Anthony Chang presents on his experience operating a large, commercial office building in NYC. He presents a discussion, from the perspective of a building operator, of the development and implementation of greening measures in a large, commercial office building. Presented at the Garrison Institute's Climate, Buildings and Behavior Symposium, May 2010.

Go to Part II of his lecture.

Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Elinor Ostrom. She worries about the news and text books promoting one way solutions to complex issues. There is not one way, no one recipe. She is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.

Author and economics professor Robert Frank discusses some basic economic concepts including if the benefit exceeds the cost, do it. He is the author of the "The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas" and this lecture was part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on July 23, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

"Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More"

For three decades free-market leaders have tried to reverse longstanding Keynesian economic policies, but have only produced larger government, greater debt, and more centralized economic power. So how can we achieve a truly free-market system, especially at this historical moment when capitalism seems to be in crisis?
About the Author
John C. Médaille is the author of The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace and an instructor at the University of Dallas. He writes and lectures frequently on economics. Médaille has more than thirty years' experience in management at large corporations and as a small businessman, and he served five terms as a city councilman in his hometown of Irving, Texas.

In this interview, Dr. Sharif Abdullah talks about the issue of criminality and morality in terms of five economic systems, color coded markets, easy to remember when you are confronted with the challenge of doing the right thing or first realizing that just because something is legal doesn't make it moral. He is Founder and President of the Commonway Institute. Click image to order his book, Creating a World That Works for All.

Check out EarthSayers.tv special collection, Transforming Our Economy for more films, lectures, interviews. 

Lorie Wigle is the General Manager, Eco-Technology Program Office of the Intel Corporation and President of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. She talks about how she was eco-minded beginning in high school and continues to be so in her work at Intel.

Lorie was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, the voices of sustainability at the Portland State University's The Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability, Business and Sustainability Conference, November, 2010. 

This is the question that inspired SaraJoy Pond in her work as founder of the tippingbucket.org. You will find her story inspiring and motivating.
Tipping Bucket is a fresh approach to changing the world. They are a social venture that's redefining traditional deep-pocket philanthropy, busting it open for all who want to make the world a better place—not just the wealthy and powerful. We provide an adaptive, open platform that enables us to
1. Build a community of engaged donors who leverage their financial, human and social capital for social good. 2. Seek out and mentor promising social change agents and support their projects with the holistic capital they need to succeed. 3. Deliver accessible corporate social responsibility initiatives that raise awareness, engage donors, and fund impactful projects.

Sustainability: John Fullerton of the Capital Institute talks with Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv about the need to align capital with sustainability principles and practices and the emergence of impact investing. He begins with how he is aligning his own investment activity with his values which are consistent with a sustainable future. He references the Social Capital or SoCap10 conference recently held in San Francisco and the largest interdisciplinary gathering of individuals and institutions at the intersection of money and meaning.