John Abrams, author of Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place, and founder and co-owner of the South Mountain Company presents his vision for the future at the Bioneers by the Bay 2008 conference.

This video is an interview with John Abrams, founder of South Mountain Company, and author of The Company We Keep. There is a revolution going on in corporate America, and social entrepreneurship is leading the way. Rejecting the myth that short-term profits are the only indicator of business health and wealth, John Abrams shows how building a company to serve the needs of people (employees and owners), community, and the environment can be a successful business plan as well. Part entrepreneurial business plan, part guide to democratizing the workplace, and part prescription for strong local economies, The Company We Keep marks the debut of an important new voice in the literature of American business. The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place was published by Chelsea Green Publishing.

Simran Sethi's presentation at the Bioneers by the Bay Conference in 2007.

Simran Sethi, sustainability journalist and co-author of Ethical Markets, participates on a panel with Van Jones and Majora Carter at the 2008 Bioneers by the Bay conference. They address the green movement, economic inequality, and the grassroots road ahead.

Simran Sethi, sustainability journalist and co-author of Ethical Markets, interviews Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy and founder of Green For All.

Woody Tasch is the chairman and CEO of Investors' Cirlce--a network of over 200 angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations, family offices and others who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. He is also the author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered, from Chelsea Green Publishing.

Richard Seireeni is the author of The Gort Cloud: The Invisible Force Powering Today’s Most Visible Green Brands. In this video he is speaking to the crowd at the Ecollection at Magic -- an eco-fashion experience.

Dave Pollard, author of Finding the Sweet Spot: The Natural Entrepreneur’s Guide to Responsible, Sustainable, Joyful Work, has a discussion with Dan Carter on First Take Live about finding joy at work by creating a job for yourself that hits your "Sweet Spot" by meeting three requirements:A job that makes use of your gifts—something you do uniquely well.A job that makes use of your passion.A job that lets your fill a need in the world that you care about.