Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine covering best strategies for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses. Published quarterly by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Articles Tagged With 'green+living'

Date Author Category Title
Winter 2008
Sacha Zimmerman
Environment • Government • Book Reviews Review: Break Through [Free!]

Small-scale efforts won’t solve the global warming crisis.

Fall 2008
Sheila Bonini & Jeremy Oppenheim
Environment • Corporate Social Responsibility Cultivating the Green Consumer [Free!]

Consumers say they want to buy ecologically friendly products and reduce their impact on the environment. But when they get to the cash register, their Earth-minded sentiments die on the vine. Although individual quirks underlie some of this hypocrisy, businesses can do a lot more to help would-be green consumers turn their talk into walk.

Winter 2009
Jennifer Roberts
Environment • Government What’s Next: Jolly Old Eco-land

Britain tries building carbon-neutral housing to address its housing shortage.

Winter 2009
Jennifer Roberts
Environment • Arts, Culture, and Religion What’s Next: Treks, Plugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll

Rockers go green.

Winter 2009
Alana Conner
Environment Research: The End of the World Is Nigh (Maybe)

Research finds human extinction looms near if consumption levels do not decrease.

Winter 2009
Suzie Boss
Environment • Social Entrepreneurship Clean Sweep [Free!]

E + Co connects the dots between energy, poverty, and the environment.

Winter 2009
Suzie Boss
Environment • Social Entrepreneurship • Corporate Social Responsibility Nau and Again

When Nau, an outdoor clothing start-up from Portland, Ore., launched in 2005, word on the street had it that the company would push socially responsible business to new heights. But barely a year after putting its earth-toned parkas and virgin merino wool sweaters up for sale in its übercool “webfront” stores, Nau pulled the plug. Find out how Nau tried on too much, too fast. —By Suzie Boss

Spring 2009
Matthew J. Kotchen
Environment Offsetting Green Guilt [Free!]

Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets simply a way for guilt-ridden consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings? —By Matthew J. Kotchen

Spring 2010
Brandon Keim
Environment • Corporate Social Responsibility Case Study: LEED the Way

The LEED system is the platinum standard for green building certification, and its parent organization, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), is one of the fastest growing nonprofits in America. Here’s how the USGBC maintains its strict standards while responding to diverse members in an evolving field

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