‘Waste’ hijacked by artists… an ode to thoughtful creativity!

Think tank Aspen Institute have published their biennial findings - Beyond Grey Pinstripes - ranking Business Schools in terms of how well they integrate “issues of social and environmental stewardship”. Its worth a look.
What didn’t surprise me is that Stanford topped the list, again. Word has it that its “Environmental Entrepreneurship” and “Frontiers of Social [...]

In the spirit of ‘Design for the other 90%‘, a 28-year old Shawn Frayne has been developing small scale wind power for LED lamps and radios in the homes of the poor. Right now wind turbines are expensive and big, and they don’t scale down well as there is too much friction in the gearbox [...]

Do you remember that webpage you tried to remember to go to and click on daily to save an acre of rainforest?? Well online social enterprises have got a lot more savvy since, providing really useful services, or at least entertaining, while generating advertising revenue to invest in a social or environmental aim. This vocabulary [...]

An astonishing journey through vanishing cultures. National Geographic explorer-in-residence Wade Davis reminds us of our ability to be different. Our species has been around for 600,000 years, and the modern industrial world as we know it is only 300 years old …

Innocent Drinks has launched a clever “Buy One… Get One Tree” initiative where they are vowing to plant a tree in rural India and Africa for every large carton of juice purchased. They are investing in tree planting schemes in which local community groups choose the tree seeds of their choice, hopefully to provide [...]

Earlier today, Ed Milliband, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, was speaking at a conference I was attending on creating the conditions for public sector innovation. He made the point that this is necessary, but easier said than done, particularly when the public sector doesn’t enjoy the same levels of ‘creative destruction‘ as the [...]