Obama Cries Out for Climate-Change Solutions, but What Happens Now?
The president heartened environmentalists with the strongest presidential statement on warming in history. All that's left to see is how he follows through. More »
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Adam Werbach is the co-founder of sharing startup Yerdle, formerly chief sustainability officer for Saatchi & Saatchi and president of the Sierra Club. He is the author of Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto. More
Werbach was elected president of the Sierra Club at the age of 23, which seemed ridiculous to everyone, including him. In 2005 he controversially began consulting for Walmart on their journey towards sustainability. He later sold his firm to Saatchi & Saatchi, where he directed their global sustainability practice, working with some of the largest corporations in the world to bring sustainability into the core of their businesses and seeking projects that might tip the scales towards humanity's survival. He lives in San Francisco and Bolinas, California.
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After my recent column on how big business is coming together to defend global warming legislation in California, I was overwhelmed by the number of notes I received asking about the state of the global warming debate. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is in shambles, the U.S. Senate is stymied, and the public is losing confidence that climate change is real. But this past summer's crazy weather may be changing some minds. With summer… More »
