- -: Bill McKibben - Downsides to Economic Growth
April 9, 2007 (about 6 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=815 Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben criticizes sustained economic growth, a policy goal, he argues, whose costs outweigh its benefits. ----- Bill McKibben discusses his groundbreaking new book "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Commun...
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- -: What is "Conscious Consumerism?"
February 25, 2008 (about 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/30/Conscious_Capitalism Panelists Eric Ryan, Nathan Shedroff and Rajan Dev discuss "conscious consumerism" and its role in promoting sustainable business practices. ----- Conscious Capitalism with panelists Nathan Shedroff, Brandon Schauer, Rajan Dev, ...
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- -: Silda Wall Spitzer - Greening the NY Governor's Mansion
March 6, 2008 (about 5 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/NY_Governor_s_Office_on_Green_Building_Panel Former First Lady of the State of New York Silda Wall Spitzer discusses "greening" the New York Governor's mansion. ----- First Lady Silda Spitzer presents the Governor's Office's plans for greening New Y...
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- -: From Poop to Power: Green Farming
December 4, 2008 (over 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/28/Dairies_and_Feedlots_Whats_the_Good_News Albert Straus, proprietor of the Straus Family Creamery, details the process by which his farm converts cow manure into electricity. ----- Recent press coverage of the dairy industry has been less than positi...
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- -: Hillary Clinton - Sustainability and the American Dream
February 20, 2009 (about 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Secretary_of_State_Hillary_Clintons_Asia_Society_Address U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses the Obama Administration's approach to global environmental sustainability, and rejects the notion that environmentally-conscious policies must ...
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- -: Did Short-Term Thinking Wreck Wall Street?
March 31, 2009 (about 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/18/Ties_That_Must_Bind_Why_CEOs_Rely_on_CMOs_More_Than_Ever Frito-Lay CMO Jaya Kumar and Del Monte CMO William Pearce discuss how the Wall Street obsession with short-term growth contributed to the economic crisis. Pearce says that sustainable growth, no...
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- -: The Bee and the Almond: Crop Pollination May Kill Colonies - Michael Pollan
May 20, 2009 (almost 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/05/Michael_Pollan_Deep_Agriculture In Defense of Food author Michael Pollan says the high demand of pollinating central California's almond crop may be contributing to the collapse of bee colonies. Pollan says bees are shipped in from around the globe an...
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- -: Building Green Not Rocket Science - Patrick Bailey
June 2, 2009 (almost 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/01/Scaling_Up_From_Buildings_to_Communities Patrick Bailey, project manager of AEC sustainability at Autodesk, argues that one of the keys to improving building sustainability is increasing public awareness. He says many businesses now see going green "a...
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- -: Surprising Benefits for Green Business - Steve Pinetti
July 16, 2009 (almost 4 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/22/Conscious_Capitalism_Part_Three Steve Pinetti of Kimpton Hotels explains how the company's internal environmental policies led to unintentional benefits, including saving money and attracting customers. "For a program that did not start out with a mar...
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- -: Alicia Silverstone's One-Woman Campaign to Green Up Hollywood
November 13, 2009 (over 3 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/19/The_Kind_Diet_Alicia_Silverstone Alicia Silverstone, actress and author of The Kind Diet, outlines her efforts to influence others to make eco-friendly choices. In reference to environmental benefit parties, she says, "It's the Hollywood thing - they'...
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