Logic web site in the next day or two.  An experiment in cross-posting instead of just cross...

Multiple Makower missives

Joel Makower’s been bloggin’ up a storm this week. Recent topics include: ‘The Soul of Environmentalism’ — Forget environmentalism’s ‘death.’ Turns out, the environmental movement is alive and well — and has got...

The next billion

There’s a rich and fascinating new multi-author blog at http://NextBillion.net, the handiwork of the inestimable World Resources Insitute. No, not about making or spending or taxing the next billion dollars. About bringing the next billion people into some...