Geoffrey West on unified field theory of scaling
May 29, 2011
Time and again, I hear people saying that Twitter only brings them dross, but time and again I find it brings a real haul of... More...
Muhammad Yunus’ new form of capitalism
May 25, 2011
Professor Mohammad Yunus spoke yesterday morning at a NESTA event attended by a number of curious and concerned folk involved in London’s social entrepreneurship... More...
The Great Disruption
April 23, 2011
Volans was pleased to host a visit by Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption, and his researcher, Paul Ferris in our sunny... More...
Happy Earth Day, from NASA
April 22, 2011
I can still remember the first moment I saw the ‘Blue Marble’ shot in 1972, of Planet Earth from space. As is often said, it... More...
In conversation with Paul Gilding
April 7, 2011
Paul Gilding is an independent writer, advisor and advocate for action on climate change and sustainability. Over the last 35 years, he has... More...
Recyclebank No. 1 in WSJ cleantech listing
March 3, 2011
Congratulations! The Wall Street Journal has just named Recyclebank as the #1 venture-capital-backed cleantech company. The Top 10 Clean-Tech ranking, announced yesterday evening at the... More...
A new recycling movement by Recylebank
February 24, 2011
Founded in 2003, Recyclebank has introduced a new, innovative method to encourage people to take simple steps towards greener lifestyles like residential... More...
The Elders Dig Cyprus
February 10, 2011
For me, The Elders represent one of the most interesting social initiatives today, worldwide. And that view was confirmed today when I went along... More...
Social Innovation Dates From 1826
December 22, 2010
Ever wondered where the term ‘social innovation’ originated from? We have. Now, thanks to Google’s ‘Ngram Viewer’, we have some sort of approximation, here http://bit.ly/emvDa4. ... More...
The Gigaton Awards
December 5, 2010
Began to get tweets early this morning about the launch of the Gigaton Awards in Cancun, Mexico, for which I had been one of... More...
