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Kip Ward, owner of the Historic Anchor Inn in Lincoln City, Oregon, a central coast beach town, talks about the importance of the first step towards a sustainable lifestyle and getting started.
http://www.ted.com As we reboot the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies -- and make the world a little bit better?
Geoff Mulgan CBE is Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts and Visiting Professor at University College London, the London School of Economics, and the University of Melbourn
A trailer for a 10 minute video on the Ecotrust belief that building local, living communities is the way to save the economy and the environment at the same time. The film shares the stories of analysts, professors, bankers, students, entrepreneurs and architects, and their movement toward a new economic model of recovery and sustainability.
This and other programs are available on EarthSayers as well as the EcoTrust Website and on their YouTube Channel.
Chris Laszlo presents his latest book, Sustainable Value: How the World's Leading Companies Are Doing Well by Doing Good, arguing that far from being a cost to society and business, sustainability is emerging as a huge opportunity for both.
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A short promotional video about KIVA.org. Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.They are headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
We live on a finite planet and sometimes our impact on it is greater than we realize. The seemingly isolated actions we take every day, from our choice of morning beverage to our choice of business practices, are often links in a chain of unusual connections we would never have imagined.
The bottom line: The health of business is directly connected to the health of the natural world. And both can grow and flourish—together.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler of the University of Berkeley welcomes Amory Lovins for a discussion of Natural Capitalism ( http://www.natcap.org/ ). Lovins explains the origins and mission of Rocky Mountain Institute ( http://www.rmi.org/ ) and analyzes the opportunities and benefits of using the profit motive to redesign the relationship between the environment and capitalism. Drawing on his thirty year career as an innovator and scientist, he analyzes the mechanisms by which ideas can impact business practice and government policy with the goal of sustaining the environment.
Hunter Lovins discusses the nest of issues surrounding sustainability and how these issues are forcing change whether we like it or not. She emphasizes that there is now strong evidence that the companies that are adopting sustainability practices and principles are out performing their competitors.
Special Collection: TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design), Ideas Worth Spreading presents architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "All children, all species, for all time." http://www.ted.com/
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