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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Mazzocchi, Speth, and capitalism's future Ted Glick on two new books that address capitalism and the environment	Guest author	20 May 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Ted Glick, a long-time activist who's been involved in the climate movement since 2003 and the progressive social change movement since 1968. ----- "Capitalism as we know it today is incapable of sustaining the environment." -- James Gustave (Gus) Speth, in The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability The Bridge at the End of the World, by J ...
Topics: books, business, green living (all these topics)

The Best Defense An interview with Fred Krupp, author of Earth: The Sequel and president of EDF	David Roberts	05 May 2008	Grist Feature
Fred Krupp. Fred Krupp has been piloting Environmental Defense Fund since he left private law practice in 1984. It hasn't gone badly: Under Krupp's leadership, the group has become an influential player in the deepest halls of power, with an annual budget that's ballooned from $3 million to $71.8 million. A substantial measure of EDF's success and credibility stems fro ...
Topics: books, business, carbon trading, climate, economy, Environmental Defense Fund, interview (all these topics)

The Company He Keeps An interview with eco-certification expert Michael Conroy	Katharine Wroth	07 Mar 2008	Grist Feature
Michael Conroy. Photo: Chris Conroy Photography As a shopper, you can't turn around without running into some type of green label, from Fair Trade to FSC-certified. But what do they all mean, and where the hell did they even come from? Economist Michael Conroy digs into the history behind these increasingly common labels in his book Branded!: How the 'Certification Revolution' Is Transfo ...
Topics: books, business, consumerism, green products, greening biz operations, interview, shopping, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

What a Revelation Publisher will produce first eco-friendly Bible		09 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:42 PM on 09 Oct 2007 Coming soon to a hotel room near you: the first green Bible, expected to hit the scene later this month from publisher Thomas Nelson. The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Daily Bible -- which perhaps includes the 11th commandment "Thou shalt be principled"? -- will be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and contain recycled fiber. Says Tyson Miller of the Green Press Initiative ...
Topics: books, business, green living, greening biz operations, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

A greener economy from the grassroots New book details successes; join a chat with Paul Hawken	Erik Hoffner	02 Oct 2007	Gristmill
At work today I received a review copy of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories From the Grassroots, which just hit the presses and looks interesting. It's a diverse roundup of grassroots efforts aimed at stewardship and urban renewal toward a cleaner economy and greener, more just communities. Green economy superstar Van Jones is interviewed, of course, but I didn't notice a nod to Paul Hawken right off the bat, whose pioneering books on the topic of greening the ...
Topics: books, business, grassroots activism, placemaking (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: Capitalism as if the World Matters New book by Porritt argues that we need to reshape capitalism to deliver a sustainable future	Peter Madden	24 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Peter Madden, chief executive of Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- We have just published the American paperback version of Capitalism As If the World Matters. The book is written by Jonathon Porritt, one of the foremost environmentalists of his generation and cofounder of my organization, Forum for the Future. The foreword is by Amory Lovins. As well as working with us, Jonathon is ch ...
Topics: books, business, environmental movement (all these topics)

Upgrading capitalism's operating system A review of Peter Barnes' Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons	Gar Lipow	05 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Peter Barnes' Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons (also available as a free PDF at Barnes' site) suggests that flaws in capitalism lie at the root of the environmental and social problems we face today; his solution, as a retired corporate CEO, is not to discard capitalism, but fix those flaws. As he puts it: Eventually, after retiring from Working Assets in 1995, I began reflecting on the profit-making world I'd emerged from. I'd tested the system fo ...
Topics: books, business, politics (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Nuclear energy and China's development China got troubles	David Roberts	14 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: Bush's token response to global warming is to argue for clean coal and nuclear power. To the extent he's involved in any international discussion, it's the Pacific pact, a trade deal with these emerging markets for old coal and nuclear technology. TT: Bush jumps in a long list of presidents of both parties who have not been able to deal with the [nuclear] waste issue in any meaningful fashion. And talk about a subsidized industry! Once upon a time we t ...
Topics: books, business, interview, nuclear power, oil, politics, Terry Tamminen, United States (all these topics)

Balancing the Book A look back at Al Gore's 1992 opus on the environment	Chip Giller	25 Oct 2000	Arts and Minds
Earth in the Balance By Al Gore Houghton Mifflin, 416 pages, 2000 How many environmentalists have actually read Earth in the Balance? Very few, I'm willing to wager. The truth is that until recently, I myself felt qualified to pontificate on Al Gore's environmental beliefs and, yes, occasionally question whether he'd lived up to them, even though I hadn't read more than a few excerpts from th ...
Topics: Al Gore, books, business, politics, United States (all these topics)

We Be Culture Jammin'	Donella H. Meadows	15 May 2000	Global Citizen
Maybe you've seen Adbusters magazine or the Adbusters website, with their takeoffs on common ads. "Joe Chemo," the popular Joe Camel, sits sad, sick, and bald in a hospital bed. A sports utility vehicle surges through the wilderness under the slogan: NATURE -- IT'LL GROW BACK. A slumped over vodka bottle proclaims ABSOLUTE IMPOTENCE. It doesn't take much artful ridicule like that to undo billions of dollars worth of careful pro ...
Topics: books, business, consumerism, messaging (all these topics)

A How-to Guide to Guilt-Free Moola Investing au naturel	Hal Brill, Jack A. Brill, Cliff Feigenbaum	01 Sep 1999	Arts and Minds
By Hal Brill, Jack A. Brill and Cliff Feigenbaum 01 Sep 1999 Turn on any financial talk show and you will be deluged with advice about how to make more money. You'll learn which kind of IRA is best for you, and hear arguments rage about the pros and cons of no-load mutual funds. This is useful information, but it doesn't go far enough. Given the central, powerful role of money and business in both our society and our personal lives, it is a ...
Topics: books, business (all these topics)

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