Entrepreneurs For A Better World
A 'Community of Practice' for Business Change Agents - by Discovery Fuel
We are a Learning Community of Social Entrepreneurs - Owners of businesses incorporating sustainable innovation into our companies.
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Bottom-Line Thinking? .... Nope
Moving from flat-thinking to multi-dimensional thought. WOW! Imagine the innovations that await us!
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What is fair play when comparing product LCAs?
You’ve just developed your eco-champion product and have set out to know everything about it. You’ve performed a full-fledged lifecycle analysis (LCA) – with all the bells and whistles – and have some vital results: the methodology report that describes your product, and the interpretation report, which explains the results.
You are all excited about the results. You feel the need to express yourself publicly. What better way to do that than in a comparison to other products? And the great game begins…
The Rules
Most games begin with the creation of rules. The ‘game’ of marketing sustainability is no different.
Is it fair to compare your sustainable product to someone else’s and not invite their input? Not really. In fact, ISO standards require that you involve relevant stakeholders to foster a positive conversation about the approach and the interpretation. One way to do that is for you and all stakeholders to sit together and write up a methodology report.
Five Major Child Advocates: Children’s Rights Are Everybody’s Responsibility
On the anniversary of twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – the most ratified human rights treaty in human history — the leaders of five major organizations focusing on children make a joint plea to put children’s best interests at the heart of human activity. By Anne Lynam Goddard President and [...]
Children’s Rights Still Violated 20 Years After Convention
Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989. Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989. It is [...]
Arizona lawmakers to try budget fix again on Monday
The Arizona Legislature will take another shot at dealing with some of the state’s financial distress on Monday.Kraft Trims Millions of Shipping Miles Through Smarter Logistics
A focused effort on making its distribution network more efficient has allowed Kraft Foods to save more than 50 million miles since 2005.
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This community is a virtual Business/Technology Incubator. Here you will find an amazing gathering of SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS who are collaboratively designing and building green, sustainable businesses, using Community of Practice and Learning Community models, while emphasizing the many forms of Sustainability and Sustainable Innovation that can be applied to our companies, products, and services ... with an emphasis on INNOVATION.Note this is NOT really about big VC start-up type companies, although you are very welcome here. Some of us will go big. But our focus is about the small companies that run 80% of the economy (anyone got new stats??). This community is for the you's and me's that are starting or own small companies and shops with simple AND big ideas. Main thing is: we have a vision, and we want to make a difference. Although important, it's more than the dollar for us. We may be a bit less visible than the big guys. Yet, we are a very powerful force of web weavers building humanity's sustainable world economy.
Yes, it is actually us small innovators that act as the glue that holds together a stable, functional, and meaningful world commerce system. It is primarily 'us' that builds relationships, which actually impact world change! And, as you well know, we've got some work to do! So, jump into this explosive movement. Join this global society of small social entrepreneurs, and find a new level of success and meaningfulness in your business!
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Why Entrepreneurs Rule The World
I encourage you to read Kate's article on Why Entrepreneurs Rule The World at http://BizNik.com and jump into this great conversation about "US". Comment either here, there, or better yet in both p...
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Aug 23.
What is a "SPIRITUAL' Entrepreneur? 1 Reply
This question was triggered by Linda at http://sta.rtup.biz/profiles/blogs/being-a-spiritu I would like to collaborate on the answer to this question and build a succinct description of what it mea...
Tagged: entrepreneur, spiritual
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com. Last reply by Jeong-Hwan Choi Aug 18.
Join the "SustainTHIS!" Movement - A World Community Conversation
Click on pic below to wear a SustainTHIS T-shirt Join the 'Sustain-THIS!' Project , by DiscoveryFuel.com This effort is about initiating a world community conversation regarding sustainability - t...
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Aug 10.
Knowledge Sources: Do you have good books, videos, or dvds to recommend?
Add your suggested information resources materials below. Add links too.
Tagged: resources, information, knowledge, dvds, videos
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Jul 21.
Roadmap for Green Entrepreneurs (T. Boone Pickens)
If you want to build Boone-style momentum for your own plan, make sure to: 1. Address a need. Clean power at a good price will always be in demand. 2. Know your pitch and don't waver from it. Ho...
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Jun 9.
100 Most Creative People (Fast Company) ... ARE YOU IN HERE ??
How is creativity an important aspect of the entrepreneurial way? Check out this Fast Company list of creative folks.
Tagged: creativity, creative
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Jun 5.
Innovation Tools that Entrepreneurs can Leverage
Add tools here that our entrepreneur design community can use. Here's one for starters called Quirky design collaboration solution to get your product made and brought to market. I like it! :) Wh...
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Jun 5.
How Will Currency Systems Affect The Way We Do Business?
Keep tabs on this page. Watch the videos that emerge, go check out the links. Also, check out the strange movie Zeitgeist if you really wanna get triggered. Let's just be sure to ask an extra set o...
Tagged: commerce, currency, closed, open, currencies
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com May 6.
A Challenge & Request to Our World Network of Entrepreneurs (Four questions to make this community YOURS)
I'd like to propose a challenge to those of us who have a bit of the 'social entrepreneurship' bug in us. The challenge comes more in the form of a request, which maybe later turns into your partic...
Tagged: suggestions, inquiry, request
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Apr 28.
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times - Don't Wait to Start Your Business!
Starting a business now? What, are you crazy? Ya gotta be nuts! Ohhh yahhh? Think so? Read up on what Harvard Business School has to say about it all. It's all about perspective gang! Which perspe...
Tagged: opportunity, times, turbulent, crazy
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Apr 27.
What discussions or videos can you share here?
What discussions or videos can you share here? Add them now.
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Apr 22.
Developing an 'Ecology of Leadership' within our EFABW Community
What is wrong with the metaphor of the mountaintop for leadership? Have you thought about it? What would be a better metaphor image for defining an 'ecology of leadership'? This article on leader...
Tagged: leadership, ecology
Started by DiscoveryFuel.com Apr 19.
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What does it mean to be 'sustainable'?
Being sustainable has everything to do with being innovative. In fact, it is beginning to generate the next generation of creative products and services on (and for) this planet.… Continue Posted by DiscoveryFuel.com on July 3, 2009 at 8:00am
From Design Conception All The Way To Entering The Sustainability World Marketplace
ATTENTION SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS, CLEAN TECH STARTUPS, AND NEW or SMALL SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OWNERS …
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Turn Your Green Idea into a Real Sustainable Business !
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Integrating Business with Design
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