You know the world is changing when…

ByLeigh Baker July 6, 2015January 5, 2023

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 Zero Energy fast food outlet: http://reneweconomy.com.au/2015/how-your-local-mcdonalds-could-become-zero-net-energy-store-74437

Lego invests millions in sustainable materials research: https://www.2degreesnetwork.com/groups/2degrees-community/resources/lego-makes-ps96m-investment-find-more-sustainable-brick-material/

Harley Davidson prototypes an electric motor bike that sounds like a jet taking off: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/harley-davidson-livewire/

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O’Hare Opens the World’s First Farmer’s Market in an Airport…

ByLeigh Baker May 23, 2013January 5, 2023

An interesting ‘small, local, smart solution’ – maybe one of the world’s shortest commercial supply chains? “On a recent business trip to the Northeast US, I booked a flight that would allow me a long layover at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Even though most business travelers run from a layover, I had an ulterior motive. I wanted…

Natural Capitalism - regenerative economics

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Always meant to read Natural Capitalism?

ByLeigh Baker October 3, 2012January 5, 2023

If you’re interested in seriously cool sustainability then there’s a book you should read. It’s about more than being good – it’s about reinventing the basic mindsets and models behind the systems that deliver our products and services. “Natural Capitalism” is a big read – and it discusses some exciting strategies for creating the…

Who specifically? Sustainable innovation

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Who specifically? What specifically?

ByLeigh Baker May 24, 2013January 5, 2023

What’s beyond ‘someone should do something’??? OK, so you want a change in your world – what’s that change going to look like? Do you know ? Can you describe what you want instead? A web post I was referred to recently said that: “Those in charge of our world currently are clearly not doing…

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Pilkington Glass – the benefits of strategic sustainability

ByLeigh Baker October 15, 2007January 5, 2023

On 30th August, I listened to Malcolm Deery of Pilkington Glass speak at a breakfast on “The Economics of Climate Change” at the Shire of Yarra Ranges. Malcolm told an amazing story about the positive, strategic approach to sustainability taken by Pilkington, and how it had benefited the business:

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“I have a dream” for regenerative business

ByLeigh Baker March 4, 2012January 5, 2023

A friend connected me to Simon Sinek’s TED talk “How Great Leaders Inspire Action”.

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Back from the bush

ByLeigh Baker August 4, 2004January 5, 2023

So how long is 12 weeks? It has been 15 weeks since our last newsletter was published. For 12 of those weeks, we’ve been on a camping/caravanning tour of Northern Queensland. During this trip, as in previous trips, our experience of time changed dramatically. Time stretches… Getting up with the sun (and going to bed soon…

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