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Rising Interest in Sustainability

Rising Interest in Sustainability. Rising Concern about Non-Sustainability. CO 2 and Temperature Change. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/vostok_data.html. CO 2 Rising Fast. http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr.png.

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Rising Interest in Sustainability

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  1. Rising Interest in Sustainability Rising Concern about Non-Sustainability Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  2. CO2 and Temperature Change http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/vostok_data.html Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  3. CO2 Rising Fast http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr.png Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  4. Surface Temperature & Hurricane Intensity Hurricane Intensity - - - Sept. Surface Temp “Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years”, Nature, 8/4/05, ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/PAPERS/NATURE03906.pdf Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  5. DENIALnot just a river in Africa DESPAIRnot just a tire in your trunk Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  6. Amory Lovins, www.rmi.org • Green Buildings – Pay for themselves on energy • costs alone. www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/ “Nega-Barells – The US is the Saudi Arabia of Waste” • Ultralight Composites – 1,000 pound car, 130 mph, • 157 mpg, € 15,000. www.loremo.com • US Military – Vehicles from Composites, • Lean Supply Chain Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  7. THE PYRAMID The FORTUNE At The Bottom of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits, C.K. Prahalad, Wharton School Pulbishing, 2005 Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  8. Bottom Heavy on Population Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  9. Still Top Heavy on Wealth Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  10. But Most GDP in 3rd World Countriesis in the Informal Sector • Hernando de Soto (“Mystery of Capital”) estimates: Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  11. BoP Examples: • Cemex(3rd Largest Manufacturer in World) • – Patrimonio Hoy • Johnson & Johnson(#32, Fortune 500) • – mini shampoos • – low H20 detergent • ICICI(3rd Largest Bank in India) • – Village Kiosks Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  12. Grameen-inspired Micro Finance • Pierre Omidyar(founder of EBay) $100 Million Tufts Micro Finance Center • Compartamos(Citigroup $70 Million) - 500,000 Customers • Gates, Dell, & Google Foundations - Very Large Micro Finance initiatives “Millions for Millions”, Connie Bruck, New Yorker, 10/20/06 http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061030fa_fact1 Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

  13. In the Immortal Words of Armory Lovins: “Send in the Engineers (and the Economists) – not the Lawyers” Stodder, Sustain, Dec. 1, 2006

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