Erik Foley

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To give back more than we have taken. To plant a tree under whose shade we may never sit. To transform human civilization into a regenerative part of the ecosystem.

Too Hard to Measure or to Face? How Sustainability Lost Its Focus on Equity and Can Get it Back

Too Hard to Measure or to Face? How Sustainability Lost Its Focus on Equity and Can Get it Back

I love to cook. In fact, I am THE cook in the house. If you too are the cook, you know the pressure to deliver timely, tasty nutrition. There is nothing like a great frying pan that cooks evenly, has a sturdy handle and is non-stick. On many nights, a

How Steve Jobs missed the real innovation opportunity: extended inventor responsibility

How Steve Jobs missed the real innovation opportunity: extended inventor responsibility

After reading Walter Isaacson's excellent biography of Steve Jobs. As someone interested in entrepreneurship, I was amazed by the brash, bold vision of Jobs, Wozniak, Ives, Schiller and the many others behind Apple's revolutionary products. There is a certain intellectual and emotional rush one experiences with

How to Talk About Climate Change so People Will Listen

How to Talk About Climate Change so People Will Listen

Our brains aren't ready for this. Our top-shelf brains aren't good at long-term emergencies. Distant effects of our actions especially those that don't match our identity and world-view, are easily dismissed. Per Espen Stoknes, a psychologist with a PhD in economics, chairs the Center

In Sustainability, How Much Is ‘Enough’?

In Sustainability, How Much Is ‘Enough’?

If your sustainability efforts cannot withstand increasingly tough questions from executives and Board members, your company is not approaching it in the right way. This framework will help you be ready the next time someone asks, ‘how much is enough?’ Sustainability strategies are increasingly being held to a similar standard