As a concierge team member in the Whole Foods Market flagship store in Austin, Texas, for five years, I thought I had been asked every question under the sun. But after a recent move upstairs to become our Global Support office’s receptionist, I quickly realized that I was mistaken. Sure, I still get calls from [...]
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FAQs from the Global Office
Lack of public policy detrimental to global food sustainability
Could Agroecology put an end to the food crisis and address climate-change and poverty challenges? Olivier De Shutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food and author of “Agroecolgy and the Right to Food” (8 March 2011) says yes, but not without better public policies. Agroecology applies ecological science to the design of agricultural [...]
A vision uncovered… The Global Sustainability Challenge, 8 Point Societal Plan to Combat Climate Change (now the broad sustainability agenda)!
With funding for the revised TCM business model closer than it has ever looked before, I am now updating the narrative to the business plan.. Looking back at my original business plans for the Global Sustainability Challenge model, from which the Transformational Capital Management model has emerged, I came across this vision that I wrote [...]
A vision uncovered… The Global Sustainability Challenge, 8 Point Societal Plan to Combat Climate Change (now the broad sustainability agenda)!
With funding for the revised TCM business model closer than it has ever looked before, I am now updating the narrative to the business plan.. Looking back at my original business plans for the Global Sustainability Challenge model, from which … Continue reading → Transformational Capital Management
Taking Your Small Business Global – Benefits and Pitfalls
Small business owners hear a lot about the global marketplace. SBE’s do lead in international trade volume, but what are the key benefits and pitfalls? Suite101 Articles
Global Pulse 2010
Global Pulse 2010 is a 3-day, online “virtual” collaboration event, that will bring together thousands of individual socially-engaged participants and organizations and companies from around the world. Registration is FREE and participants can join from any computer with internet access. The event will be live, over the span of 3 days: Launch: Monday, March 29th Close: [...]
Global Warming Denial is Alive and Kicking
Every year I look for new books that have been recently published in order to keep www.greenhomebuilding.com as up-to-date as possible. I had been under the impression that the controversy over whether global warming is really happening as a result of human activity was finally dying down, and that even the nay-sayers were beginning to [...]