Archive for 2007

Designing the Future of the Corporation

Allen White and Marjorie Kelly discuss the upcoming Summit on the Future of the Corporation that the organization they founded, Corporation 2020, is hosting in Boston on November 13 and 14, 2007. The Summit gathers thought leaders from business, civil society, labor, government, and academia to discuss and plan new corporate structures designed for social, [...]

Paul Hawken’s Blessed Unrest (Part Two)

Co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon continue their conversation with Paul Hawken about his new book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming. The conversation in this second show looks at the difference between finite games (such as climate change) and infinite games [...]

Paul Hawken’s Blessed Unrest

Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with Paul Hawken about his new book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming. Our conversation was so fascinating that we are presenting it in two shows. The first show focuses on defining the Blessed Unrest movement [...]

Hazel Henderson Divines the Future of Sustainability

Renowned Futurist Hazel Henderson discusses her new book, Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, and the paradigm shift from our current economy measured in Gross Domestic Product to a new, sustainable economy measured by such yardsticks as the Buddhist country of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness or Henderson’s own “love economy.” Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue [...]

Confessions of a Corporate Yes Man

We visit with Andy Bichelbaum of the Yes Men. This two person team of corporate impersonators have passed for executives of Exxon, Halliburton, Dow Chemical and the WTO. We’ll learn how they do what they do, and why. Interviewers Sanford Lewis and Francesca Rheannon.

Climate Counts Rates Company Carbon Emissions

Co-host Francesca Rheannon talks with Wood Turner, project director of Climate Counts.org, a project of Stonyfield Farms that rates companies’ commitments and actions to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Counts

Biofuel–Pros and Cons

Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon discuss the benefits and shortcomings of biofuel as a solution to climate change. Francesca interviews Allan Kahane of Global Foods, which recently received one of the biggest biofuel-related investments from the Carlyle Group. SocialFunds article by Francesca–Biofuels: Keeping Good Intentions on the Right Path Article by George Monbiot Article by [...]

Is Shareholder Activism on the Chopping Block at the SEC?

Is there too much or too little shareholder activism and democracy? The Securities and Exchange Commission, in recent roundtable discussions, called for reexamination of the rights of shareholders to place shareholder resolutions on the corporate ballot. Attorney Sanford Lewis and Journalist Bill Baue, Corporate Watchdog Radio cohosts, discuss the array of ideas and pressures at [...]

Organic Milk and Factory Farming

Dean Foods’ Horizon Organic Milk brand is under fire for its industrial farming model. Mark Kastel of the Cornucopia Institute and Steven Heim of Boston Common Asset Management speak about the shareowner engagement they’ve been conducting with the company, asking why Dean would want to endanger the reputation of its Horizon brand by sourcing milk [...]

Bill McKibben Debunks Myths that More is Always Better and Economic Growth is Always Good

Bill McKibben speaks about his new book, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He discusses localism as an answer to the problems created by globalism. In other words, the “durable” economies of farmers markets, distributed energy, and community radio to replace the unsustainable premise of perpetual growth that capitalism promises, but [...]