New program at USF examines water bottle usage (2.44 min video)
A Year for the Record Books | Planet3.0: ‘via Blog this’ This to us from MacDonald from GreenDistrict… It is one of several places to start rounding up the status of sustainability (gain &) loss for 2011 and start to plan for 2012. As we start to organize the (un)balanced scorecard for an unsustainable year of horrific sustainability numbers… ?What would be a good summary for the year, even if the summary has a lot…
The quick lists of 5 things to do and 5 things not to do often provide inaccurate or even misleading information. AARP usually provides a nice sound bite of information about various things. Mental health comes up every year with a interesting brain health infographic in October 2016 (discover, connect, move, nourish, and relax). The December 2017 edition of AARP had a big section on brain health and avoiding Alzheimer’s disease. (Also see risk factors related…
Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Boy Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake here with the everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up. There has…
GreenBiz 2015 | GreenBiz Conferences, Feb 17-19, 2015: This is a very cool Sustainability/GreenBiz forum lineup. In Phoenix, in February. Listen to some of the big companies out there including Unilever, J&J, Target, Levi’s, adidas,… I like some of the discussion on metrics and ROI from sustainability… Seems like such a good place to start. Should be fun. Also, if you are associated with Gov or Edu or ?Org? you might be eligible for a…
Sustainability becomes a business law: Two things resurfaced over the last couple days. One is very local to Florida related to Sustainability is the Business Law. It looks at the focus of sustainability from the business view, or from the environmental view; which is the right view. And the answer, of course, is “Yes”. Aiming for a win, win in the business vs. environment tug of war. The old approach of win-lose turns out to…
Despite comprising just 4.3% of the global population, the U.S. accounts for a staggering 32% of worldwide personal consumption. This statistic highlights the significant economic weight of American consumers, who drive demand both at home and abroad. However, it also underscores a profound social responsibility: as a dominant force in global consumption, U.S. consumers have the power to influence market trends, sustainability practices, and social equity. The choices made by American shoppers not only shape…
