Bringing marketing to the light
February 4, 2016
Marketers get people to do things they never thought of doing themselves. it’s an invaluable knowledge base for regenerators.
What the bleep is biomimicry?
November 5, 2015
Energy-intensive chemical and mechanical engineering drove the first industrial revolution. BIOMIMCRY using physics and cheemistry is the next profitable generation of production design.
Sapiens, sustainability and the power of fiction
October 26, 2015
Yuval Noah Harari’s recent book “Sapiens” is a fascinating insight into human history and how humans use language. “…the truly unique feature of our language is … the ability to transmit information about things that do not exist at all. As far as we know, only Sapiens can talk about entire kinds of entities that…
How did a small girl and a Harvard professor turn a property developer into a stealth greenie?
October 26, 2015
One Australian property developer went green after his young daughter stopped talking to him and his business mentor challenged him.
The prime entrepreneurial pattern
August 26, 2015
Innovators and entrepreneurs change the world – and what they do is now recognised as a learnable skill set. The skills and processes can be be applied by regenerative business innovators.
3 great reads for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs
August 10, 2015
Once upon a time entrepreneurs were thought to be born rather than made. However, like any human craft there’s a strong element of skill. We now know a lot about the skills and habits of successful repeat entrepreneurs. These are 3 of our current favourite skill-builders – along with video intros – for finding, funding…
What do Uber, eBay and smartphones have to do with sustainability?
August 5, 2015
Smart new business models are delivering radical forms of sustainability – without any mention of the “S” word. eBay, Gumtree and others are enabling product reuse and recycling across the globe and in all sorts of market places. Whether it’s a 10 year old girl updating her toy collection, a home handman acquiring tiling tools,…
6 ways to screw up any sustainability message
August 3, 2015
The majority of environmental campaigners operate on archaic assumptions about how to change human systems. Here are 6 forms of destructive environmental “spam” – and 6 more productive options.
You know the world is changing when…
July 6, 2015
When leading brands start turning regenerative thinking into business innovation, you know there’s a fundamental mindset shift underway. Here are a few big brand indicators that particularly caught our eye: Adidas collaborates with Sea Shepherd to make running shoes out of ocean plastics: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3048033/adidas-knit-these-sneakers-entirely-from-ocean-plastic-trash McDonalds hooks up with Rocky Mountain Institute to design a Net…
Macca’s is aiming for zero net energy!
July 5, 2015
You know the world is changing when the Golden Arches crowd hooks up with the Rocky Mountain Institute to design a net zero energy fast food outlet – largely achievable with today’s technology!
What hooked Naomi Klein into sustainability?
July 5, 2015
A good friend loaned me the book “This Changes Everything” by social activist Naomi Klein. It’s a massive book and I’m still processing a lot of its content.
An entrepreneur’s head – the ultimate sustainability leverage point?
June 24, 2015
The most powerful place to influence supply chain change is inside an entrepreneur’s head – from global corporate to local property developer.
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