“Honeybees abandoning hives and dying due to insecticide use, research finds.” This is the headline in the Guardian, May 9th, 2014. The most recent study by Dr. Chensheng Lu, an expert on environmental exposure biology at Harvard School of Public Health, … Continue reading
Take heart. According to Researcher Sandra Waddock “a personal desire to make a difference” – matters. As reported by the Network for Business Sustainability, Waddock studied the emerging systems and institutions that frame the discussion of corporate sustainability and responsibility today. She found … Continue reading
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I recently discovered the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). Under the coordination of the UN Global Compact and leading academic institutions, the PRME task force developed in 2007 a set of six principles which lay the … Continue reading
Last week in Tim Draimin’s, webinar “Getting Started on Social Innovation”, he explained that we are stuck in a “shallow partnership culture”. This really struck a cord with me. Let me be clear, I don’t think any of my present … Continue reading
I stand at the US customs booth in the airport on my way to Chicago using my best “sustainability” elevator speech on the Agent. “I am going to a conference on sustainability,” I say. “Really,” he says studying my passport more … Continue reading
Collaboration is complicated. I am working with a non-governmental organization (NGO) to bring together four other non-governmental organizations, one municipal government with multiple engaged departments (energy, water, transportation, waste, wellbeing), two utilities, businesses and neighbourhood groups to launch a city-wide conservation … Continue reading
