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Eleventh Symposium on Spirituality, Values, and Business |
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 After taking a one-year break, the Symposium on Spirituality, Values, and Business returned to Babson College for the eleventh Symposium. The theme of the Eleventh Symposium was How to Grow Your Business by Integrating the Gandhian Philosophy of Satyagraha Into Your Core Values. Satyagraha is the word Gandhi used to describe his philosophy for change and it refers to "the power and strength born of truth, love, and nonviolence." The speakers and panelists were business leaders who shared their stories with uncommon honesty. There were many opportunities for attendees to participate in dialogue with each other as well as the speakers during the day.
 The 2009 Aaron Feuerstein Spirituality and Business Award was presented to Equal Exchange, a worker-owned cooperative that is a leader in both its cooperative business model and its fair trade practices. (Sign-up to visit Equal Exchange at the next SBN On Tour on April 30.) Congratulations to Rob Everts, Virginia Berman, and all of their co-workers and co-owners!
Photo from the right: Susan Labandibar, SBN President, and Laury Hammel, SBN Executive Director present the 2009 Aaron Feuerstein Spirtuality and Business Award toRob Everts and Virginia Berman of Equal Exchange.
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SBN Members Grow the Local Green Economy |
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Laury Hammel of the Longfellow Clubs and Elia Kleiman of LittleFoot Energy met not too long ago at an SBN event. Out of that initial meeting grew a business opportunity for both of their businesses. This story is a great illustration of how local entrepreneurs can do business together while working to help reduce global warming.
 The Longfellow Club in Wayland, Massachusetts recently installed a solar hot water heating system that will heat over 50% of the hot water in the swimming pool and the showers in the club—most of Longfellow’s hot water needs will now come from the sun! This state-of-the-art system became operational on December 31 and will save the club over $10,000 annually in energy expenses and avoid burning 20,800 cubic yards of natural gas. This will reduce the carbon footprint of Longfellow by 67,432 pounds of carbon dioxide per year—the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 9.6 acres of forest.
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