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Bill McKibben Urges Civil Disobedience Against Coal

February 25, 2009Full ShowAl Gore, Bill McKibben, Clean Tech, Climate Change, clinton global initiative, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Innovation, wendell berryBill Baue

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Sea Change Radio speaks with Bill McKibben about the Capitol Climate Action protest against coal in Washington, DC. And Caroline Rees of the Harvard team behind UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights John Ruggie talks about BASESwiki, a new wiki to help human rights abuse victims resolve grievances with companies — outside the courtroom. The Sea Change ViewPoint comes from Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch on the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Blog: Top Corporate Social Responsibility News of 2008

January 19, 2009Sea Change BlogAl Gore, Alternative Economic Models, bank of america, bob pollin, Clean Tech, Climate Change, clinton global initiative, corporate governance, corporate watchdog, deutsche asset management, Green Jobs, human rights, interfaith center on corporate responsibility, John Ruggie, michael renner, Obama, oxfam america, political economy research institute, Renewable Energy, sanford lewis, Shareholder Engagement, shareholder resolutions, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Innovation, Sustainable Public Policy, wendell berryBill Baue

Each January for the past several years, Bill has surveyed the top Corporate Social Responsibility news stories of the past year for CSRwire.com, where he is a contributing writer. Here’s this year’s edition:

A “green” recovery from economic and environmental meltdowns; the advent of Shareholder Activism 2.0 with binding resolutions at TARP banks; CSR adopts Web 2.0 strategies for sustainability reporting; is Wal-Mart really green?; and much more…

The economic meltdown of 2008 mirrors the simultaneous environmental meltdown fueled by the climate calamity – both share common roots, and many in the Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) community believe they share a common salvation.Read the show transcript