Stuart Hart’s book, Capitalism at the Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth, and Humanity, is a very well written and insightful look at why business should be at the vanguard of social, environmental, and economic development.
Over the course of the last 10-20 years, our generation has born witness to one of the most …

After stumbling into the small village of Korphe upon his descent from K2 in Pakistan, Greg Mortenson set out on a mission to build schools and bring hope to children (girls in particular) across Pakistan and eventually into Afghanistan. The wildly acclaimed bestseller Three Cups of Tea invited us on …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Here’s your Daily Brief for December 9th:
Women at the BoP: what does it mean when your money belongs to you? (via Perspective 2.0) – Ownership is a critical step toward empowerment at the bottom of the pyramid. Advances in technologies, in this case biometric ID cards, will be the …

This is a little off topic, but it’s something that’s been driving me nuts the last couple of months. The digital media market has been rapidly evolving over the past decade, and forces de resistance have been scrambling to find ways to adapt. The RIAA played the role of 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 …