December 2, 2008
Tuesday

The Human Cost of Economic Meltdown and Its Alternative (Dada Maheshvarananda)

It is very humbling to write about the enormous upheavals of the global economy. A New York Times editorial calls this “the scariest economic free fall the world has seen since 1929,” referring to the Great Depression that caused great suffering to millions. The sentiment is echoed by hundreds of leading economists, bankers and traders whose opinions are quoted daily, as they struggle to explain the economic fallout to the general public. Yet no one is able to confidently predict our economic future.

Thomas Friedman's Argument for 'Eco-Greenism' (audio)

Organization:
NPR.org
In his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist writes about the need for a green revolution — and calls upon Americans to lead the charge.

The Good Life: "More Than Money" by Mark Albion (video)

Watch New York Times bestselling author Mark Albion's 3-minute animated movie "The Good Life", based on Mark's new book, More Than Money, and produced with Free Range Studios.
Organization:
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Voting With Your Dollar (video)

Jim Hightower shares how you can say "no" to sweatshop labor help support the American economy this holiday season.
Organization:
Hightower Lowdown

Katy Choo: Perspectives from GE (audio)

Organization:
Policy Innovations
September 19, 2007 - Katy Choo discusses the diverse challenges that General Electric faces as it moves into emerging markets.

Corporate Social and Financial Performance: A Meta-analysis (research)

Most theorizing on the relationship between corporate social/environmental performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP) assumes that the current evidence is too fractured or too variable to draw any generalizable conclusions. With this integrative, quantitative study, we intend to show that the mainstream claim that we have little generalizable knowledge about CSP and CFP is built on shaky grounds.
Organization:
Social Investment Forum

Sustainable Development (video)

This excerpt from the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative features William Drayton, Founder and CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the public; His Excellency Mohammed Al Gregawi, Minister of State for Cabinat Affairs, United Arab Emirates; Robert E. Rubin, Director & Chairman of the executive Committe, Citi; and Muhammad Yunus, Founder & Managing Director of the Grameen Bank, discussing successful models for sustainable development.
Organization:
Clinton Global Initiative

Terra Pass (video)

Everytime you drive you are releasing carbon dioxide into the air, but how can you fix this? Sundance Channel's ECO BIZ profiles one professor at the University of Pennsylvania Business School who came up with a way to make clean energy accessible to everyone.
Organization:
Sundance Channel

L.A. Company Gives Gang-Bangers Jobs, Options (news brief)

Organization:
Christian Science Moniter

Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit rehabilitation center for former gang members founded 20 years ago by Father Gregory Boyle, a parish priest in the Boyle Heights neighborhood near downtown, just opened a spacious new bakery and a training and job development center.

Globalization Gets Good Reviews Around the World (news brief)

Organization:
The New York Times
There was a difference in the approval numbers between developing countries and countries that have experienced rapid trade-based growth, and advanced Western countries.