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Social Media & IT: JM's very own Marcia Stepanek is hosting the panel on how social media is redefining activism, at JM's Stakeholder Conference in doing so, she's brin

Social Media & IT: Face it: we all know how to ignore our bosses - just like we knew how to ignore our parents. But most companies have developed communication strategi

Sustainable Development: So after an interesting first panel of speakers, some of which I captured in my first blog of the morning, the conference is now moving on to a great

Social Media & IT: I knew he was coming, but I was still impressed to see Bjorn Edlund, former Executive VP of Royal Dutch Shell speaking at today's Social Media and St

Sustainable Development: The Conscious Consumer is here. Maybe you have not yet met one of them but, be assured you will as they are here to stay. The Conscious Consumer will

Sustainable Development: In contrast to the DIY-solar featured in my last post, I would say that Katrin Klingenberg -- an architect working to bring the German Passivhaus des

Sustainable Development: In my last post I introduced some of the differences between low-tech vs. high-tech approachs to green design. The Main Solar Energy Association [MeS

Sustainable Development: Yesterday I wrote a post on 'Base your theory on reality or else stop what you're doing'. It sparked an interesting conversation about the very real

Sustainable Development: There is a general agreement about the problem at hand: the climate is changing and the sea levels will rise; burning fossil fuels is bad and the pro

Sustainable Development: If it sounds like I'm frustrated, it's because I am. I just listened to a very smart, very kind, very sweet and very Not In Touch With Reality econo

Sustainable Development: Nestled squarely in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Cambodia is best known as a haven for backpackers, the beauty of Angkor Wat, and the brutal totali

Sustainable Development: Last week at the NESEA Building Energy10 Conference, I attended a session called Counting Measuring Reporting: whats important? where architect Chris

Sustainable Development: Last week I attended the BuildingEnergy10 Conference put on by NESEA [the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association] at the World Trade Center in Bost

Sustainable Development: As promised, here it is, the coolest new idea in prefab: Blu Homes fold for easier shipping. [In honor of full disclosure, I should probably tell you

Sustainable Development: Sustainable development requires transforming existing institutions to appropriately adapt to changing times - and doing so in a way that takes into

Sustainable Development: There is a distinct rise in nationalism - especially economic nationalism - conservativism across Europe. In the UK, we increasingly hear the cry for

Sustainable Development: The pattern is familiar. An entrepreneur or entrepreneurs, such as Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerrys, or Roxanne Quimby and Burt Shav

Sustainable Development: Last week I wrote a post on 'Is 'Development' a declining industry?'. The comments on that post have raised an important critique: outsiders should n

Sustainable Development: As I write this I have a double batch of brownies baking in the oven. Nothing, after all, is better than a batch of fresh baked browniesnothing, perh

Sustainable Development: In my last post, I mentioned how it often seems that "prefab" is conflated with "green" when it comes to sustainable home design. While I definitely