Alaska Stories:

In the last half century, $2.3 trillion of foreign aid has unfortunately not moved the needle on global poverty (To see how and why, read "From Poverty to Prosperity" by Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz, "The Bottom Billion" by Paul Collier, and "A Farewell to Alms" by Gregory Clark).

In stark contrast, a $960 million capitalization in the 1970s of 200 indigenous enterprises in Alaska has produced $44 billion in corporate earnings by them, catapulting most Alaska Natives into the middle class today. In little more than one generation, the indigenous peoples of Alaska soared from $2 per person per day to the middle class in one of the richest states in one of the richest nations on earth.

The stories that follow are dedicated to the two billion people on earth who live on $2 per day. An Enterprise Solution for them exists via renewable energies from the sun, which produces six thousand times the energy humanity uses every day on earth. Future stories like these can dateline from Africa, Latin America and Asia if the tools are made available to the poor. At Climate PROSPERITY Enterprise Solutions, LLC our goal is to help them write those stories.

Alaska natives have something to say to their Andean cousins. By Michael Rowan, 2006.

Videos:

View opening remarks by Dubuque Mayor Roy D. Buol and the keynote address by Ambassador Richard N. Swett at Dubuque's annual Growing Sustainable Communities Conference held on March 9, 2010: LINK

Listen to Richard Swett's [off camera] question to President Obama at the Town Hall Meeting in Nashua, NH on February 2, 2010: LINK

Newspaper Articles:

Editorial "My Turn": Change the climate of the climate change debate. No need for a lose-lose scenario . By Richard N. Swett for the Concord Monitor, December 9, 2009.

Achieving climate prosperity . By Richard N. Swett for The Washington Times, September 18, 2009.

Books & Articles:

White Paper on Climate Prosperity © by Richard Swett and Michael Rowan, August, 2009

Ambassador Richard N. Swett

• Leadership by Design: Creating an Architecture of Trust, 2005 (Author)
• A Nation Reconstructed. A Quest for Cities That Can Be, 1996 (Co-Author)

Michael J. Rowan

• Getting Over Chavez and Poverty, 2006 (Author)
• The Threat Closer to Home, 2009 (Author)

Fred Kuglin

• Using Technology to Transform the Value Chain, 2008 (Co-Author)
• Building, Leadership, and Managing Strategic Alliances: How to Work Effectively and Profitably with Partner Companies, 2002 (Co-Author)
• The Supply Chain Network @ Internet Speed: Preparing Your Company for the E-Commerce Revolution, 2000 (Co-Author)
• Customer-Centered Supply Chain Management: A Link-by-Link Guide, 1998 (Co-Author)