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Review: 75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make A Difference

Phenomenal Overview, Reference, Exceeded Expectations October 18, 2009 Glenn Croston I bought and read this book along with Green Intelligence: Creating Environments That Protect Human Health and Careers in Renewable Energy: Get a Green Energy Job. This book is everything I could have wanted and more–it exceeded expecations. For each of 75 “opportunities” sorted within …

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Review: Careers in Renewable Energy–Get a Green Energy Job

Formula Book Well Executed, Superb But “Lite” October 18, 2009 Gregory McNamee I read in multiples. See my reviews of 75 Green Businesses You Can Start to Make Money and Make A Difference as well as Green Intelligence: Creating Environments That Protect Human Health for the snap-shot on this round, and at Phi Beta Iota, …

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Review: Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines

Excellent Primer, Narrowly Focused, Provokes Reflection October 16, 2009 Richard Heinberg I was tempted to limit this book to four stars because it fails to properly recognize, among many others, Buckminster Fuller, e.g. his Critical Path and it provides only passing reference to such foundation works as Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update and Human …

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Journal: India, Demography, & the Future

India’s Demographic Moment With the right conditions in place — education, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness among them — a young, eager, educated workforce can be the key to prosperity. by Nandan Nilekani August 27, 2009 Harvard Business Review When conditions are right, large numbers of young workers can drive a nation’s growth to remarkable levels. …

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Review: Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era

My Head Hurts–Time for a Black Caucus on Black Power October 7, 2009 Houston A. Baker My head hurts. After enjoying and reviewing Waiting for Lightning to Strike: The Fundamentals of Black Politics yesterday evening, I was not anticipating the firestorm of erudite adjective-laden brow-beating that this author delivers. Minus one star for beating several …

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