Tag: <span>Sustainable Business</span>

How Should We Pursue Sustainable Development?

By Conor Flynn, C2C Fellow December 2017 Originally posted on Entreprenavel.com In the United Nation’s World Economic and Social Survey 2013, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs stated that “unless human development and environmental protection goals are integrated, they will remain in competition, jeopardizing both sets of goals.” How can …

Grounds for Change: Building a sustainable business from the grounds up

“You could say this nation runs on two dark liquids — petroleum and coffee,” Professor Bob Thompson of Syracuse University once said. We’re constantly reminded of the social and environmental costs of our reliance on fossil fuels, but what about that other fuel? Conventional coffee: value without values Americans drink …

C2C Fellows Business Profile: Brittany Chiles and the 8 to 8 Barber Shop

Before Brittany Chiles even stepped foot on Penn State’s campus, she knew she wanted to run her own business.  Growing up, both her mother and grandmother were business owners and this experience gave her an entrepreneurship spirit. When her college orientation leader mentioned that a senior was giving haircuts out of …