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Grow a Tree, Grow Your Mind, Grow in a Career of Sustainability Science

Mark Harmine — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:15:17 +0000

“Sustainability science” is not a phrase you hear every day. But in certain circles — and with increasingly wide ripple effects — the science of sustainability is showing itself to be a field with the potential to affect people planet-wide.

Margaret Thatcher was a Supporter of Climate Science

Richard Matthews — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:35:00 +0000

Margaret Thatcher, the UK's Iron Lady, supported climate science and called for global action on emissions reductions. Thatcher was widely maligned for her economic and social policies, but she was a surprisingly ardent supporter of action on climate change.

Margaret Thatcher’s Unacknowledged Grandchild

Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:19:29 +0000

The death of Baroness Thatcher is dominating today's news. Despite the euologic praises heaped now posthumously on the ‘iron lady’ one cannot overlook one common thread: ambiguity. Yes, she modernized Britain, but for whom?

A Letter to the President: No on XL

Richard Matthews — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:31:47 +0000

This is an open letter to President Barack Obama to address the troublesome reports of support for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Sliding Down the Slippery Slope: A Truth Too Big for Obama

Brian Czech — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:35:23 +0000

“Now, the good news is, we can make meaningful progress on this issue [climate change] while driving strong economic growth.” With that sentence from his State of the Union address, President Obama capitulated to paltry cynicism.

Today’s Irrational Policies Increase the Costs of Tomorrow’s Storms

Brent Blackwelder — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:45:59 +0000

$50 billion have been passed in emergency bills to deal with the disaster caused by Hurricane Sandy last fall. New Jersey, New York City, and Long Island were particularly hard hit by the giant storm that measured over one thousand miles in diameter. Who is going to pay for all this?

Should the UN Global Compact Have Sharper Teeth?

Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:28:13 +0000

The emergence of multi-stakeholder initiatives and voluntary corporate accountability programs for business have become some of the most interesting aspects of the CSR debate over the past decade or so. The largest of these in terms of company participation is the UN Global Compact, which now has some 10,000 participants, including over 7,000 businesses in 145 countries.

The Banality of Evil and the Death of Aaron Schwartz

Penelope Ciancanelli — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:42:35 +0000

Most of what needs to be known about the suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz has been written in the hundreds of stories easily found on the internet. I commend them all to you because there is surprisingly little duplication and a great deal of evidence explaining why so many privileged and educated people in the US now fear rather than respect its criminal justice system.

The New MBA?

John R. Ehrenfeld — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:20:16 +0000

Today about one I finished. I retired myself from my teaching at the Marlboro College Graduate School MBA in Managing for Sustainability program with mixed feelings. Programs like this are still extremely rare, but continue to represent the future of business schools truly concerned about sustainability.

Post-election Blues

John R. Ehrenfeld — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:35:31 +0000

It didn’t take long to get over my relief following the results of Tuesday’s election. Great outcomes nationally, here at home in Massachusetts, and in Maine where I spend the summer. It turns out, the votes seem to indicate that we are a bluer nation, according to the networks color schemes.