Dan Kempner, Managing Editor, Valutus Sustainability R.O.I. Canada celebrated its bicentennial 52 years ago and threw a big party called Expo ’67 in Montreal. As an 8-year-old American, seeing Queen Elizabeth’s face on the money during an independence celebration was disconcerting, but the whirl of colors, the crush of onlookers, the fascination of the pavilions,…
By Dan Kempner, Managing Editor, Valutus Sustainability R.O.I. [Originally published Aug. 2019, VBlog] Growing up, I loved my family’s edition of the Life Nature Science set, big hardcover volumes that were shilled by door-to-door salesmen. One was called The Birds I remember, another titled The Primates, then The Forests, Reptiles, and so on. I cannot…
[Originally published July 2019, VBlog] Late last year I had dinner here in Saigon with a friend of Daniel’s, John B. Izzo. Best-selling author, columnist, sustainability thought leader, world traveler, and general mentor-to and hobnobber-with captains of industry. In other words, someone I was eager to meet. We ate at a high-end vegetarian restaurant downtown…
