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Areas of Focus
Sustainable Communities
(2615 people) | Community Enterprise
(1215 people) | Sustainable Building
(1968 people) | Business Firm and Organization Sustainability
(1819 people) | Natural Capitalism
(1662 people) | Economic Development
(1201 people) | Consumption and Green Consumers
(1550 people) | Community Training
(1069 people) | Responsible Business Practices
(1872 people) | Community Participation
(2194 people) | Socially Responsible Investment
(1791 people)
About
I am trained as an architect with a focus on green design and community-based development, and have worked with communities in Eastern Washington and Ecuador helping guide self-determined development. Yet my passion over the last several years has been the transformation of business towards a new model that incorporates social and environmental responsibility into its DNA. In pursuit of this I have been working with the Natural Capital Institute NCI to spearhead WiserBusiness, an open source knowledge base upon which a national standard for responsible business behavior can be founded and cared for by the wider community. This work has led to my involvement in the creation of the WISER Commons, a community-led effort to share knowledge and resources around social and environmental responsibility.
I am also the cofounder - along with Paul Hawken - Highwater Research, a socially responsible investing research organization that aims to set a higher standard for the SRI industry. We believe that investors and all stakeholders should have access to the information necessary to make educated decisions about what products to purchase and where to invest their money.
I have been led to this work through my own experience in business. I am the cofounder and CEO of Power-Selles Imports, a specialty food importer that works with small, all-natural gourmet food producers from Spain. I have learned first hand the delicate balance of incorporating your values into a business while maintaining the financial sustainability necessary to support yourself, your staff, and your suppliers.
More on me at www.powerideas.org
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Hi Betsy,
I'd like to invite you to become a member of my group, “Meetings in Georgia, Caucasus”. Hope to see you there, I think it will be good if the members and users of “WiserEarth” will have an opportunity of permanent, direct meetings, face to face contacts. I ask you to support in creating and developing Meetings Base-Centre (Base Camp) for the members and users of “WiserEarth” for meetings, seminars, experiments, trainings, active recreation in Georgia (Caucasus). I offer you collaboration if this idea is interesting for you. You have experience and knowledge for realization this project. I will cooperate with you with great pleasure and I hope this collaboration will be mutually pleasant and useful. I will be glad if you help me. Temur |
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