Wednesday 17 June, 2009

Web 3.0: the change that’s coming.

Al Gore achieved what hundreds of scientists and activists had unsuccessfully attempted for decades: to put the global warming risk inside the collective consciousness. His movie, “An Inconvenient Truth”, not only succeeded in putting the issue in the media but also launched a succession of documentaries which alert about the collision course human actions are [...]

Tuesday 18 November, 2008

Plan A

I love Mark&Spencer Plan A campaign. They have called it Plan A because, as far as  sustainability issues is concerned, there is no  Plan B. The retail company has set itself 100 objectives to be achieved within a period of five years. To communicate this campaign, they have created a site where consumers can participate [...]

Sunday 24 August, 2008

Save the forest: Climb a tree

As a kid I always had a fascination for trees, as they provided a whole new dimension to imagination. As soon as my feet were airborne, my mind entered their worlds, in which I could climb steep mountain summits or defend the walls of a foreign legion fortress in the desert of Sahara.
As it is, [...]

Saturday 9 August, 2008

Lights and shadows of the so called inclusive business

“Poverty is unnecesary. People are able to get themselves out of poverty. All they need is opportunity. They are not expecting charity or instructions. Charity is good, but it´s not enough. If you turn it into a business proposal, then it is very powerful as it can work by itself”.
Muhamad Yunus. Founder of the Grameen [...]

Tuesday 5 August, 2008

Lighten up!

The work from the Commoncraft crew is a classic for all of us who are trying to understand what the web 2.0 is all about. In the series of videos “In Plain English”, Commoncratf explains to us, in a very simple way, the concepts, tools and philosophy of all things 2.0.
But recently, this super [...]