Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, by Anna Lappe,picks up the conversation her mother started in Diet for a Small Planet. The book exposes the links between our food system and the climate crisis, and offers ideas and inspiration for creating a sustainable food system.

Maybe the most common question I get from readers is: What can I do?  They’ve read about malaria, or mass rape, or AIDS orphans, and they want to make a difference. Should they call the White House? Write a check? Howl in hopeless despair?  There’s never a perfect answer, but here’s one ingenious approach: Throw a party!

Chantal Schauch, founder and president of ImmerseUs Communications in Vancouver, has just published an abridged version of her thesis:  Authentic Identity:  The Essence of How Successful”Ecopreneurs” Communicate in the Journal of Values Based Leadership (JVBL).

Another great event in the Hollyhock Room at the Tides Renewal Centre at Flack Block!

I believe that there is a new era of corporate humility where building on another company's fine grained experience in social responsibility and stewardship is permitted and respected.

Growing City is the simple, clean and convenient way to bring composting to your office and business events.

After 23 years connecting and inspiring a community of 500 leaders who are working together to build a more just and sustainable world, SVN is looking to honour and support the 'next generation' of social entrepreneurs with the 2010 SVN Innovation Awards.

Shared Services: A Guide to Creating Collaborative Solutions illuminates innovative ways nonprofits can do more with less.

Are you considering your options for your RRSP contribution this year? Do you want to see your investment work for social change?  Contact La Siembra today.

Amy Lynch specializes in 'Generational Alignment' -  getting the best that each generation in the workforce has to give:  the wisdom of the Baby Boomers, the productivity of Generation X and the energy and technical savvy of Generation Y.  Here is a recent article on the next generation - the Millennials - and how to groom them for leadership roles.