jack hidary's blog

Raj Patel: Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
frightening. a must read for anyone who eats.

Hillary Mendelsohn: Thepurplebook Green: An Eco-friendly Online Shopping Guide (Thepurplebook)
this zagat-like guide will help you navigate online shops and sites that will improve your life.

Thomas L. Friedman: Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
tom friedman highlights our work in this new book. this is a substantive work that speaks much more to the future than "world is flat."

Neil Johnson: Two's Company, Three is Complexity
yummy!

Andy Sernovitz: Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking
Go Andy! You can read this in one quick sitting. Spread the word.....

John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan: The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World
BE UNREASONABLE! here is inspiration to not accept the status quo and get change going.

Alexandra Harney: The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
this is an incisive book on a critical issue - from someone who has been on the ground and first-hand observer.

Cody Lundin: When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When DIsaster Strikes
be prepared!!

Janine M. Benyus: Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
Janine inspired us with her fresh approach to nature and how we can design our lives to learn from nature's incredible work.

Fred Krupp: Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
a new vision clearly articulated

Bob Harris: Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide
finally a book to make sense of all the insane warring factions all over the world.

Robert Frenay: Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things
not a beach book. this is some serious forward looking material - enter at risk of demolishing your current thinking on tech. focus on how nature will inspire the next wave. now available in paperback.

John Naisbitt: Mind Set!: Reset Your Thinking and See the Future
the original trendmeister now turns his sights on blocks us from seeing what will come - good to shake up your assumptions