Green Career

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

Soccer moms drive Priuses. Sport utility vehicles are going hybrid. Families are using hemp shopping bags. More and more companies are developing "green" buildings. What's more, the business consultants say going green is easy and profitable. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are still fiddling with the small stuff while the planet burns. Why?

Green Giants examines nine companies that are merging social responsibility with wild profitability - and reveals the six factors responsible for their success, including: iconoclastic leadership fueled by deep conviction and a rebellious streak; disruptive innovation that uses sustain ability to spur the development of radically better products and services; a higher purpose that ignites the company - when the mission leads, profits follow.

Green to Gold is an essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from it. This audio explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold, shows how companies generate lasting value.

How will software development and operations have to change to meet the sustainability and green needs of the planet? And what does that imply for development organizations? In this eye-opening book, Anne Currie, Sarah Hsu, and Sara Bergman provide a unique overview of this topic—discussing everything from the likely evolution of national grids to the effect those changes will have on the day-to-day lives of developers.

Jeffrey Gitomer's The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way digs deep into the 9.5 elements that make persuasion, and getting your way, happen. By breaking down the elements, the listener will begin to understand, take action, become proficient, and then master the ability to persuade. Because persuasion occurs in so many different areas of life and business, Gitomer leads the listener from mental readiness to the principles of getting your way and the power that persuasion offers.

Many owners of lawn care and landscape businesses found their companies on the belief that they would make more money working for themselves than they would as employees. Dedicated to the maintenance and beautification of properties, they believe that their hard work and expertise in softscape, hardscape, irrigation, or snow plowing will guarantee their success. But technical knowledge alone won't generate profit or help a company grow.

The statistics are sobering: 50% of new leaders are deemed ineffective, and 40% fail within the first 18 months of their role. Fortunately, the path to becoming a successful leader is paved with opportunities for growth and learning. This is a guide that offers a new way forward. Centered around the ICE Method, this book provides practical, actionable strategies for Intention, Collaboration, and Execution that will elevate your skills and maximize your impact as a leader.

The ultimate guide to quickly building a successful landscaping business. What can you do to immediately boost your lawn care or landscaping business profits? Running a landscaping business is not like running any other kind of company. You don’t need generic business advice. You need proven tactics and strategies from people who know exactly what kinds of challenges you’re facing. That’s why Paul Jamison’s Best Business Practices for Landscapers is an essential listen for anyone even thinking about starting a lawn care or landscaping company.

In Curable journalist and health care advocate Travis Christofferson looks at medicine through a magnifying glass and asks an important question: What if the roots of the current US health care crisis are psychological and systemic, perpetuated not just by corporate influence and the powers that be, but by you and me? Curable outlines the future of medicine, detailing brilliant examples of new health care systems that prove we can do better. It turns out we have more control over our health (and happiness) than we think.

"Show me the money" has always been the number one problem for start-ups and small business owners. As a result, too many small businesses fail within the first 18 months due to cash flow problems. LC Green's book, How to Obtain Funding for your Start-up and Loans for Your Small Business, addresses these critical issues and offers solutions to these problems. This is a short, concise book, chock-full of information.

In The Crash of Flight 3804, Investigative Journalist Charlotte Dennett digs into her father’s counterintelligence work, which pitted him against America’s wartime allies - the British, the French, and the Russians - in a covert battle for geopolitical and economic influence in the Middle East. Through vivid storytelling, extensive research, and deep analysis of region-defining maps, she reveals how feverish competition among intelligence networks, military, and Big Oil interests have fueled indiscriminate attacks and targeted killings that continue to this day.

Step by step instructions to easily create, publish, promote and sell an eBook successfully without spending a dime. Everyone has at least one eBook in them. Turn your experience, knowledge, passion or expertise into passive and residual income with an eBook. Build and establish your brand and open doors to various other opportunities. No technical knowledge needed. This eBook will NOT disappoint.

Free yourself with the Green Beret’s A-Team methods of syncing mind, body, and spirit to become all you want to be. War has a way of shooting holes in your best-laid plans. Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Stube (Ret.) suffered life-changing wounds during the battle of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan in 2006, but using the Green Beret methods he learned in the Special Forces, Stube knew he could conquer anything. Conquer Anything is a special forces book, but even more than that it is a leadership book designed to help each of us achieve the highest goals possible.

Did you know that 75% of employees would stay longer at an organization that listens to and addresses their concerns? A true leader inspires and empowers – and that’s the key to engaged employees, a loyal workforce, and an organization that surpasses its goals.

The growing wealth inequality continues to dominate headlines. The divide between the haves and have nots in America is increasingly political and tensions are rising. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, keeping the system operating in their favor, all while retreating into enclaves that separate them further and further from the poor and working class.

We all get the same 24 hours in a day, so why do you think your time is not enough? If nobody can rely on more time than that, why are you struggling when others are not? Stop blaming the world and stop making excuses for yourself. Improving your productivity is based on using your time effectively and finally accepting the fact that you create your life and you are not just reacting to it.

Congratulations on deciding to become a massage therapist! This is one of the most appreciated professions because of the satisfaction you will deliver to others. Massage therapists are high in demand no matter where you live, and the need is only growing with time. More and more people are realizing the true benefits of incorporating regular massages in their routines, thus making it part of their lifestyles.

Let's face it, we all need money in order to live. How we earn it is up to us. Whether you want to work for someone else or start your own business, this book will help you learn how to land that first job, figure out your paycheck, and negotiate a raise.

Puede sonar extraño, pero los conflictos son eventos normales y comunes. Incluso si no eres el tipo de persona que a menudo se involucra en un conflicto, simplemente no puedes evitar que suceda. Este audiolibro te ayudará a comprender los diferentes tipos de conflicto y cómo emerger victorioso, sin interrumpir tu paz interna. Esta guía te ayudará a controlar tus emociones, controlar tus reacciones impulsivas y enseñarte cómo resolver conflictos de manera tranquila y pacífica, ya sea en el lugar de trabajo, en el matrimonio o con familiares y amigos.