Paper Profits on the Death of a Dream Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-02-13 16:35:57 As early as 1975, experts were promising us that the personal-computer, or PC revolution, would create a paperless society.
The Feast was a day-long social innovation conference that took place on Thursday, October 16th at Scandinavia House in New York City. There were 12 presentations and summarizing each one would make for a very long article, so I'm simply going to touch on twelve interesting things that I learned:
3M and Minnesota: The End of the Affair Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-01-14 23:33:19 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, or 3M (MMM - $78.50), is a Minnesota institution on the order of Milwaukee and beer. Founded in 1902 by a lawyer, a butcher and a locomotive engineer, the company set out to make sandpaper and, 23 years later, came up with a packaging revolution known as masking tape. Along the way, it also spawned an indigenous economy that employed thousands and represented a cultural paradigm of corporate-sponsored creativity which produced such nonpareils as Scotch tape and Post-it® Notes.
Chevron defends their involvment in Myranmar (Burma) and deliniates some of what they are doing to support NGO's trying to help the situation. They also state their support for the people of Burma clearly, "Chevron supports the calls for a peaceful resolution to the current situation in Myanmar in a way that respects the human rights of the people of Myanmar." I'd like to help them follow through on that support.
A River Diverted, a Wilderness Gone Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-07-23 17:39:12 When asked to think of vacation hotspots, not many people choose Canada.
