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Womenomics: Illuminating Opportunities and Increasing Returns Through Gender Lens Investing

By Morgan Matthews One of the most inspiring sessions I had the pleasure of joining at the 2012 Social Capital […]

TriplePundit

October 15, 2012

Voices for Change

Floracopeia: The Essence of a Successful and Sustainable Business is Relationship Cultivation

The following article is part of our lessons in sustainable business series by students at the Presidio Graduate School. By […]

presidioISBS

October 12, 2012

Voices for Change

The Triple Bottom Line: Investing in Women and Girls

By Suzanne York One of the biggest returns on investment for people and the planet is supporting the health of […]

TriplePundit

October 11, 2012

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The Future of Fair Trade

Fair Trade Changes Lives – Can it Preserve Culture?

This is the fifth article in a series on “The Future of Fair Trade,” written in collaboration with Fair Trade […]

Fair Trade USA

October 10, 2012

Voices for Change

How the Choice Between Money and Meaning Will Shape Our Future

There is a scene in my novel, Vapor Trails, in which the inspirational speaker and deep ecologist Diana Mars asks the […]

RP Siegel

October 9, 2012

Voices for Change

Biking + Walking = More Money Spent at Local Businesses

Promoting bicycling and walking means more business for local shops and restaurants, no matter which coast you happen to be […]

Bill DiBenedetto

October 8, 2012

Voices for Change

Home Solar PV Power Packs Coming to Punjabi Homes

Back in August, the largest blackout in history affected between 600-700 million Indians, roughly 10 percent of the world’s population. […]

Andrew Burger

October 4, 2012

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Hotels That Sustain Planet and Community: Two Guatemalan Examples

By Bonnie Hulkower The following article is part of a series on the Rainforest Alliance’s effort to bring sustainability to […]

TriplePundit

October 3, 2012

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Growing Green – and Community – in DC

By Cynthia Bosnian From (a)pples to (Z)ipcars, the Washington, DC metro area has been experiencing a “green” transformation. With the […]

TriplePundit

September 25, 2012

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FDA Issues Warning Letter To Lancome

While browsing the counter of Origins, a cosmetics company that bills itself as a “natural skincare” company, the sales lady […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

September 17, 2012

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Women in Green: We Haven't Hit Rock Bottom Yet

By Sarah McKinney Yesterday I attended the Women in Green Forum in Santa Monica, where I met inspiring women working […]

TriplePundit

August 30, 2012

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Can Lipstick Eradicate Poverty?

Poverty is still one of humanity’s biggest challenges, so it’s no wonder that the search for creative and effective solutions […]

Raz Godelnik

August 29, 2012

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Why Sustainability Needs a Rally Cry from the Sports Industry

This article was originally published on IMRE Sports IQ By Christine Costa Last month, the White House hosted a “Sports […]

TriplePundit

August 28, 2012

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The NRDC Toxic 20: How’s Your State’s Air Up There?

We know that power plants, especially the coal-fired variety, pollute the air. But where is it really bad? What states […]

Bill DiBenedetto

August 16, 2012

Voices for Change

GM Foods: Heading for a Train Wreck?

It really has all the elements of an old-time action thriller: the forces of good and evil, the unsuspecting victim, […]

RP Siegel

August 13, 2012

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From Rio to the Bay Area: Tools and Techniques for Global Collaboration

By Gregory Delaune, AICP This post is part of the on-going event news, related to the Bay2Rio+20 delegation team coverage […]

TriplePundit

August 8, 2012

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Kickstarter Phenomenon ReadySet: A Powerful Example of Trickle Up Innovation

Where does the highest concentration of innovation exist? Some would say Silicon Valley. In one case, you’d be half right: […]

Paul S

July 31, 2012

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Why Your Organic Veggies Need Food Fingerprinting

The market for organic and eco-labelled foods has grown from pretty much zero to a staggering $60 billion industry within […]

Samantha Neary

July 10, 2012

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London's Traffic Woes in Lead to the Olympics

While in London last week, I was surprised that there was no tangible excitement in the lead up to the Olympic Games. […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

July 4, 2012

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OpEd: Leveraging Sports as a CSR & Sustainability Platform

By Neill Duffy Is there a way in which major sports events can embrace sustainability to deliver significantly more impact […]

TriplePundit

June 28, 2012

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Study Finds that Obesity Leads to Resource Constraints

Obesity already is a public health concern and the recent study published in BMC Public Health, concludes that “Increasing population fatness could […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

June 25, 2012

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More Than Just a Game: Soccer as an Agent For Social Change

By Erik Distler Affecting social change can require nothing more than a round ball and love for a game. These […]

TriplePundit

June 21, 2012

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Businesses and Non-Profits: Dream Teams or Shallow Schemes?

This is the final installment in a six part series on building better employee volunteer programs, presented by MicroEdge, the […]

RP Siegel

June 19, 2012

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Study: Coal Plants Do More Harm Than Good

Turning the world we have today into a truly sustainable one could be as simple as making things cost what […]

RP Siegel

June 18, 2012

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Appropriate Engagement: A Strategy for Personal Sustainability

You have heard of stakeholder engagement, which covers social dimension of sustainability. But have you heard of appropriate engagement? Appropriate […]

Jonathan Mariano

June 11, 2012

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How Baseball Could Usher in a Greener American Future

Presidio Graduate School’s Macroeconomics course for Spring 2012 is authoring a series of articles. The articles on this “micro-blog” reflect reactions […]

Presidio Economics

June 8, 2012

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Seattle City Council Votes Against Coal-Export Terminals

Ed note: There’s still time to sign up for our GRI certification in sustainability reporting in Seattle June 11-12th. Click […]

Bill DiBenedetto

June 1, 2012

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How a Cookstove Becomes a Carbon Credit

Read more about this project To make a cookstove into a carbon credit is one serious abstraction, isn’t it? Take […]

jennifer boynton

May 24, 2012

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World Business Council Provides Detailed Roadmap to a Sustainable Future

Wednesday morning in Geneva, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a coalition of more than 200 companies, announced […]

RP Siegel

May 22, 2012

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Will London be the Greenest Olympic Games Ever?

When London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympics, their aim was to make it the greenest, cleanest and […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

May 15, 2012

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Adidas Progress Report – Great Pass but No Slam Dunk

Adidas’s 2011 progress report left me with mixed feelings. There’s no doubt Adidas is an industry leader when it comes […]

Raz Godelnik

May 11, 2012

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The Future of Clean and Safe Pool Water

By Matt Courtland We can’t all live around the corner from a lake or an ocean. For many people, swimming […]

TriplePundit

May 10, 2012

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Harmful Chemicals May be Lurking in Your Garden Hose, Report Says

Spring time is pretty much here and this is when a lot of people indulge in gardening. But did you […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

May 4, 2012

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The Future of Fair Trade

Why Fair Trade Means Protecting the Environment, Too

This is the first article in a series on “The Future of Fair Trade,” written in collaboration with Fair Trade […]

Fair Trade USA

April 30, 2012

Voices for Change

Urban Air Quality Could be Making Children Obese

Columbia University Center for Children’s Environmental Health performed a study on children and obesity recently and found that obesity afflicts […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

April 26, 2012

Voices for Change

Court Orders FDA to Take Action on Livestock Antibiotic Usage

The FDA’s three-decades of inaction on antiobiotics took a fresh turn last week when a federal court ruled that government […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

April 20, 2012

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LA’s CicLAvia: A Primer of How Bicycling Can Boost Communities and the Economy

Yesterday in Los Angeles was CicLAvia, an event held twice a year during which 10 miles of streets are free […]

Leon Kaye

April 16, 2012

Voices for Change

N2O Analyzer Gives Scientists New Insight into Agriculture, Ecosystems & Climate Change

Carbon dioxide (CO2) garners the lion’s share of attention when it comes to humanity’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and rightly […]

Andrew Burger

April 12, 2012

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Mobile Phones Create an Elephant Warning System

Man-animal conflict is on the rise in many parts of the world. This is due to human beings encroaching on […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

April 10, 2012

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Viruses, Germs and Errors: Why We Don’t Trust Hospitals

By Bushra Azhar Hospitals are large, complicated, frightening places. I, for one, would rather moan, groan and complain my way […]

TriplePundit

April 9, 2012

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Why Peru is at the Sustainability Sweet Spot

Worldwatch Institute recently released the 29th version of its State of the World report entitled “Time Running Out to Ensure Sustainable […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

April 6, 2012

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FDA Drags Its Feet on BPA Ban

The US FDA recently announced that it has rejected the 2008 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) petition requesting that the toxic chemical […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

April 4, 2012

Voices for Change

Technology for Good: GE’s Progress on Cancer Research and Treatment

This is the sixth in a series of posts entitled Technology for Good: A Historical Perspective From GE.  Last week, […]

Leon Kaye

April 2, 2012

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How a Humble Sanitary Pad is Changing the Lives of Rural Women in India

This post has been entered in TckTckTck’s contest to send a blogger to cover the Rio+20 summit. If you like […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

March 29, 2012

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Video Interview: America’s CTO Catalyzes Health Entrepreneurship Through Open Data

No matter how privatized healthcare is in America, at the end of the day it remains a social sustainability issue […]

Connie-Kwan

March 29, 2012

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Does Your Company's Diversity Match Your Customers?

8th in a series of excerpts from the book The HIP Investor (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). See other articles in the […]

HIPInvestor

March 26, 2012

Voices for Change

McDonald’s Serving Local Chicken at London Olympics After All

McDonald’s has decided it will serve chicken sourced within the United Kingdom after all during this summer’s Olympics in London. […]

Leon Kaye

March 21, 2012

Voices for Change

Study: Even a Little Red Meat Is Bad For You

A 20-year study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health found that the consumption of any kind of red […]

RP Siegel

March 16, 2012

Voices for Change

Tweet to Trim SXSWi's Carbon Footprint

Austin-based Green Mountain Energy Company has issued a challenge to SXSW attendees, speakers, fans and  even those who were not […]

Andrea Newell

March 12, 2012

Voices for Change

McDonald’s Exempt From Sustainable Food Sourcing at London Olympics

If you are fortunate enough to visit London this summer for the 2012 Olympics, you will have plenty of eating […]

Leon Kaye

March 9, 2012

Voices for Change

A New Conservation Ethic for the 21st Century

By Peter Kareiva, Robert Lalasz and Michelle Marvier By its own measures, conservation is failing. Biodiversity on Earth continues its […]

SLDI

March 6, 2012

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Dubai’s Sustainability Agenda Must Start With Health

This posting has been submitted for TckTckTck’s Rio Blogger Prize. You can help send this Triple Pundit writer to cover […]

Leon Kaye

March 5, 2012

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My Two Cents on Impact Investing

By: Lonnie Shekhtman Allow me to make a confession: I don’t invest in anything. In fact, when it comes to […]

TriplePundit

March 2, 2012

Voices for Change

Can the America's Cup Bring Sustainability to Sports Consciousness?

Although the America’s Cup is one of the most globally recognized names in sport, it remains relatively unwatched in its […]

Nick Aster

February 19, 2012

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We Will be Using Less Resources by 2050 Due to Resource Crunch, UN Says

The ‘natural capital’ of our planet is slowly decreasing and this is something that businesses have to contend with. According […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

February 8, 2012

Voices for Change

Unilever Launches Foundation to Help One Billion People

Over the past year, we’ve covered much of Unilever’s sustainability progress, including a goal to double it’s renewable energy purchases and […]

Kara Scharwath

February 7, 2012

Voices for Change

The Green Economy: Does It Include You?

This post was submitted for the United Nations World Environment Day blogging competition sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Please […]

RP Siegel

February 4, 2012

Voices for Change

This Year's Super Bowl Will Be "Super Green"

For the past 18 years, the NFL has been working to decrease the environmental footprint of the largest annual sporting […]

Kara Scharwath

February 2, 2012

Voices for Change

What Does It Take to Achieve a Sustainable Future?

What does it take to achieve a sustainable future? The UN’s Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability’s final report, […]

Gina-Marie Cheeseman

February 2, 2012

Voices for Change

Chip Conley on Becoming Your Own CEO: Chief Emotions Officer

All too often in the workplace (and maybe even just life), we are asked to push our emotions aside and […]

Jonathan Mariano

January 30, 2012

Voices for Change

ePrognosis Brings Risk Assessment into Medical Care Planning

By: Erika Kimball, RN Our health care system is a veritable cornucopia of treatments offering a variety of fixes for […]

TriplePundit

January 30, 2012

Voices for Change

X PRIZE for Real-Life Diagnostic Star Trek Tricorder

In parallel with the rise of new distributed energy systems that are putting renewable energy technology into the hands of […]

Tina Casey

January 24, 2012

Voices for Change

The Power of Intention to Spark Evolutionary Change

The following is a guest post by our friends at Saybrook University’s Organizational Systems Program (a 3p sponsor) – designed […]

Saybrook

January 22, 2012

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Air Pollution in South Asia Reaches Epic Levels

A country’s air pollution index is a good measure of its recent economic growth. In South Asia, the winter has […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

January 11, 2012

Voices for Change

FDA Caves in to Lobbyists on Antibiotics, Putting Public Health at Risk

Maybe it all goes back to high school science. Maybe the reason I’m sitting here, writing, with urgency about the […]

RP Siegel

January 4, 2012

Voices for Change

World Peace Scores in the NBA

Many people define world peace as an ideal.  One player in the National Basketball Association is attempting to promote world […]

Jonathan Mariano

December 30, 2011

Voices for Change

Why Supporting Breastfeeding is Good for the Bottom Line

Many women find themselves torn between raising a family and building a career. As a mother of two young children, […]

Sarah Lozanova

December 28, 2011

Voices for Change

What’s Your Spiritual Footprint?

The following is a guest post by our friends at Saybrook University’s Organizational Systems Program (a 3p sponsor) – designed […]

Saybrook

December 28, 2011

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Historic Mercury Regs from EPA a Boon for Health, the Environment and Jobs

A few small drops of mercury can contaminate a 20-acre lake and the fish that happen to reside there, thanks […]

Bill DiBenedetto

December 23, 2011

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Safe Sushi App Helps Consumers Choose a Low Mercury California Roll

Sometimes you’ve got to love technology. For consumers there are numerous apps out there that enable you to shop better, […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

December 15, 2011

Voices for Change

Vegetarian un-Delight: Soy's Link to Breast Cancer

3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” […]

Presidio Managerial Marketing

December 12, 2011

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The Environmental Impact of "Too Much Sugar"

Today I read an excellent article by Tom Laksawy in Grist about the amount of sugar in kids’ cereal. The […]

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

December 9, 2011