by ldepippo | Apr 13, 2017 | health and well being, High Impact Investing, Inclusive Innovation, Social Innovation, sustainable agriculture
For many years, I had a house in Northwestern Connecticut. I survived a nearly terminal illness, spending almost four months in intensive care and around nine months out of work. Buying this house in the country was a big part of my emotional healing following my...
by ldepippo | Mar 12, 2017 | health and well being, High Impact Investing, Inclusive Innovation, Integrated Capital, Social Innovation, sustainable agriculture, sustainable investing
We live in very chaotic times with extremely divergent perspectives on how to solve important problems such as healthcare, education, poverty, environmental problems and other social issues. It is clear that the overly simplified, and fixed ways that groups of...
by ldepippo | Feb 2, 2017 | health and well being, Integrated Capital, Social Innovation
I was recently reading an online article about an interesting collaboration between Samsung and a Los Angeles-based startup called AppliedVR. Applied VR is using Samsung’s virtual reality hardware Gear VR to view relaxing landscapes and play interactive games....
by ldepippo | Jan 28, 2017 | health and well being, High Impact Investing, Inclusive Innovation, Integrated Capital, Social Innovation
It is essential for our society to consider a more holistic and integrated view of health if we ever plan to make a real difference in the health and well being of the majority of the population and the environment. The way the capital markets work today in much of...
by ldepippo | Jan 17, 2017 | health and well being, High Impact Investing, Inclusive Innovation, Integrated Capital, sustainable agriculture, sustainable investing, Uncategorized
Scientists routinely study plants and other natural sources for medical therapies. Eventually they narrow it down to a compound and then if possible, optimize the compound and synthetically produce it. Many of our best known medicines were discovered in this way....
by ldepippo | Dec 17, 2016 | health and well being, High Impact Investing, Integrated Capital, sustainable agriculture, sustainable investing
I saw the movie “Arrival” over the weekend and I thought it was a wonderful movie. It has been on my mind since then and I chuckle to myself that a movie involving 12 Alien Space ships landing on Earth could reach me the way that it did. Ah ha, I said to...
