Virtual Event Program | GreenBiz: BIG VERGE conference starts today. Put on by Green Biz. Virtual if you want to have a baby footprint on a great meeting. The travel time is a little less than going to San Francisco (although you will miss the foods and sounds and local color). This is a really interesting mix… Including some big companies and some disrupters. ‘via Blog this’
WoW! This is the new energy charge for the US. Note that the new chart shows how much energy we waste as well as how much weed is! Far more goes to waste. And 2013 was the first year that energy consumption was up, since 2010. One benefit of a recession is that you produce less of a carbon footprint, and get more efficient. https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2014/Apr/NR-14-04-01.html#.VCOBhMcpDMK
Green, But Mostly White: The Lack Of Diversity In The Environmental Movement, Part 1 of 5—Future 500 | Justmeans: There are 5 parts to this series. It’s talking about who is evolved int the Environmental movement, and why there isn’t more diversity. And why that is starting to change? This is a very interesting 5 part series by several authors. Part 1: http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-1 by Danna Pfahl Part 2: http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-2-of-5-future by Marvin Smith Part 3: http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/green-but-mostly-white-the-lack-of-diversity-in-the-environmental-movement-part-3-of-5 by Shilpi Chhatray…
Sustainable Universities falls into to two schools (note the pun). 1) Those that have greener campuses in terms of reduced usage of resources and renewable resources. 2) Those that teach sustainability programs academically. Of course, doing both is entirely possible… and even highly synergistic. Here’s a few sources of Green campus and green(er) universities: Campus Ecology: http://www.nwf.org/campus-ecology.aspx Green Report Card: http://www.greenreportcard.org/ P&P’s Top Green Colleges & Us: http://peopleandplanet.org/greenleague People & Plant’s 2013 College Report: http://peopleandplanet.org/green-league-2013/tables Plus there has been some…
Building a Business Plan: The basic components – YouTube: “ Here’s the basics about a business plan by yours truly, Dr. Elmer Hall, President of Strategic Business Planning Company. We help develop the plans that every business needs(tm). “ All, right. It doesn’t have direct application to Sustainability… Except that we aim to encourage sustainable businesses in all the spellings of the word “sustainable”. Businesses do need to be profitable. Look at the sustainable growth rate…
These visuals of the planet changes over the last 30 or 40 years are impressive, to say the least. http://nbcnews.to/1uxF6ZM Here are some cool time lapse photography using satellite imagery over the last few decades. Check out the Amazon! Check out the glaciers! Ouch! Double ouch!
