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"I never cheer when my team scores"
An interview with Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer. Max Christern| July/Aug 2007 issue He thinks for a moment, folds his arms in front of his chest and then shakes his head almost apologetically. We’ve just asked him if he looks back on the past few years with satisfaction. After all, Jeroen van der Read More...
Money makes the world go around
A conscious approach to investing can affect the way the world goes around. Amy Domini| July/Aug 2007 issue Socially responsible investing has grown a lot in recent years, both in scale and in influence. But many people still find it incomprehensible that we should think about anything other than Read More...
People, planet, purchasing power
How buying Ben & Jerry's ice cream made me a more conscious consumer. Amy Domini | June 2011 issue I hate to date myself, but I’m old enough to remember having three pairs of shoes. The Buster Browns were for all the time; these sturdy brown lace-ups were for school, play and most activities. Read More...
The new sustainability
Why we need more economic growth, not less, to create a truly viable future. Jurriaan Kamp | June 2011 Read More...
Small is Successful
A growing number of businesses discover that getting big is not the best measure of accomplishment. Jay Walljasper| July/Aug 2007 issue In April 17, 2000, Gary Erickson was about to fulfill the wildest hopes of any business entrepreneur. That morning he drove to the Berkeley office of Clif Bar, a Read More...
Farmers as change agents
More and more people are discovering that farming is an economically and ecologically optimistic way to make a living - and to make a difference. Diane Daniel | June 2011 Read More...
After oil
Unfamiliar crops like switchgrass and jatropha hold more promise as alternative fuels than corn and sugarcane Craig Cox| July/Aug 2007 issue It seemed like a marriage made in heaven. Corn farmers, suffering under some of the lowest commodity prices in history, hooked up with environmentalists Read More...
Permission to dream
How ex-investment banker Bob Hildreth is helping immigrants - legal and illegal alike - get educated and get ahead. Andi McDaniel and Tom Matlack | June 2011 Read More...
Bali in the balance
A local king, educated at Harvard, maps out a middle route between modern progress and traditional culture for this tourist mecca Ben Knapen | July/Aug 2007 issue “We must find an amalgam between old and new. And thanks to our own traditions and their revival, we can find the wisdom and strength Read More...
Dare to care
Good Samaritans on a crowded subway train discover the gift of service David Servan-Schreiber| July/Aug 2007 issue It's Saturday night in the Paris métro. Two friends, Etienne and Sophie, are on their way to dinner. After sitting down in the crowded train, they discover the body of a homeless man Read More...