Sustainabilty In Project Management
By Gilbert Silvius, Ron Schipper, Julia Planko, Jasper van den Brink and Adri Köhler; Published May 2012; Paperback; ISBN 978-1-4094-3169-5My Overall Assessment This book serves as an excellent call to...
View ArticleActive Hope
Macy, Joanna and Chris Johnstone (2012) Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy. New World Library: Novato, CA.This is an antidote to the despair many of us in the sustainability...
View ArticleStreet Smart Sustainability
Thanks to my membership in the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), I learned about Street Smart Sustainability by David Mager and Joe Sibilia. The book’s sub-title is “the...
View ArticleSoul of Money
Twist, Lynne (2003) The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources. WW Norton: New York, NY.This is a book about the excessive impact money has on our lives and also how we can realign...
View ArticleEco Mind: Changing the way we think to create the world we want
Lappe, F M (2011) Eco Mind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want. Nation Books: New York. Reviewed by Marsha Willard, ISSP EDThe books I enjoy the most are those that make me question...
View ArticleSoyka, Peter A. 2012. Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for...
Review prepared by ISSP member, Faye Sinnott.Soyka, Peter A. 2012. Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value through Sustainability. New York. FT Press. February....
View ArticleBook Review: ISO 26000: The Business Guide to the New Standard on Social...
ISO 26000: The Business Guide to the New Standard on Social Responsibility Lars Maratis & Timo Cochius Greenleaf Publishing, 2011Reviewed by Ira Feldman, ISSP Board MemberI approached this book --...
View ArticleChanging Business from the Inside Out, a Treehugger's Guide to Working in...
Mohin, Timothy J. Changing Business from the Inside Out, a Treehugger's Guide to Working in Corporations. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2012. 280 pages. ISBN 978-1-60994-640-1. Reviewed by Christy...
View ArticleOur Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy that Makes Everything Work.
Rowe, Jonathan. 2013. Our Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy that Makes Everything Work. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. San Francisco. ISBN: 978-60994-833-7. Reviewed by Bob KollmOur Common Wealth is...
View ArticleThe Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
Gottschall, Jonathan. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA.Humans are storytelling creatures, spending our lives both waking and dreaming in what...
View ArticleStreet Smart Sustainability
Thanks to my membership in the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), I learned about Street Smart Sustainability by David Mager and Joe Sibilia. The book’s subtitle is “the...
View ArticleSoul of Money
This is a book about the excessive impact money has on our lives and how we can realign how we use it in-tune with our values. She tells some interesting stories. I was especially moved by the stories...
View ArticleEco Mind: Changing the way we think to create the world we want
The books I enjoy the most are those that make me question my beliefs and mental models and help me look at the world in a different way. Frances Moore Lappe’s book, Eco-Mind, does just that. Her...
View ArticleSoyka, Peter A. 2012. Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for...
Peter Soyka’s book, Creating a Sustainable Organization, is a very thoughtful and well-researched book designed to help businesses and their management teams respond to the challenges and...
View ArticleISO 26000: The Business Guide to the New Standard on Social Responsibility
I approached this book with great trepidation. Any book seeking to provide a complete and balanced overview of the new standard on social responsibility ("SR"), given its broad scope of seven core...
View ArticleChanging Business from the Inside Out, a Treehugger's Guide to Working in...
To the acclaim of many, Timothy Mohin delivers what he promises, a "manual on how to steer the corporate supertanker toward doing good for people and our planet." If you have achieved a corporate...
View ArticleOur Common Wealth: The Hidden Economy that Makes Everything Work.
Our Common Wealth is an absolute joy to read. Jonathan Rowe insightfully articulates feelings held deep within many of us that an essential part of our human experience is being co-opted and stolen....
View ArticleThe Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
Humans are storytelling creatures, spending our lives both waking and dreaming in what the author refers to as Neverland. His premise is summed up in one paragraph: "Humans are creatures of Neverland?...
View ArticleGreener Products: The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands
This book is an excellent resource for both new and experienced product/marketing professionals written by an experienced professional with deep roots obtained from field earned knowledge. I have heard...
View ArticleDoughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist
After working in a field for a long time, you have to search hard for resources that change how you see the world and our profession. It’s not often anymore that I read a book and start immediately...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....