Better Business: Can a 500-Year Vision Help Save the World? (Part 2)
Huffington Post
By Julia Moulden

An interview with Joel Solomon, President and CEO of Renewal Partners.

The yearly catalogue created by Hollyhock Educational Retreat Centre and printed by Hemlock Printers was honoured this year, winning the bronze award for Most Environmentally Progressive Printing Project at the 2010 Environmental Printing Awards.

Better Business: Can a 500-Year Vision Help Save the World?
Huffington Post
By Julia Moulden

An interview with Joel Solomon, President and CEO of Renewal Partners.

Renewal2 and one of its portfolio companies Alter Eco Americas were featured in the April 21st article "Investing for Change: A new capitalism, coloured green." Written by renowned business journalist, David Ebner, the article features Renewal Partners high impact investment work and the extension of this work with the launch of the Renewal2 investment fund, a fund that focuses on the green

In April 8th Paul Richardson, Martha Burton and I joined Renewal founder Carol Newell at the Loden Hotel to accept Renewal's award for being named one of the most innovative companies in B.C.

How to Build a Values-Driven Business
Inc. Magazine
By Tamara Schweitzer
Mar 31, 2010

More start-up founders are identifying themselves as social entrepreneurs--that is, people who build organizations with an eye towards having a positive effect on the world.

ClearlySo is dedicated to connecting social businesses with one another and investors around the globe and to providing practical tools, resources and contacts to help entrepreneurs succeed and grow their companies.  On March 3rd ClearlySo in the U.K. headed by Rod Schwartz, launched its first international partner (ClearlySo Canada) at the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto and is quickly adding new members from across the country. 

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).