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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
became especially concerned about local air and water quality when their first child was born in 1988. Together, they helped found the Environmental Media Association, designed to encourage writers, directors, and actors to incorporate... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
the bully pulpit, President Obama should educate the public about the benefits of government partnerships with social enterprise organizations, said Jonathan Greenblatt, cofounder of Ethos Water and lecturer at UCLA’s Anderson School of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Origin Story: Ricky Cordova (MS/MBA 2025)
South of the border: “Both sides of my family are from northern Mexico; my mom’s side is from Hermosillo, Sonora, just a four- or five-hour drive from Tucson.” On the beat: “I was captain of the drumline in my high school marching band and played in the jazz band with... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Leaning In to Gender Equity
and let opportunities for advancement pass them by—at least compared to their male peers. These observations are the real surprise thread winding through Lean In, and they have landed her in hot water with critics who prefer to pin most... View Details
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
second, larger fund to support companies developing ecologically efficient food production technologies—innovations that can reduce carbon emissions, plastics, and packaging in the supply chain and improve land and water use. "Many large... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
BM takeaway: “The principle of gifting, which is the premise that if you look at the world from a position of abundance, there’s more than enough for everyone.” (Selling and bartering are verboten at Burning Man. Everyone brings enough food and View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
Victor Vescovo (MBA 1994) had been descending through the waters of the Pacific Ocean for more than two hours. The headlights on the exterior of his state-of-the-art submersible illuminated only a tiny slice of this strange world. An... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
Michigan. “My faith is part of what drives me to serve others,” he says. On a mission to bring safe water to Cambodia, Goodwin realized such basic services needed savvier marketing and better business strategy. While Cambodians happily... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 03 Aug 2020
- News
A Clean Start
valuable product. “Nature, through photosynthesis, has figured out how to convert carbon dioxide and water into all types of things, from wood and fibers to fruits and grains,” he observes. Surely humans could use this natural process—one... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
Merkl: Managing water resources for a sustainable future. Photo Courtesy of Andreas Merkl They say all rivers lead to the sea. If that is true, then it's only fitting that Andreas Merkl (MBA 1989) should find himself today at the helm of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
utilities industries is privatized, water in particular. And I chair the organization that regulates water monopolies. They’re big companies. Many of them privately owned now by pension funds, infrastructure... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
last day when he was ready to give up. “I asked the others to leave me so that I could go back down, but they wouldn’t.” His fellow hikers offered various forms of support, be it sharing food or water or, in the case of Brian Redmond (MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
to take that first step.” Then one of the most successful investors in Silicon Valley—all 6'4" of him—plunges into the water clothed in suit and tie. The students follow hesitantly, until the water is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
program to nearly two million students for free. It was an easy choice, Waldron says. “It was like having someone knock on your door and saying, ‘I need water now.’ You just get them water.” From their homes, the company’s hundreds of... View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
cause of it. Thick, old ice reflects 80 percent of solar radiation, helping to keep the planet cool. Brittle, newly formed ice is only half as effective and melts more easily. And open water reflects only 5 percent of the solar radiation... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
expands Patagonia’s business in the rapidly growing and increasingly profitable used-clothing market, which can cut the carbon, waste, and water footprint of a purchase by 82 percent. “Imagine if used Patagonia products become the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
research ecosystem have delayed the delivery of lifesaving advances. Think of it as a plumbing problem: The third-floor shower in an old house doesn’t have enough water pressure. The problem may be with the third-floor pipe, but it’s far... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
bedrooms, two baths, a garden with fruit trees, and fish swimming in several ceramic urns. It’s like being newlyweds again. The food is delicious and spicy; water for drinking must be filtered and boiled. Electricity is pretty reliable;... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
“We wanted to find a new home for the business.” As it happens, he continues, Clorox was in the process of a significant shift in its strategic focus to brands associated with more natural, healthy, and sustainable lifestyles, such as its Brita View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
made to contain the risk that such outside organic matter could introduce. Visitors are asked to dip the soles of their shoes into a shallow plastic water bath, so as to limit contamination by pathogens and insects. Entry into one of the... View Details