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Global Entrepreneurship Week: Unleashing Ideas Around the World Nov. 17–23

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

In several recent years, the Kauffman Foundation has hosted Entrepreneurship Week USA, or E-Week. Well now it’s truly a global event with schools and organizations around the world holding activities to promote entrepreneurship. Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008 starts in just 4 days! Visit UnleashingIdeas.org to learn more and view the video below for more about Global [...]

10 Controversial Climate Change Fixes to Spark Discussion—From Wired.com

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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It’s been a long time since I wrote about sustainability, but it is one issue that will challenge Generation Y like no other generation yet. I’ve shied away from it because I got tired of reporting on news that always seemed to be negative. I got tired of feeling like a doomsayer, which—unfortunately—is what a [...]

An Interview with Karen Seeh, Corporate Sustainability Strategist

Friday, August 24, 2007

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Karen Seeh is a young environmental professional and consultant in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, with over ten years of experience at the intersection of business and environmental sustainability. In other words, Karen has been doing this since before it was the cool thing to do! Karen exercises her passion for launching mission-based ventures as Principal [...]

Veganism and Sustainability, Part II

Friday, July 6, 2007

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Contributed by Jaime McKibben. Veganism and Sustainability continued In part one I discussed the frightening ways that livestock production destroys our planet. To understand the full situation I suggest reading part one. Many people are under the false impression that eating fish is not harmful to the environment. For starters, entire coral reefs are blown with dynamite to [...]

An Interview with David Anderson, Founder and CEO of Green Options

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

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Happy Independence Day everyone! To celebrate, today I share an interview with David Anderson, a young entrepreneur who’s endeavors embody the pioneering spirit of the early Americans! David Anderson is a young guy who wanted to make a difference, so he founded the company Green Options upon graduating from the University of California at San Diego! [...]

Veganism and Sustainability, Part I

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

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Today’s guest post is authored by my sister Jaime McKibben. Jaime’s a student at Chico State, an actress, and self-described health food fanatic. She has studied nutrition and sustainability and advocates vegetarian and vegan diets. She will present a different perspective for many readers of THRILLINGheroics, however it is interesting to see her arguments for [...]

The Last Thrill

Monday, April 23, 2007

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According to the Urban Monk, the blogosphere is coming to an end. If I had just one last post, what would it be? What would I say…to you guys…my audience… I was thinking about what’s most important to me yesterday–what I’m most passionate about–”why do I spend so much time researching and writing about this stuff?” [...]

Creating a Sustainable City

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

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As policy makers become more concerned about the effects of climate change on their states, counties, and cities, Sacramento is an interesting place to be. The capital city is home to Governor Schwarzenegger and the California state legislature, who are making some progressive green changes. As I’ve said before, our local municipal utility (SMUD) is [...]