Sami Grover
Sami Grover is a writer, and Creative Director at The Change Creation, a brand creation agency that works with entities who make the world better, fairer or truer. Clients include Larry’s Beans, Burt's Bees, Canaan Fair Trade and Jada Pinkett Smith/Overbrook Entertainment.
He writes on a broad range of topics including sustainable business, the collaborative economy and clean energy. He also has an unhealthy obsession with human waste and what we should do with it.
He once vowed never to fly again, then he fell in love with someone on the other side of the Atlantic. He once considered never procreating, he now has two kids.
He believes that adaptability is a prerequisite for sustainability.
Latest Stories from Sami Grover - Page 7
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Tiny Earth Shed & Art Gallery Built from Hyper-Local Ingredients
This earthen structure in downtown San Francisco reminds us that precious resources are everywhere. And many are going to waste.
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Toward a New Environmentalism
James Murray delivers a powerful, constructive vision of a new environmentalism. Yet he's under no illusions of the uphill struggle we face.
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World's Largest Community-Owned Solar Project Launches in England
Imagine 5MW of community-owned solar generating clean, renewable energy. Now imagine it in rainy old England...
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KFC UK Cuts Ties With Unsustainable Paper Suppliers
Activists have been pushing KFC to improve its packaging policies. There are strong signs this may be working.
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Could Reason for Honey Shortfall Be Too Many Bees?
UK honey yields dropped dramatically this year. From weather to bee overpopulation, there are many reasons being floated. Yet the solutions remain the same.
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How a National Forest Grew From a Derelict Alley
The Tenderloin National Forest lies in an alleyway in urban San Francisco. There are lessons here for every city.
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Can a Bike-Powered Blender Really Change the World?
Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology.
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A Tent City in Texas Gets the Power of Solar Light
Solar lighting has long been heralded as a game changer for development projects abroad. Now one charity is deploying it in the tent cities of the USA.
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The Moneyless Manifesto Just Launched (Yes, It Is Free)
Mark Boyle has literally lived without money, so he had more room than most to critique our economy. Now he's formulated a manifesto.
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Save Europe's Disappearing Cows, Say Campaigners
In Europe, there's a steady shift to intensive indoor farming of cattle. Animal rights campaigners are getting ready to fight back.
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Turn Your Household Into a Pumpkin Recycling Station
Come November, there will be an awful lot of pumpkins with no place to go. Could you help find them a good home?
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Chicago Truck Farm Makes Urban Agriculture Mobile
It's certainly an eye catching spectacle, but is a farm on the back of a truck really green?
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How to Make Fire With Water
Some say it can't be done, but survival specialist Paul Osborn shows us that you can create a flame using water.
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Ben & Jerry's Becomes a B Corporation, Despite Wholly-Owned Status
Ben & Jerry's is taking a major step toward accountability and transparency. Could it be a model for other "sell outs"?
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Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home
The story of Austin Hay's plan to build himself a home before he went to college has already gone viral. Now we get to see the finished product.
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"Environmental Taliban" Marches on UK Parliament
One of Britain's leading politicians likens green groups and low carbon industry to the Taliban. The greens fight back.
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Is "Sharespray" the New Way to Do Everything?
Could "sharespray" transform our entire future? A light hearted take on the new sharing economy.
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London Beekeepers Dismiss Corporate Beekeeping, Worried About Too Many Bees
Corporations are stepping up to support urban bees. But some London beekeepers are concerned that this is simply unsustainable "bee bling"
