If humanity continues sucking up resources at its current rate, we will need a second planet to meet our material needs by 2030 and the equivalent of 2.8 planets by 2050. That's the sobering conclusion of a new report by the World Wildlife Fund.READ»
There is so much talent in all of us. Sometimes a little guidance, assistance, mentorship, or just someone to believe it us can make all the difference in the world. Mentorship and technical assistance can turn the seed of an idea into a blossoming business. READ»
New Scientist provides us with this handy graph to show how long the materials we need for our transition to a low-carbon economy will last. I promise it will erase every fleeting thought you ever had about the pointlessness of ...READ»
I recently woke during a holiday retreat in a cold and rainy Sausalito, knowing I had just broken out of a vivid dream. I tried to recall the major features and themes, and found that I was thinking myself into a wall. Thinking I ...READ»
The final installment of Rash IV closed PUSH 2008.
Jenni began by speaking about her third year in Rwanda - she was based in the capital, Kigali. Things were worse then they had ever been and the gap between reality and her ...READ»
Michael Furdyk, one of North America’s leading technology entrepreneurs, closed out the presentations for PUSH 2008 discussing the challenges we face and how technology can empower us to improve health, the environment and ...READ»
Rwandan-American Antoine Bigirimana, co-founder and managing director of Thousand Hills Venture Fund (THVF), kicked-off the technology section of PUSH 2008 by discussing how technology has started to advance Rwanda into the 21st ...READ»
"Who are the polarizers?" asked Anthea Butler, an Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester who specializes in African American religious history, American religious history, and women and gender ...READ»
In an extraordinary hour after lunch, Rich and Yvonne Dutra-St. John, founders of the Challenge Day, gave participants a taste of the transformative experience, which is now practiced with youth in almost all US states and ...READ»
Dr. Eboo Patel followed the Redeemer Kids perfectly with his discussion on the importance of religious pluralism and its significance for the future on Tuesday morning to start the last day of PUSH 2008.
Patel is ...READ»
Heading up the political segment of PUSH 2008, "Leaders in Reverse: Playing Short-Term Gains against Long-Term Needs," U.N. correspondent for Al Jazeera English Mark Seddon decided to speak from the platform of personal ...READ»
Clyde Prestowitz, author of Trading Places, Three
Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the
East, and current member of both the Intel Policy Advisory Board and
the U.S. Export-Import Bank Advisory Board ...READ»
J.D. Steele closed out the first full day of PUSH 2008 on Monday evening with a performance about what he has been doing in Africa. He entertained the audience with a cultural experience and music.
A little background: Steele ...READ»
Nate Garvis, Vice President of Government Affairs for Target Corporation, spoke in the political section of PUSH 2008 about leadership in reverse.
He is responsible for political, legislative and regulatory affairs at the ...READ»
After a half-hour break, Katherine Marshall closed the section on economics at PUSH 2008.
Marshall, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs and a senior advisor for the World ...READ»
Entrepreneur in
socially responsible business, chief executive officer ofGOOD and co-founder of Ethos Water Jonathan Greenblatt brought his business ethos to his Monday morning talk.
Greenblatt began speaking ...READ»
