The CBC has a feature article on the emerging green economy and it’s a good read to start the week.
At the same time, some leading multinational corporations are taking action to slash their use of fossil fuels. Manufacturer Johnson and Johnson has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by seven per cent while growing its business [...]
Tag Archives: money
Greenomics
March 10, 2008 – 9:54 am
The Rich Stop Sending Money Down the Line
January 21, 2008 – 10:23 am
Rich snobs like Paris Hilton make other rich people bothered, and most likely entire societies bothered. Well, hopefully a trend of people who worked hard to earn their fortune not passing their wealth to their children will continue.
Being born into wealth helps people advance in life, and for people who have indeed worked for [...]
Turn a Lack of Resources Into a Strength
January 8, 2008 – 9:46 am
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Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek has some advice for people who are questioning a jump into something new because they question if they have the resources to do it. Granted, he’s talking about starting a business, but I think that his advice can be applied to everyday living as well. He argues that [...]
Starbucks Actually Helps
January 7, 2008 – 10:29 am
Starbucks is a massive international coffee chain that is infamous for putting their own coffee shops across the street from one another. They also have a reputation that they drive local independent coffee shops out of business, it seems this reputation is undeserved.
Slate has an article examining how Starbucks helps small coffee shops by giving [...]
Music Industry Broken, Musicians Not
December 19, 2007 – 4:20 pm
MTV has declared the music industry broken and that is actually a good thing (unless you’re a recored executive). It is a hard time for musicians though as the industry catches up to this whole “interbookwebspacenetjournal.com” thing.
David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, has some advice for musicians so they can succeed in this new age:
I [...]
The Story of Stuff
December 18, 2007 – 8:16 am
The Story of Stuff is a project by Annie Leonard that chronicles none other than stuff.
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look [...]