Dear Colleague From Daniel Kammen and Felix Kramer, who hope to engage you in an effort to transform energy access around the planet, and open up a new avenue of corporate impact investing. We are pleased to present to you: LightUp. ELEVATOR PITCH How could a billion people now without electricity light up their world, improve their health, and join… Read more →
Published in The Guardian’s Sustainable Business section, September 24, 2014 With international cash reserves already in the bank, even one big US company could singlehandedly improve 1 billion lives, deal a blow to global inequality and slash carbon emissions – while making money By Daniel M Kammen and Felix Kramer With international cash reserves already in the bank, even one… Read more →
This article was published on September 23, 2014 at Huffington Post By Felix Kramer and Daniel Kammen As we gather in NY and around the world for ClimateWeek Here’s a big idea that’s expresses the frustration, discontent, and anger we feel about how hard it is to bring about the changes we need to address climate change. It’s increasingly… Read more →
For the 80th birthday celebration for Lester brown, founder of the Worldwatch Institute and founder and President of the Earth Policy Institute, here’s what Felix Kramer wrote in the guest book.
A proposal published in the Guardain UK to buy up, close and clean up the mines, retrain workers, and accelerate renewables.With notes for additional work.
A simple question: “How do you see climate change? An app gives kids (and others) a way to ask people in their networks their views on the climate crisis. Based on their 1-6 responses, the asker sends them information and connections to organizations.
What if a new project could nurture, develop, launch and distribute artistic creations that could reach people profoundly — breaking through the expectation that we will continue business as usual?
A daily message by a high-profile leader or celebrity, hosted by one organization, promoted by hundreds on their websites and through social media.
A day when high-level leaders describe their personal awakenings and concerns, and pledge actions at their companies and organizations to plan for the next 50 years, not the next few quarters or years.
Interview longtime advocates whose activism in some way involves climate. Ask them: “Given all you’ve lived through and all you know, what sustains and motivates you to keep at it?” Start with high-profile leaders; post video and print interviews; invite anyone to submit their entries. Curate the result; produce anthologies, ebooks, etc. (First step: reaching out to interviewers.)