7gen Bloc

It’s definitely a slow week here. (Can you tell?) We’re all away with families and friends slowing down for awhile and recharging our batteries. It is a good and vital thing. However, this guest post from Treehugger’s Jeff McIntire-Strasburg came in today so I thought I’d put down my book for a few minutes and get into post mode…

This says it all: WR

In the new edition of our newsletter, we recommend Heifer International as a great place to shop for the holidays. A gift there, made in the name of someone on your list, helps an impoverished family somewhere in the world become self-sustaining through a donation of livestock and/or other related things. That suggestion drew a thought-provoking rebuke from Eric at An Animal Friendly Life. Sounds to us like a call to dialogue. So we asked Heifer International to start one by sharing their perspective. What’s yours?

One of our corporate responsibility goals is to “green” our supply chain. That means spreading our gospel of sustainability to all the other companies we work with so that they eventually become responsible businesses we can keep doing business with. It’s a big and important part of what we do but something you’re unlikely to hear much about because it happens “behind the scenes.”

Here's another in our continuing series of cross-postings from Treehugger's Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

This Sunday’s New York Times magazine had an exceptionally thought provoking article entitled What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You? While I have often pondered the limits of my own generosity, this story created a whole new framework for me to think about what I am willing or at least aspire to do.

Last week’s guest post from Harvard Kennedy School of Government student Cristiana Fragola referenced some carbon offset services she’d recommended to her fellow undergrads by e-mail but didn’t provide any specifics. That had people in these parts wondering just what those services were. I asked Cristiana and she said we should just post her original e-mail, which I thought was a most excellent idea. Thanks Cristiana!

This just in from Jeff McIntire-Strasburg at Treehugger.com…

Meet today’s guest blogger, Cristiana Fragola, a student who first crossed our paths when we went to check out Presence coauthor Otto Scharmer’s class at MIT.

This is just a quick note to let everyone know about an upcoming radio appearance I've got on the docket this week. Tomorrow I'll be appearing live on the Louis Free Show on WASN in Youngstown, Ohio. You can listen via streaming audio at the above link. I'm scheduled to be on at 9:00 am, give or take a few minutes. I can't promise I'll say anything profound at that early hour, but I'll try!