Interviews

Achim Steiner Interview

“I see my role as a professional with a mission: to enable people to acknowledge multiple perspectives … and to work from there to move forward.”

Achim Steiner is the Executive Director of the UNEP, UN-Under-Secretary General, and Director-General of the UN Office at Nairobi. (more)

Fri, 01/15/2010 - 11:25 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Simon Johnson Interview

“The U.S. has been taken over by a financial oligarchy.”

Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management. (more)

Fri, 01/15/2010 - 11:05 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Phil Thompson Interview

“I would suggest to use the Web and some of its new social technology in place of Wall Street as a large-scale mechanism for investment and decision making.”

J. Phillip Thompson is Associate Professor of Urban Politics at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (more)

Fri, 01/08/2010 - 20:34 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Gar Alperovitz Interview

“The long term norm of the economy is great instability and high inequality.”

Gar Alperovitz is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political-Economy at the University of Maryland and one of the founders of the University’s Democracy Collaborative. (more)

Tue, 01/05/2010 - 22:22 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Rebecca Henderson Interview

“There is a sphere in which economic logic makes sense and a sphere in which we work together as a community for the good of the community.”

Rebecca Henderson is a Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at the Harvard Business School and a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. (more)

Mon, 02/15/2010 - 09:44 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Mary Houghton Interview

“Life is too short to do anything other than to shoot for really, really large impact.”

Mary Houghton is president and co-founder of ShoreBank Corporation in Chicago. (more)

Fri, 01/15/2010 - 12:26 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Peter Blom Interview

“I think in the end we started to believe that the market is not a tool anymore but a way of life in itself... Now with all this Maya of finance gone, we are able again to ask what really matters?”

Peter Blom is the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management of the Triodos Bank Group. (more)

Fri, 01/15/2010 - 12:13 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Nelson Johnson Interview

“I think at the base of this new possibility is growing into a higher level of our humanity. I think we have to invent social structures that are reflective of that way of thinking.”

Rev. Nelson N. Johnson, Pastor and Founder of Faith Community Church in Greensboro, NC, has been active in the movement for social and economic justice since high school in the late 1950’s. (more)

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 21:46 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Jeffrey Hollender Interview

“We're at a place in history where incremental progress won't yield the kind of positive results that we need.”

Jeffrey Hollender, Seventh Generation's Chief Inspired Protagonist, co-founder, and Executive Chairperson, is a prolific author and speaker on the subject of sustainability. (more)

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 20:07 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

Peter Teague Interview

“If you look at every advance in prosperity and wealth creation, what you'll find is that there has been a large public investment in a new technological platform.”

Peter Teague is currently Director of the Ecological Innovation and Contemplative Practice Programs at the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) in New York City. (more)

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:50 | by Kelvy Bird | Interview

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