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The Mindful Path to Sustainability
Witnessing the unfolding disaster of our ecological crisis can be a lonely burden to carry. And our loneliness also keeps us from being able to do anything about it. Now environmental educator and meditator Stephanie Kaza has stepped in to lead us on the “green practice path.” In her book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking, she offers a simple, Buddhist-inspired philosophy for taking up environmental action in ways that overcome our separation from ourselves, each and our world. Kaza is a Professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Her previous booksinclude DHARMA RAIN: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism, HOOKED! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume, and THE ATTENTIVE HEART: Conversations with Trees.
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Corporation 20/20, an organization promoting alternative corporate structures, just announced the Second Summit on the Future of the Corporation, slated for this June in Boston. Discussion amongst those who attended the first Summit in November 2007 was abuzz about the future of boards of directors. In the broader press, fingers are pointing, primarily at the banking industry as the culprit and at outrageous executive pay. As accurate as these points may be, the troubles run deeper and wider, according to Aron Cramer. He’s CEO of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a global nonprofit network of businesses focused on sustainability, and he’s on the convening committee for the Future of the Corporation Summit. In this week’s Sea Change ViewPoint, Cramer calls for more structural reforms. More from Bill Baue
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The Mindful Path to SustainabilityWitnessing the unfolding disaster of our ecological crisis can be a lonely burden to carry. And our loneliness also keeps us from being able to do anything about it. Now environmental educator and meditator Stephanie Kaza has stepped in to lead us on the “green practice path.” In her book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking, she offers a simple, Buddhist-inspired philosophy for taking up environmental action in ways that overcome our separation from ourselves, each and our world. Kaza is a Professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Her previous booksinclude DHARMA RAIN: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism, HOOKED! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume, and THE ATTENTIVE HEART: Conversations with Trees.
Sea Change News: Protesting CoalPeaceful protesters gathered at the Mount Tom Power Plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on March 1, a chilly Sunday. They were demonstrating against coal, the fossil fuel that spews global warming carbon dioxide and toxins such as mercury into the air. They were piggy-backing on the Capitol Climate Actioncoal protests happening the next day in Washington, DC. Sea Change Radio spoke last week with that event’s organizer Bill McKibben. Co-Host Francesca Rheannon covered the Mount Tom protest for Sea Change. There, she spoke with Glen Ayers, a public health agent and soil scientist. She also caught up with Tina Clarke, who works with the Sustainability Institute in Vermont.
ViewPoint: Corporate Reform — The Bigger Picture
Corporation 20/20, an organization promoting alternative corporate structures, just announced the Second Summit on the Future of the Corporation, slated for this June in Boston. Discussion amongst those who attended the first Summit in November 2007 was abuzz about the future of boards of directors. In the broader press, fingers are pointing, primarily at the banking industry as the culprit and at outrageous executive pay. As accurate as these points may be, the troubles run deeper and wider, according to Aron Cramer. He’s CEO of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a global nonprofit network of businesses focused on sustainability, and he’s on the convening committee for the Future of the Corporation Summit. In this week’s Sea Change ViewPoint, Cramer calls for more structural reforms. Broadcast History
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ViewPoint Transcript:
It seems everyone needs symbols of our generation’s economic meltdown. It’s easy–and tempting–to focus on how GM’s Rick Wagoner traveled from Detroit to Washington, or how much of an allowance Bank of America’s John Thain got for remodeling his office. But these stories are more useful as fodder for late-night comedy than for serious policymaking. ??These days, many people are treating executive pay as the litmus test of how serious we are in re-ordering the priorities of business. But the brou-haha over compensation is missing the bigger picture: the need to revamp the models that structure how companies run. It’s called “corporate governance” — and the way it’s done now lies at the root of many of today’s problems.
It’s time for Washington to focus on lasting reforms that may prevent a crisis next time. Reforming corporate governance could send some scurrying f...
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