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For-profit, common good
Using the power of business for people and planet |
Erik Hoffner |
06 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| There are two critiques of Blessed Unrest, Paul Hawken's book on the enormous scope of the worldwide grassroots movements for change, that I'm interested in, one being the notion that the fact that there are millions of grassroots groups at work all over the world providing basic services, fighting for justice, and improving the lot of the planet is not necessarily something to celebrate. Rather, it signifies the failure of modern society to pursue the common good. Fair ... |
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| Topics: books, business, grassroots activism, green living (all these topics) |
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Mazzocchi, Speth, and capitalism's future
Ted Glick on two new books that address capitalism and the environment |
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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 ... |
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What a Revelation
Publisher will produce first eco-friendly Bible |
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09 Oct 2007 |
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| 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 ... |
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| Topics: books, business, green living, greening biz operations, news, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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