Every spring, a group of students from Sonoma State take part in a global simulation of the United Nations, but representing a country very different from their own. The 26 delegates have just returned, bringing back a few honors with them. To get a debriefing on their trip, we hear today from their faculty advisor.

In recent years, the SSU student delegation has represented Venezuela, Ukraine, Serbia, Thailand and Myanmar. They have earned  nine awards over the pat four years, an impressive accomplishment as only 10% of all delegations receive awards. To learn more about the International Model UN,click here.

When a Sonoma State economics professor set out to identify and profile examples of honorable and successful businesses, he first had to assess the qualities necessary to be a “good company.”

  While size  and growth do not disqualify a company from being "good,"  SSU business professor Robert Girling notes that some laudable businesses do choose, quite consciously, not to grow beyond a certain point.

Professor Robert Girling is also a co-founder of the yearly Sustainable Enterprise Conference in Rohnert Park, which is holding its 9th annual event on April 30th. 

Time spent in the great outdoors is good for us. That’s been confirmed by a recent study out of the University of Wisconsin, that says the benefits of living or spending time near greenery are measurable—and it doesn’t much matter what kind of greenery it is. Bruce Robinson talks with the study’s lead author in today’s Exchange segment.

Read more about Dr. Kirsten Beyer's study here. The full paper can be found here.

  ALSO: Governor Jerry Brown is urging California lawmakers to adopt his “rainy day fund” proposal. It would ask voters to create a reserve that could help reduce the state’s boom-and-bust budget cycles.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Today's reporting by Ben Adler.