On Tuesday, October 20th at 8pm I enjoyed listening to Dr. Stuart Hart speak at BW's Gamble Auditorium. Dr. Hart is a leading authority on environmentalism and the implications of sustainable development for business strategy. He is also a professor of management at Cornell University. His book "Capitalism at the Crossroads" is in it's second edition. It has a new forward by Al Gore.
Interesting lecture with some interesting questions following his talk. The poor, those in poverty, are a huge potential market for entry level products. It's easy for us to think in American terms - the poorest of us wealthy in relation to many other countries. For many people even a simple solar powered light may be their first electric light - and electricity for their entire community could be created using solar and wind from day one.
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