How cool is this? India is working to cultivate the Jatopha plant, which yields 10x the biodiesel that corn does, and 4x as much as soybeans!
This is one area the US is falling behind the world. It will be interesting to see if biodiesel really takes off in India (with all it’s buses and taxis).
Biodiesel […]
Archive for December, 2006
Dec
2006
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India’s Big Plans for Biodiesel
Published by 1 year, 8 months ago in Business as Mission, Quadruple Bottom Line, Environmental and India. 0 CommentsDec
2006
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The Social Spirituality Movement in India
Published by 1 year, 8 months ago in Business as Mission, Quadruple Bottom Line and Spiritual. 0 CommentsSunil Sardar leads Truth Seekers Society, a group that seeks to serve and uplift the repressed castes of India known as the Dalits.
It may not be Business as Mission, but it’s all about holistic transformation and breaking down the walls between ’spiritual things’ and everyday life (aka the sacred/secular divide). It’s all spiritual and all […]
I’ve heard plenty of stories about expatriates waiting in line for hours on end in the government agency offices of the country they happen to be in applying for some sort of permit. Jon and I have jokingly talked about how soon our turn will come to wait, and wait, and wait some more.
Before we […]
Dec
2006
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India Update
Published by 1 year, 8 months ago in Business as Mission, Our Story and India. 1 CommentThe last few weeks have absolutely flown by! We spent Thanksgiving day with both of our families and then made a quick trip to Jon’s hometown to bring our cat Tiki to her new home. In 4 days we spent 16 hours on the road! We’ve also been busy cleaning and getting the last few […]
Dec
2006
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Planning a preview trip
Published by 1 year, 8 months ago in Business as Mission and India. 0 CommentsThe last few weeks, Beth and I have been hard at work planning a ‘preview’ trip to India for this February. It’s more work than I thought it would be!
We started by contacting the people we know in India to see if they are available to meet with us. In India, as in most countries, […]
