By, Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Dir. SMSBF What is a Prosperous economy? Prosperous is defined as “successful” and economy has to do with management of resources. In this sense, we define successful as just, equitable, sustainable, democratic, and oriented toward creating triple bottom line – people, planet, profit – value. With all that is going on …
Op-Ed Essay By: Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Dir. SMSBF Many of us are wondering – and rightly so – about where we’re headed as a nation, and more broadly, as a species of the Earth system. Many of us are anxious about what is seen as a significant loosening of the threads that bind our society …
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What does Sustainability mean to YOU? The word sustainability can mean many things to many people. It’s also a word that all too often is misunderstood and misused. The City of Detroit’s Office of Sustainability is led by Joel Howrani-Heeres. Working alongside him is Justin Fenwick and Whitney Smith. In addition, a number of other stakeholder …
I began writing this blog post in a positive, good feeling tone about all the great work companies are doing to improve their sustainability and corporate responsibilities. I was then going to link that to the role government plays in those successes. To be honest, I couldn’t think of anything with our current administration. If …
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