Unfortunately I got an e-mail recently from James at Dvelo.org telling me that due to SEC regulations on delivering returns on investments in the manner that they had attempted required complicated registration as a “brokerage”. Hopefully we can get a new interview with James explaining the situation, and how they have responded! 00:00 – 00:51 [...]

C.K. Prahalad, author of “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid”, spoke to the 2009 class of Acumen Fellows providing perspective and insight into working among the poorest in the world. Key points: Don’t do it for guilt or morality, do it for intellectual stimulation Leadership is about the future, change, and opportunity Thinking [...]

In an effort that is becoming more and more associated with politics, the World Economic Forum is soliciting your participation — an opportunity to share a cause that is important to you via YouTube. The winning video will have a panel dedicated to their cause. From the official YouTube Blog: Is there one issue facing the [...]

A couple of weeks ago I shared the above image put together by Appfrica Labs that illustrates the “conspicuous correlation” between conflict areas and mining of coltan deposits (minerals used in many of our electronic devices). I wrote this quick analysis: One of the major factors feeding genocide and violent crimes against humanity is that [...]

This article from GreenBiz.com cites that in Copenhagen the “Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board (CDM EB) which oversees, among other things, renewable energy projects in the developing world under the Kyoto Protocol, made a recent decision that metaphorically chopped the top off a number of Chinese windmills.” The article reads: As with the story of [...]

I’m a strong critic of our current system for US Foreign Assistance and its systemic inability to effect sustainable social change on a scale worthy of the amounts we invest. This documentary, “What Are We Doing Here?” travels to through the developing world to ask the tough questions about our foreign assistance programs. This is [...]

This video takes a look at the emerging wind-energy sector in China, as the country sets itself up to be a global leader in the development and use of this emerging technology. I strongly believe that the green energy sector will drive the economies of tomorrow. Every time an election comes around here in the [...]

Here’s your Daily Brief for December 8th through December 9th: Conspicuous Correlation: Coltan and Crisis Reports (via Appfrica) – One of the major factors feeding genocide and violent crimes against humanity is that ruling regimes have established business relations with foreign companies, earning them an political ally and a source of revenue to fuel local [...]