The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

Quote by Paul Hawken

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Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and...

Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and...

People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say...

People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say...

Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will...

Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are...

Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are...

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming...

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming...

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

In short, industrialism is over.

In short, industrialism is over.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...