Prof. Karl-Henrik Robèrt in an interview focusing on the challenges facing sustainability during the next decade, broadcast at the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership conference. Professor Robèrt emphasizes how civic and business leaders are the ones experienced at understanding the whole system, but now must learn how to define sustainability. 

Kip Ward, owner of the Historic Anchor Inn in Lincoln City, Oregon, a central coast beach town,  talks about the importance of the first step towards a sustainable lifestyle and getting started.

Chris Laszlo presents his latest book, Sustainable Value: How the World's Leading Companies Are Doing Well by Doing Good, arguing that far from being a cost to society and business, sustainability is emerging as a huge opportunity for both. 

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We live on a finite planet and sometimes our impact on it is greater than we realize. The seemingly isolated actions we take every day, from our choice of morning beverage to our choice of business practices, are often links in a chain of unusual connections we would never have imagined.

The bottom line: The health of business is directly connected to the health of the natural world. And both can grow and flourish—together.

From the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Hunter Lovins discusses the nest of issues surrounding sustainability and how these issues are forcing change whether we like it or not.  She emphasizes that there is now strong evidence that the companies that are adopting sustainability practices and principles are out performing their competitors.

Special Collection: TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design), Ideas Worth Spreading presents architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "All children, all species, for all time." http://www.ted.com/

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What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer afford to use it?

When water costs soar, residents of Highland Park, Michigan demand to know who will foot the bill. Topics: Water, Community, Activism, Sustainability, Women's Rights, Civil Rights, Government, Michigan.

A business opportunity to monitor emissions:Danfoss IXA Sensor Technologies is a company developing optical sensors for measurement of environmental and energy parameters, gasses, temperatures etc, in harsh environments within industrial, marine, agricultural and horticultural environments.

Cleantech and sustainabile development.