Gil Friend's
Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Founder, president and CEO of Natural Logic, Inc.; Co-founder
and co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance,
a leading urban ecology & economic development think tank;
Former professor at leading universities including UC- Santa
Cruz and USC; Served as a founding member of the board of
directors of Turner Broadcasting's Planet Live
More About Gil Friend
. . .
Gil Friend is a systems ecologist and business strategist
with nearly 30 years experience in business development and
environmental innovation. "Nature's ecosystems
have spent 3.85 billion years building efficient, complex,
adaptive, resilient systems," he observes. "Why
should companies reinvent the wheel, when the R&D has
already been done?" Gil
Friend helps companies and communities gain competitive
advantage and develop breakthrough economic performance
by building the laws of nature into their business strategies
and operating systems. Or more simply put, Gil helps companies
boost profits while reducing environmental impact.
He offers insights and methodologies for achieving both
economic and ecological sustainability. |
Industrial
Ecology: What Your Business Can Learn from a Meadow
