by Gil Friend | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week I began a conversation with you (and my Inside Sustainability subscribers) about “What’s beyond sustainability?”—and promised to continue this week what I’m thinking now. It’s this: The best of “sustainability”—for all the...
by Gil Friend | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Helene Finidori of The Next Edge group on Facebook asked today: I’ve been asked to teach a 3 or 4 x2hrs mini module on sustainability to MBA students. I have carte blanche to be ‘as radical’ as I wish to be and use any interactive material I would...
by Gil Friend | Aug 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
We lost a giant this week. An insipration. A friend. There have been many moving and eloquent tributes. Here’s mine. Ray Anderson was a man of big heart, generous spirit, penetrating vision, fierce commitment. He inspired and taught so many – including me...
by Gil Friend | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
As you may know, 500 of our peers just named me a finalist for the Pinnacle Award of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), for contributions to the field of sustainability. The other nominees are Ray Anderson, Amory Lovins, Karl-Henrik...
by Gil Friend | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
I presented the opening keynote recently at the Communitelligence conference, Communicating Sustainability 2010: Integrating Social Responsibility Into Your Organization’s DNA, held at Applied Materials HQ in Santa Clara, California. Why the “mysteriously...