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 9
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Solar Replaces Vultures for Traditional "Sky Burials", But Vultures May Come Back
The Parsi community disposes of bodies by letting vultures feast on them, but a crash in vulture populations saw them turning to solar. Until now.
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How Much Water Do You Eat? The Wonderwater Cafe Will Tell You
Taking shorter showers is good, but what you eat will have a bigger impact on how much water you use. A pop-up cafe aims to set the record straight.
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Britain's "Green Deal" Shows How Government Money Can Reduce Government Spending
An innovative loan scheme results in energy savings, fewer emissions, and all without the need for Government grants.
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Strawbale Chicken Coop Demonstrates Simplicity of Good Design
From insulated strawbale walls to an automatic, rainwater-fed watering system, this coop is both smart and surprisingly simple at the same time.
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How Peanut Butter Can Fix a Scratched DVD
No more ruined movie nights. It turns out the solution to scratched DVDs may be closer to hand than you realize.
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Neither Pessimism Nor Optimism Is Relevant for Greens, But Determination Is
Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.
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UK Conservatives Divided Over Third Runway Opposition, Again
Does the resurrection of the once settled Third Runway row at Heathrow suggest a bigger shift in Conservative thinking? Let's hope not.
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Campus Garden Grows 1000lbs of Food, Plans New Garden Each Year
The conversion of a campus lawn into a permaculture garden at UMass Amherst has one praise from high places. But this is just the beginning.
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Rooftop Garden Feeds Cafe Customers Below
A cafe in Fairfield, Connecticut is growing produce on its roof. A permaculture expert makes some recommendations on how to do even more.
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Has the Time Come for Sacred Economics?
We don't need to get rid of money, says one thinker. We just need to make sure it celebrates, not denigrates, the sacred in life.
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Corporate Responsibility Is Not Enough. We Need Corporate Activism Too.
If businesses really are going to be part of a sustainable future, they can't just act greener. They have to speak up for the environment too.
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Bank Ad Explains Why Small Economics Might Be The New Big
Triodos Bank is not like other banks. It doesn't talk like other banks either. Its latest ad sends a shot across the bows of the traditional economy.
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Worm Composting Soaks Up Heavy Metals, Remediates Waste
Indian researchers have shown that worm composting not only breaks down organic waste, but it can help remove toxic heavy metals in the process.
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Beat The Heat: Auto Mechanics Don Kilts to Stay Cool
A Tulsa auto shop embraces Made In America kilts as an alternative to air conditioning.
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Wireless Car Charging In Action
Robert Llewellun checks out what might be the future of electric car charing. And he is very, very impressed.
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Internet Food Show 'Perennial Plate' to Roam the Earth Looking for Sustainable Food
The Perennial Plate's foodie road trips around the States have become an internet phenomenon. Now they are going global.
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The Buy-One-Give-One Business Model Must Get Smarter
The TOMS Shoes model of business is attracting criticism as well as praise. The trick is not to abandon it, but to evolve it.
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Vertical Axis Turbine Maker Builds on Olympic Success
An innovative turbine manufacturer is signing major new contracts, after some high profile exposure at the London games.
