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Sustainability 24 may 15

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(98) Accenture Sustainability Services We'll be partnering again with Accenture to bring you Sustainability 24. With guest speakers in over 20 locations Sustainability 24 will this year focus on sustainability innovation

Bono at TED 2013: Eradicating extreme poverty doesn’t have to be a dream | ONE

Bono at TED 2013: Eradicating extreme poverty doesn’t have to be a dream | ONE

Earth Hour: Switching Off the Lights Sends the Wrong Message

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International Day of Happiness - 20 March

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International Day of Happiness - 20 March     The pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal Speaking at the High Level Meeting on "Happiness and Well-Being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm" convened during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated that the world “needs a new economic paradigm that recognizes the parity between the three pillars of sustainable development. Social, economic and environmental well-being are indivisible. Together they define gross global happiness.”  The meeting was convened at an initiative of Bhutan, a country which recognized the supremacy of national happiness over national income since the early 1970s and famously adopted the goal of Gross National Happiness over Gross National Product. The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 66/281 of 12 July 2012 proclaimed 20 March the International Day of Happiness recognizing the relevance

gugler* goes Cradle to Cradle®: That's how nature would print. – Moonshots – Solve for X

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gugler* goes Cradle to Cradle®: That's how nature would print. – Moonshots – Solve for X Click this link to go to the Solve for X Moonshots page! Please check out my first Solve for X Moonshot and help me start the global printing revolution!  Thank you for liking and sharing this moonshot! The Print the Change Campaign will  start a printing revolution! Right now the printing industry is not very ECO friendly! To say it in very nice words! Its at the 4th place of most devestating activities on this planet! The Environmental Impact Unfortunately, the papermaking and th eprinting process is not a clean one. According to the U.S. Toxic Release Inventory report published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , pulp and paper mills are among the worst polluters to air, water and land of any industry in the country. The Worldwatch Institute offers similar statistics for the rest of the world. Each year millions of pounds of highly toxic chemicals such as to

To print or not to print? Why that is NOT the question: http://ow.ly/jbtqx

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Pixel and Print Logic A Guide “To Print” Or “Not To Print” Responsibly Truth be known, both print and digital communications have environmental costs. So how do you most responsibly decide when to view on screen and when to print? Follow the latest research by taking a moment to scan this handy infographic. Then pause and use the insights you’ve gained to make the right call. If choosing pixels makes sense, consider forwarding this site to like-minded friends. If printing is a better option, simply click the print option for an 11" x 17" poster that you can post or pass along.  

London: The End of Ownership — Serendipity Lab

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London: The End of Ownership — Serendipity Lab London: The End of Ownership Last week, Yulia and I were invited by 100%Open to join their Spring Union Network event at the National Theatre in London. It was great! The Serendipity Machine really landed in the UK, we had great conversations and there are quite a few things coming out of this trip. At the National Theatre I talked about ownership in relation to owning the sources of innovation. Open Innovation is the method organizations use in order to distribute ownership of the sources of innovation. Because they know that intellectual capital itself is too distributed to be held by one organization alone. What open innovation does is designing a transactional space where the communication that is supposed to lead to innovation is regulated by IP-licenses and contracts and so on.  Open Innovation is absolutely a step forward. However, it is somewhat in conflict with the crux of recent innovat

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

Screw It, Let's Do It - Richard Branson

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Screw It, Let's Do It  - Richard Branson This is a must read for all the people in the world with any kind of doubts!  Richard Branson explains you how to move forward! He is one of the most inspiring Sustainable CSR Business leaders in the world! Kudos to Richard and his Virgin Unite   Screw It, Let's Do It "Screw It, Let's Do It" is one of Richard's favourite sayings. In the book of the same name he reveals the lessons that have helped him through his business and personal life, like believing it can be done and that if others disagree with you, try and try again until you achieve your goal; or that you must love what you do. These and other lessons, with examples of how he learned them and how he's used them, are included in this stirring and candid look at his lessons from an exceptional life, which will inspire you to make a difference in your everyday life. Read an excerpt from the book When I first discovered that my nickname

Why it can’t be done

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Why it can’t be done Tom Catalini March 9, 2013 Why it can’t be done This is a gift. When people are telling you why something can’t be achieved, they’re sharing part of their worldview. It may be a widely held belief, or it may be a personal protection mechanism. But it’s how they (singular or plural) have rationalized inaction. Now, what they’re saying likely has merit. Obstacles are all around us. Anyone who tries to move the ball forward on a regular basis sees that. But the obstacle is also likely not fully recognized in the story of rationalization. It’s simply been agreed, implicitly if not explicitly, that this is the point where progress stops. And everybody waits. For someone else to move that obstacle. The trouble with that, of course, is that if everyone is waiting for “someone else” then there is no one else. It’s better to take the gift of why it can’t be done and unwrap it. Look at the obstacle that everyone agrees on but that nobody has examined for

Huawei: Make it Possible

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Dare to Dream! Now this is what i call a inspirational video! Make it possible! Dare to Dream! If you don't know Hua Wei you should definitely find out who they are... They are the biggest threat to Apple and Google and Samsung!Kudos to the maker of this video! Very inspiring! Great Job! 

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty: Gaining Competitive Advantage in the New Era of Computing « A Smarter Planet Blog

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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty: Gaining Competitive Advantage in the New Era of Computing « A Smarter Planet Blog  In these early days of the 21 st century, Big Data, analytics, cloud, mobile and social technologies are transforming our world.  This new era of computing provides the instrumentation, interconnection and intelligence that make it possible to build a smarter planet. But, in order to do so, countries, cities, corporations and individuals need to rethink how they go about achieving their goals. Watch this video of IBM CEO Ginni Rometty laying out her vision of the path forward at the Council on Foreign Relations–and her Q&A session with the audience. Join the conversation here and on Twitter at #IBM and #CFRlive.

Goosebumps! MasterPeace.org - Music above Fighting - YouTube

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MasterPeace.org - Music above Fighting - YouTube  Kudos to Masterpeace for this Masterpiece! http://www.masterpeace.org - Our new documentary " Music Above Fighting ". The story follows two people from opposing sides singing Imagine by John Lennon to one another through a dividing wall and shows people who are trying to live and communicate through music, a powerful language that goes beyond bombs, fighting and differences. Join our movement on http://www.MasterPeace.org Production by Wefilm - http://www.wefilm.nl

Why Facebook shouldn’t be the centre of your social strategy

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Why Facebook shouldn’t be the centre of your social strategy Facebook is often the default destination for a brand’s foray into social media. The likes may roll in; fans are accumulated, but despite all the effort and money poured in, it doesn’t provide deep, meaningful or widespread customer engagement. Likes may be the currency of interaction on Facebook, but they don’t mean much when it comes to purchases and brand loyalty. This isn’t surprising when you consider 81% of fans have unliked or removed company posts from their feed and 61% of Facebook users only like a page in order to get access to an offer. But more importantly, less than 2% of Facebook users actually return to a brand page they have liked – less than 2%. Brands need to become more business-like when it comes to social and treat it like any other type of investment. Having a Facebook page, a Twitter handle or a Pinterest board is fine for marketing and general brand building but it does not consti

Why Being “Less Bad” Is No Good by William McDonough & Michael Braungart - The Globalist

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Why Being “Less Bad” Is No Good by William McDonough & Michael Braungart - The Globalist Order "Cradle to Cradle" here . Globalist Bookshelf > Global Environment Why Being “Less Bad” Is No Good   By William McDonough & Michael Braungart | Monday, June 21, 2010   Traditional modes of manufacturing such as Henry Ford’s assembly line are no longer beneficial to human and ecological health. In order to ensure the welfare of future generations, it is necessary to change the current strategies manufacturers are using, argue William McDonough and Michael Braungart in this excerpt from their book "Cradle to Cradle."

Wayne S Balta talks about IBM and Sustainability

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Wayne S Balta talks about IBM and Sustainability   Wayne S. Balta is the Vice President of Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety at IBM Corporation where he has global responsibility for: environmental affairs, energy efficiency, chemical management and toxicology, as well as product safety and related hardware compliance functions. He and the team he leads at IBM oversee the company’s global environmental management system, objectives, and performance. He also helps IBM colleagues who develop solutions for clients to further understand and integrate environmental sustainability into their work. And that Wayne has been doing a fantastic job at IBM has been recognised by the Whitehouse in Washington.  Kudos to Wayne for his Champion of Change and his Smarter Planet Project!   White House Highlights Wayne S. Balta as a “Champion of Change” for his Efforts to Advance Corporate Environmental Sustainability WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, April 12th, Wayne S. Bal