The Good Jobs Strategy: Why Good Jobs Are Good for Businesses

06/26/2014 @ 1:00 pm – Almost one in four American working adults has a job that pays less than a living wage. Conventional wisdom says that’s how the world has to work. Bad jobs with low wages, minimal benefits, little training, and chaotic schedules are the only way companies can keep costs down and prices low. Right?Wrong. In an upcoming, […]

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Compassionate Young Leaders (US + Abu Dhabi + India)

06/07/2014 @ All Day – By Enrollment Only The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT and the Young Future Energy Leaders Program at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology are jointly organizing a unique summer program that will train social entrepreneurs in starting and running small businesses to extend energy access and enhance sustainable development […]

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MIT Sustainability Summit

05/03/2014 @ All Day – Half of the world population and three-quarters of all large cities are located on the coast. 634 million people are at risk from rising water levels. How will our world landscapes change as a result? From New York City to Shanghai, Sydney to Rio de Janeiro—coastal cities have become the nexuses for today’s global economy, […]

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