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Fast Food and the Family Farm

By Bruce Boyd 9

It’s time to reform how we grow food and what we have for dinner, says Bruce Boyd, principal and managing director at Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors.

Rick Duke - Reducing U.S. Emissions Affordably

Now that global warming is recognized as a real and serious problem, discussion is turning to practical challenges of reducing emissions in the long term. Host of the Center for Social Innovation, Rick Duke, discusses a new report by McKinsey & Company that considers how to address the problem affordably. In this audio lecture, Duke outlines some of the emerging technologies and public policy changes that will be needed to support such a process.

Stephen Friedman, Gene Sperling - America and the Global Economy

Stephen Friedman and Gene Sperling, former policy advisors to the Clinton and Bush administrations, discuss some of the challenges that the next president will face in the coming years. Central to this panel discussion is the role that globalization will play in formulating policies to ensure that the United States remains competitive with the world. Some of these changes will require deft political skill and the mobilization of popular support behind sensitive issues.

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The Mother Lode

By Laura Gehl

MomsRising is tapping a vast resource to improve the lives of American families.

Review: Giving

Review By Paul Collier

The former president shares how ordinary citizens are helping to solve our big problems.

Spring 2008

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The Responsibility Paradox

By Gerald F. Davis, Marina V.N. Whitman, & Mayer N. Zald 5

Multinational corporations are in a quandary: Stakeholders are imposing higher standards than ever, but businesses are confused about what their global social responsibilities actually are.

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Working All Fronts

By Catherine Potter

How Sustainable Conservation unites all sectors for the environment.