The Blue Sweater

Jacqueline Novogratz brings us a series of insightful stories and unforgettable characters — from women dancing in a Nairobi slum, to unwed mothers starting a bakery, to courageous survivors of the Rwandan genocide, to entrepreneurs building services for the poor against impossible odds. Her book, The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who has spent her life on a quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it.

 

Clean Energy Leadership

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Race for American Jobs in Columbus, Ohio

Part of a series featuring business and civic leaders to include the following, all of them addressing important issues of job creation and moving towards a low carbon economy.

Sustainability Clean Tech and Energy, thought leadership, 2010.

Raj Patel: The Value of Nothing
Raj Patel talks about economic models in a way that points out a number of significant problems with the free market one and highlights some of the the ones that are working.  Remember Mr. Greenspan's testimon before Congress? "I found a flaw in the model that I perceive is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works, so to speak." He refers to a book that is to be published and was published this month, The Value of Nothing.

Post Crash, Investing in a Better World by Geoff Mulgan

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

The New, New Deal by EcoTrust

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.

Vision Across Boundries and Understanding Connections

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.

 

Clean Energy Leadership, Colorado

Race for American Jobs

Colorado

With a triple bottom line orientation, Ann Livingston discusses a low cost public structure to flow private dollars ($10M so far). Ann is  sustainability coordinator for Boulder County, Colorado.  Other leaders featured include Stacy Barr,  National Program Director, Veterans Green Jobs, Alice Madden, Colorado Climate Chanage Coordinator; Auden Schendler, Director of Sustainability, Aspen Skiing Company; John Powers, Sustainable Colorado; and Ravi Malhorta of iCAST.

Low Carbon Economy and On Being Sustainable

Race For American Jobs

New Hamshire

discussion on the advantages of investing, now, in a low carbon economy, a shift in thinking, and to start wit a establishing a price on carbon. In partnership with We Can Lead, BICEP ran the "Race for American Jobs: Clean Energy Leadership", a coast-to-coast virtual race to drive home the economic and job-creation benefits of national climate and energy legislation. The four-week campaign engaged business leaders across the country with events in Oregon, Colorado, Ohio and New Hampshire, before traveling to Washington on March 10. Each event featured a lively panel discussion with large consumer brands and local clean economy entrepreneurs.

Sustainability Clean Tech and Energy, thought leadership, 2010.