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Klaus Harvey of Transition Town Kinsale (TTK) shares with Global Public Media's Andi Hazelwood the benefit of two years of experience in striving for sustainability in Kinsale, Cork, Ireland since the town's local council adopted the world's first Energy Descent Action Plan.

Richard Heinberg: From Peak Everything to Resilient Communities

Two slim guides have recently been published on climate change solutions, one written to CEOs on how business can profit by helping mitigate and adapt to climate change, one addressing what government policies are most promising. CWR co-host Bill Baue speaks with University of Michigan Professor Andy Hoffman, co-author with John Woody of Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy?, published May 1 by Harvard Business Press as part of its "Memo to the CEO" series.

Reporter Mark Clayton talks about an EPA plan that could lower the bar for air quality standards surrounding national parks.

Patagonia Inc. founder Yvon Chouinard characterizes himself as a reluctant business man. Nevertheless, he offered a slew of counterintuitive business tips during the 2006 Von Guegelberg Memorial Environmental Lecture at the Stanford Center for Social Innovation.

Andrew Ruben and Jib Ellison of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. share their experience of transforming the largest company in the world into an environmentally sustainable business.

Chris Wille, head of sustainable agriculture for the Rainforest alliance, believes social and environmental issues are colliding with better management practices to offer significant returns for both buyers of ethics related products and farmers themselves.

John Russell and Toby Webb, editors of Ethical Corporation magazine, discuss the meaning of social business and ask - does it reallly matter that much?

An interview with Diana Farrell, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute

An interview with Bill Page, VP of Environmental, Social and Governance Investments at State Street Global Advisors