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Nonprofits

Research: Shareholders Nudge Companies

What happens when large companies receive resolutions from their shareholders pressing them to take better care of the environment?

By Alana Conner | Winter 2010
 
WHOLE EARTH
DISCIPLINE:
An Ecopragmatist
Manifesto
Stewart Brand

Environment

An Environmental Provocateur

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand

Reviewed By Denis Hayes | Winter 2010
 

Nonprofits

Research: Strong Women, Strong Sector

The more empowered a country's women, the more vibrant its nonprofit sector.

By Alana Conner | Winter 2010
 
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Nonprofits

What Workforce Crisis?

How do nonprofits find and keep workers even in troubled economic times?

By Lester M. Salamon & Stephanie L. Geller | Winter 2010
 

Environment

What’s Next: Out-Greening Your Neighbor

Nobody wants to be the biggest energy hog on the block.

By Suzie Boss | Winter 2010
 
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Social Innovations

Q&A: Fred Krupp

Under Fred Krupp’s leadership, the Environmental Defense Fund has become one of the most important power brokers in the environmental arena. Krupp has helped accomplish what some thought was impossible—getting businesses to go green voluntarily.

By Eric Nee | 2 | Fall 2009
 
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Government

A Nature State of Mind

True restoration—environmental and economic—will not come from congressional legislation, top-down stimulus money, or EPA rulings.

By Spencer B. Beebe & Ian Gill | 3 | Fall 2009
 
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Business

A Fine Green Niche

Maria Yee established her eco-friendly, high-end furniture company long before going green was the done thing. Two decades later, her company's environmentally sound practices not only reflect a planet-friendly ethos, but also drive a market-friendly creative edge.

By Maria Shao | Fall 2009
 
STRATEGY FOR
SUSTAINABILITY:
A Business Manifesto
Adam Werbach

Business

Greening the Corporation

Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto by Adam Werbach

Reviewed By Amory Lovins | Summer 2009
 
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Environment

Shades of Green

Social networking tools reveal that there is an intricate web of relationships between business and environmentalists, which if developed could benefit the environmental movement.

By Andrew J. Hoffman | 3 | Spring 2009