“Eats, Shoots and Leaves”

Have you ever heard of a book called Eats, Shoots and Leaves?
The premise of the book, by author Lynne Truss, is to “remind readers of the importance of punctuation.”
The book’s title comes from a (potentially bad) joke on punctuation:
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and [...]

Conscious (and Sustainable) Consumption

Last week The New York Times published an article called “But Will it Make You Happy?” and it quickly made the rounds among my friends and family. 
The article centers on the idea that “Conspicuous Consumption” – or the idea of buying “without regard” – is out.
Instead, Americans today are not only consuming (and spending) less, [...]

Sustainability Across the U.S.

This time last year I was just starting a week-long intensive MBA course on Global Sustainability.
The class – which covered everything from green technology innovation to social entrepreneurship – really focused on three distinct environmental challenges: Food, Water and Energy.
If there was one major takeaway from that week of class, it’s that these three issues are inextricably linked. [...]