Category Archives: business
From startup to your dinner table
Co-founder of the Local Food Lab Krysia Zajonc makes her case for the crucial role of business within the sustainable food movement. She also talks about the seeds of her business germinating in Costa Rica, some of the startups growing … Continue reading
An entrepreneur’s approach to the Anthropocene
Debra Dunn discusses the (hopefully) changing role of the modern entrepreneur to one committed to positive social & environmental impacts in addition to profits. She also addresses the increasing emphasis on the individual as opposed to the community and the … Continue reading
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Building a sustainable future through business
Andy Hoffman talks about the necessity of “dark greens” and “light greens,” the waning meaning of environmental rhetoric, and the difficulties of forming a social consensus around climate change. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download Episode (right-click and select … Continue reading
The (slow) rise of sustainable energy
Sally Benson talks about the goals and recent accomplishments of Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), the need to partner with industry, the hopeful signs of alternative energy development, and how her upbringing informed her sense of justice and … Continue reading
