Our Blog | November 2007

Is it possible to make ends meet without selling out? How do you break out of a McJob and into a job that satisfies your soul? In Making a Living While Making a Difference, Melissa Everett shows how to break out of perceived limits and learn how to create the future you deserve.

How does your job align with your values? Are you spending your …

Green blogs are proliferating in the blogosphere - another indicator of the much-needed shift in public consciousness that is occurring as we speak. A colleague introduced me today to The Lean Green Family, which is a great example of this evolution. Apparently the blog is attracting the interest of the mass media, which is a really positive …

This just in - a guest post from Neville Williams, author of Chasing the Sun and chairman of Standard Solar. Thanks Neville!

BOOKS OPEN DOORS IF THE RIGHT PEOPLE READ THEM

Last year I was, to my great surprise, invited to attend the highly prestigious Clinton Global Initiative in New York City. The invitation was complimentary - "members" as attendees are called pay $15,000 for the 3 day event. My invitation came out of the blue. A young woman on the line, who tracked me down via the office of New Society Publishers, said "President Clinton read your book and he says it's one of his favorites and he wants you to attend. Can you make it?"

It was short notice, but without question I could make it, despite the hotel prices at the New York Sheraton during the simultaneous UN Week having gone through the roof ($500 a night, single). The CGI was not to be missed.

A recent report by Germany's Energy Watch Group states that world oil production peaked in 2006 and will fall by half as early as 2030. Oil prices are hovering near $100 a barrel, and the situation in the US is exacerbated by a weak dollar and a faltering economy. Peak Oil isn't just coming faster than we think - it's upon us. But like Nero …

Yes, I know it's ironic to ask everyone not to shop the day after posting about our free shipping special, but tomorrow (November 23) is Buy Nothing Day - an important opportunity to remind ourselves to take a step back from our consumer culture. Kalle Lasn,the co-founder of Adbusters who launched Buy Nothing Day as a yearly, global event, sees …