This week’s Question of the Week is focused on who takes the lead on sustainable consumption – producers or consumers? Incorporating some of the insightful comments, I’ve extended the conversation in a new post on JustMeans “All Things Reconsidered” blog. Read it here.
Scruffy. Sandals. Tie-dye. Granola. Grateful Dead. Fair trade?
Even a few years ago, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘sustainability’
September 15, 2008
Question of the week: who needs to take the lead on sustainable consumption – producers or consumers?
This month’s Fast Company magazine has a great interview with Jeff Swartz of Timberland. Swartz has long been seen as something of a poster boy for how companies can incorporate values of human rights and environmental sustainability into their supply chain and remain succesful. But as financial pressure mounts on Timberland, the article asks how [...]
June 23, 2008
A triumph of language?
Just coming back from a planning meeting for the annual Chicago Global Donors Network conference (CGDN). CGDN is a regional philanthropy association that’s designed to connect both global donors in the Chicago and midwestern regional area.
Each year, the annual conference solicits proposals from around the country for panel sessions and roundtable discussions. The discussion and [...]

