Tag Archives: Social Entrepreneurs

Phoenix Economy Rising – Potential Sustainable Economic Order

April 22, 2009Full ShowAlternative Economic Models, Climate Change, Community Economic Engagement, john elkington, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Public Policy, terry mollner, triple bottom lineBill Baue

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Sea Change Radio Co-Hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with green business guru John Elkington about the new Phoenix Economy report. And Sea Change members join in the conversation with Elkington in the second half of the show for the first Sea Change Radio RoundTable. In this feature, we host a sustainability expert fielding questions from Sea Change members — this time featuring Calvert Social Funds Founding Boardmember and Ben & Jerry’s Boardmember Terry Mollner, Ener-G-Save Executive Director Karen Ribeiro, and Common Good Finance President William Spademan.

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Peace and Environmental Justice Taking Root

April 15, 2009Full ShowAlternative Economic Models, Climate Change, Community Economic Engagement, Green Jobs, Green Living, Local Living Economies, nobel peace prize, Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Innovation, Sustainable Public Policy, wangari maathaiBill Baue

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Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue of Sea Change host an intimate chat with Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai about the links between environmental justice, women’s empowerment, democratic governance, and sustainability at the Marlboro College Graduate School, where Baue teaches. Maathai is touring the US promoting her new book, “The Challenge For Africa,” as well as the documentary, TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai. In the second half of the show, Rheannon and Baue speak with the filmmakers, Alan Dater and Lisa Merton of Marlboro Productions.

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Seeding the Solidarity Economy

March 25, 2009Full ShowAlternative Economic Models, center for popular economics, Climate Change, Community Economic Engagement, emily kawano, Fair Trade, Green Jobs, Green Living, human rights, Labor Rights, Local Living Economies, Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurs, solidarity economy, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Business, sustainable economyBill Baue

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The Center for Popular Economics (CPE) recently hosted the first Forum on the Solidarity Economy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst — home of Sea Change Radio. CPE Executive Director Emily Kawano explains the theory and practice behind the solidarity economy, and discusses strategies and next steps for the US Solidarity Economy Network in cultivating a socially and environmentally sustainable economy. And Chilo Villarreal of the Coalición Rural in Mexico illustrates solidarity economy concepts through story. Finally, the News Analysis examines the business of water.

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Building Green – LEED and Passive Survivability

March 11, 2009Full ShowClimate Change, Community Economic Engagement, Erin Gorman, Fair Trade, Green Building, Green Jobs, Green Living, human rights, Karl Frisch, Labor Rights, Local Living Economies, Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Innovation, Sustainable Public PolicyBill Baue

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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine Chocolate USA, welcomes the move by Cadbury to source Fairtrade cocoa from the Kuapa Kokoo cooperative in Ghana that owns Divine, and Bama Athreya of the International Labor Rights Forum also applauds Cadbury’s move. And Karl Frisch of Media Matters brings us the ViewPoint on how the mainstream media is dropping the ball on covering climate change.

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Fairtrade Cocoa Goes Big League

March 11, 2009Sea Change Blogchild labor, Community Economic Engagement, equal exchange, Erin Gorman, Fair Trade, Ghana, human rights, Labor Rights, Local Living Economies, News Analysis, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Business, West AfricaBill Baue

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Cadbury, the popular British chocolate maker, just agreed to source Fairtrade cocoa for Cadbury Dairy Milk, the top-selling chocolate bar in the UK. The move effectively triples sales of Fairtrade cocoa for farmers in Ghana, where Cadbury sources from Kuapa Kokoo. It was one of the first cooperatives there to be Fairtrade certified in the ’90s. In the late ’90s, Kuapa Kokoo also started its own brand, Divine Chocolate, to keep more of the value that typically gets skimmed by middle-men and big chocolate companies. Erin Gorman, CEO of the Divine Chocolate USA, welcomes the move, which validates its model of Fairtrade sourcing. Bama Athreya, executive director of the activist NGO International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), also supports the development.

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Envisioning a Green Economy

February 11, 2009Full ShowClean Tech, Climate Change, economic security, Green Building, green business, green economy, Green Jobs, Green Living, greenbiz, joel makower, john harrington, Obama, Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Business, sustainable economy, Sustainable Innovation, Sustainable Public Policy, troubled asset relief programBill Baue

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This week, green business guru Joel Makower encourages us to envision success in creating a clean, sustainable economy that averts climate catastrophe and improves our environment, communities, and lives. And shareholder activist John Harrington urges banks bailed out with Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to make sure they stabilize US economic security.

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After Capitalism: PROUT as a Sustainable, Democratic Economic Model

January 28, 2009Full ShowAlternative Economic Models, Clean Tech, Climate Change, climate policy, Climate Progress, Community Economic Engagement, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, EPA, greenhouse gas emissions, joe romm, Lisa Woll, Local Living Economies, Obama, progressive utilization theory, Renewable Energy, Social Entrepreneurs, stimulus package, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Business, Sustainable InnovationBill Baue

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[amazon-product align=”right”]1877762067[/amazon-product]Today, Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on the alternative economic model of Progressive Utilization Theory, or PROUT. Joe Romm of Climate Progress analyzes the climate resolve of the Obama Administration. Lisa Woll of the Social Investment Forum proposes an Office for Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility to the Obama Administration. And auto and environment expert Jim Motavalli comments on the significance of President Obama’s executive order directing the EPA to reconsider its refusal to grant California a waiver allowing it to regulate greenhouse gases from autos.

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