When I was evangelizing “An Inconvenient Truth” to colleagues at work, some people were genuinely interested and made a commitment to go watch the movie. Others found research and articles to contradict Al Gore’s reasoning, and thus, discount his entire documentary. Some presented back to me research explaining why global warming was […]
Archive for June, 2006
Good news, fellow world citizens. Turns out we have hope after all. The first richest man in the world and the second richest man in the world are both whole-heartedly dedicated to making the world a better place. Gates announced he’s leaving Msoft to work on the world’s […]
My new favorite drink
26Jun06This is completely unrelated to social entrepreneurship or treehugging, but I had an epiphany today when I decisively chose my favorite libation. You know those lame questionnaires that ask you questions about yourself and you’re supposed to respond to them and forward on to 8 friends? One of the questions is […]
Bottled water is a conspiracy
18Jun06I was appalled when I read this article in UTNE about bottled water in the United States.
From “Inside the Bottle”, a website dedicated towards unearthing the truths about the bottled water industry, we learn that “When one of the Big 4 (Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Nestle and Danone) establishes a plant in communities they take not only […]
Kiva and BOP lending
17Jun06I am elated and secretly jealous at the same time; A friend of mine has deferred B-school at Columbia to pursue a worthy cause– He is working with IndiCorps in Gujurat and working for Kiva to distribute loans amongst the BOP population there. What a cool way to work for a nonprofit […]
You Go, homeboy
16Jun06Some people love him, some people hate what his company stands for… But you can’t help but admire what his foundation has done for humanity.
Bill is leaving Microsoft in order to work full time to “give away his fortune” accoring to this article.
The Bill and Melinda Gates does some pretty impressive […]
