Dean Simms-EliasAmazon’s Underwhelming Circular Packaging Achievements(This essay is a mock letter from a major investor to the leaders of Amazon. It was a graduate school assignment in my sustainability…Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Dean Simms-EliasCooperative Enterprises and their Civic Participation: A Historical UnderstandingHow worker cooperatives arose, subsided and now contain immense opportunityNov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
Dean Simms-EliasFraming a Common VisionThe converging crises of our time require sustained grassroots engagement to energize the transition of our institutional structures…Aug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020
Dean Simms-EliasInnovations that Repurpose Plastic and Glass WastePeople are realizing that filling a landfill with plastic, metal and glass waste indefinitely is unsustainable. In the past decade or two…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017
Dean Simms-EliasAfter 7 Years Republicans Still Don’t Know How to Reform Healthcare — And Their Ideas SuckOver the past decade the Tea Party overwhelming of the GOP has made Republicans the party of No. They rarely propose significant…Feb 28, 2017Feb 28, 2017
Dean Simms-Elias3 Pathways to Purposeful Meditation3 Pathways to Purposeful MeditationFeb 28, 2017Feb 28, 2017
Dean Simms-EliasHappily Uninformed — #BoycottStarbucksThe #boycottstarbucks hashtag started to trend Monday afternoon 1/30/17 in response to Starbucks announcing its initiative to hire 10,000…Jan 30, 2017Jan 30, 2017
Dean Simms-EliasRepurposing Olympic VenuesThe outlook going into the Rio Olympics this year was not great. With toxic waters to compete in, zika mosquitoes, construction cost…Oct 7, 2016Oct 7, 2016
Dean Simms-EliasA New American RenaissanceWhile watching a recent interview with Vice President Joe Biden a particular phrase caught my attention and ignited my imagination. Vice…May 12, 2016May 12, 2016
Dean Simms-EliasTrump isn’t the Scariest Part. It’s His Suporters.Trump is Scary, But its His Supporters Lack of Respect for the Constitution That is Truly Troublesome.Feb 25, 2016Feb 25, 2016