- Emily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity (Part One)
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- Janine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design (Part One)
- Andy Revkin - Climate in the Obama Age
- Fred Pearce - Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part Two)
- Fred Pearce - Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part One)
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Sami Grover is a committed environmental activist, and Director of Sustainability at The Change, a company offering brand strategy and design for good-for-the-world businesses and non-profits. Originally from the UK, he has over a decade of experience in working voluntarily with environmental organizations, especially focussing on community-based environmental change. He has worked in academic publishing, specializing in issues related to sustainability, and he has also been published in Permaculture Magazine. He believes passionately that everyone has a role to play in creating a better, fairer, more sustainable world. He once vowed never to fly again, then he fell in love with someone on the other side of the Atlantic.
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