Evoking the memory of E.F. Schumacher, the German born economist who wrote Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, a new service by the name of Uniiverse has launched with the goal of serving as a platform for collaborative living. Schumacher’s vision of local economies moves one step further with Uniiverse, which “is an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Triple Bottom Line’
Welcome to the Uniiverse
February 8th, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Behavior, Business, Economics, Eric Wilson, Green Economy 
Tags: Bike Sharing, Collaborative Consumption, Triple Bottom Line, Video 
No Comments »Is Corporate Social Responsibility Effective?
November 19th, 2011 Guest Author Corporations are composed of individuals. It’s only natural that their behavior will parallel that of the citizenry. Some citizens display community spirit and consistently act in a socially responsible manner; some totally ignore the welfare of others and behave in an intensely selfish and irresponsible manner. The same can be said of corporations that appear [...]
Electric Vehicles: The Key to Energy, Economic, and National Security
April 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Notice how the title of this post says nothing about the environment. Think that’s intentional? Despite Nissan Leaf commercials (like the one below), electric vehicles are not about saving the environment. How can they be? Roughly half the electricity in the United States is generated from the combustion of coal. Another 20% comes from nuclear [...]
April Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
April 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Many of the events on our green events calendar and stories that we write about here on 2nd Green Revolution occur in Colorado, including several this month in Denver, and Washington DC because we live in these locales. California often shows up as well. This month is no different, including an energy efficiency symposium in [...]
People + Planet + Profit
March 28th, 2011 2nd Green Revolution You may have noticed a few minor adjustments to the website over the last few weeks as we tinker around with layout, size of the featured posts section, and a few small modifications to the website in order to bring you a better experience. Our search function is now stable and results are displayed properly, [...]
Final Thoughts from AASHE’s National Conference
October 25th, 2010 Eric Wilson Over the past week I posted notes from the two full days of speakers and sessions I attended at the national conference for AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. (For the recaps, click here). As with many conferences, there was a great deal of enthusiasm. Most of the sessions were [...]
Posted in Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: AASHE, Emory, LEED, Triple Bottom Line No Comments »yReceipts: Offering Paper Free Receipts
August 31st, 2010 Eric Wilson For those who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, perhaps the paperless receipt’s time has come. Apple very well may be the trend setter that makes paperless receipts “cool”. After the most recent post about these dastardly strips of paper, We received an email from yReceipts, a company that offers consumers and companies paperless [...]
Steamboat Ski Area Moves Toward Zero Waste
August 9th, 2010 Eric Wilson The prospect of climate change has several ski resorts reconsidering their use of natural resources. Last year we wrote about Jiminy Peak in Massachusetts and the steps they had taken to both minimize their consumption of non-renewable resources by installing a wind turbine as well as producing their own energy to cut down on future [...]
