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Small Planet Partners develops ventures that positively impact people, our planet and profits. We also help clients reorient culture, processes and products around achieving triple bottom line results.San Francisco Mandates CompostingSubmitted by willow on Fri, 2009-06-26 07:58.
This Fall, San Franciscans could be slapped with a fine for co-mingling cucumber ends, melon rinds and assorted organic waste with other refuse.
San Francisco currently diverts 72 percent of its waste. Diverting recyclables and compostables from landfills would boost the city's rate to 90 percent. The San Francisco Chronicle reports, "The rationale behind the move is clear. Material like food scraps and plant clippings that go into landfills take up costly space and decompose to form methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide." "My Supreme Court nominee" Takes a Cue from "Lost"Submitted by willow on Tue, 2009-05-26 21:48.
4 Ways to Reuse Old Car Dealership Properties | The Daily GreenSubmitted by willow on Fri, 2009-05-15 10:22.
With GM set to close 1,100 or more dealerships today, a day after Chrysler announced plans to close 789 of its own car dealerships across the U.S., communities big and (mostly) small will be reeling from the loss of a local business. For many communities, this loss is just the latest in a string of losses, as the recession has taken its toll on the economy. While there's no telling what's in store for each individual dealership...how might communities deal with the loss proactively? Read more. TIME: 10 Ideas Changing the World Right NowSubmitted by willow on Mon, 2009-04-06 10:41.
"As the global economy has grown, our ability to make complex products with complex supply chains has outpaced our ability to comprehend the consequences — for ourselves and the planet... But what if we could seamlessly calculate the full lifetime effect of our actions on the earth and on our bodies? Not just carbon footprints but social and biological footprints as well? What if we could think ecologically? That's what psychologist Daniel Goleman describes in his forthcoming book, Ecological Intelligence. Using a young science called industrial ecology, businesses and green activists alike are beginning to compile the environmental and biological impact of our every decision — and delivering that information to consumers in a user-friendly way." Ecological Intelligence is 1 of 10 Trends featured in TIME magazines's "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now" issue. The other nine trends: Three Competencies of Leading OrganizationsSubmitted by willow on Sun, 2009-04-05 23:07.
Peter Senge and colleagues detail in The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World three competencies that separate leading organizations from the rest: IBM: Business Model Innovators Blow Away Margin GrowthSubmitted by willow on Sun, 2009-04-05 16:44.
From the SocialEdge Blog: "IBM Global's 2006 report (pdf version here) : Business model innovation: the new route to competitive advantage " includes a striking graph illustrating the finding of IBM's financial analysts that "companies that put more emphasis on business model innovation experienced significantly better operating margin growth (over a five-year period) than their peers." And business model innovation is something that lies at the very heart of social entrepreneurship." Of particular interest to us as we are working on a project to help solve the global e-waste problem, are descriptions by authors John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan of three styles of business model used by leading social entrepreneurs:
Changing Directions...Comments WelcomeSubmitted by willow on Thu, 2009-04-02 20:10.
This Seth Godin post makes the wonderful distinction between process and content. As we prepare to publicly reorient the purpose and market position of Small Planet Partners around values -- now manifesting, though a mere murmur to the subconscious for far too long, I hope to convey process strengths in the work-in-progress that follows. Please share your candid first impressions, reactions and suggestions to this preview: Documentary Investors Wanted: Citizen Journalists, Activists and Social ChangeSubmitted by willow on Wed, 2008-08-06 17:44.
Fresh off an Obama Organizing Fellowship in the swing state of Missouri, I am (working...quickly! :-) ) to raise funds to produce a documentary film -- FROM DENVER TO NOVEMBER -- about the netroots, its impact on Presidential politics and the potential for a brand new model of social change under an Obama administration.
Share in Pangea Day this Saturday, May 10!Submitted by willow on Wed, 2008-05-07 09:57.
This Saturday, May 10, 2008, the world will come together through film. You and your friends are invited to a free public screening we've organized on the Plaza in Kansas City. Stop by for a few minutes or take in more of the show at Unity Temple, 707 West 4th Street between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. In a world where people are often divided by borders, differences and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that -- to help people see the world through someone else's eyes -- through the power of film. We Are the ChangeSubmitted by willow on Fri, 2008-04-11 11:25.
Barack Obama Brand Called Obama Obama Organizing Fellowship Politics Predictions Social mobilization Social Networks Watershed
So what might Obama bring to the White House? How about a critical-mass manifestation of George H.W. Bush's "a thousand points of light"? It's the perfect storm:
Never before have we had the means and national motive to engage individuals en masse, after an election to contribute to solving social and environmental challenges. |