| | | POC12-131 | | Campaign finance reform – the single most important campaign Speakers: Mark McLeod, Sustainable Business Alliance of Oakland/Berkeley; State Senator Loni Hancock; Moderator: Winston Burton, Economic Development Director, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) Over the last third of a century, wealth has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of the 1% of the population that is wealthiest. Well over 40% of the nation’s resources are controlled by that top 1% and the companies they control. Not surprisingly, the 1% of the population that is wealthiest is also the 1% of the population that has political power proportionate to its wealth. This session explores several questions in order to shed light on these disturbing trends as well as discuss strategies to overcome them. Audio CDs: 1 | | Audio CD | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
| | | POC12-162 | | Alternative workplace models – saving money, energy, and promoting creativity and collaboration Speakers: Matthew Bauer, BetterWorld Telecom; (Invited) Ian Gover, Better Workplace Roughly 3% of the U.S. workforce telecommutes a majority of the time today, if that number was 50% of those who can, we would cut our carbon emissions in ½, while saving 453 million barrels of oil, reduce 2.1 billion hours wasted in traffic. This session explores the many ways that companies and individuals can bring themselves up to speed with the knowledge worker/broadband economy wave, especially here in the uber connected Bay Area. Audio CDs: 1 | | Audio CD | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
