Skeptic finds he now agrees global warming is real – Yahoo! News: “Still, Muller said it makes sense to reduce the carbon dioxide created by fossil fuels.” So the long-term denier Muller has finally decided that there really is global worming. Duh. At least as important is that the funding is by Koch Foundation. It looks like they will stand behind the findings and push on for more research as to the cause of global…
The iPod’s Inventor Strikes Out On His Own, And Invents…A Thermostat?! | Co. Design: Oh, you are gonna like this. Programmable thermostats should, theoretically, save you a ton on your utilities. But you will love this. Only about 6% of programmable thermostates are actually — you guessed it — are actually programmed.:-( So maybe, just possibly, the answer is better training for the users. Nope. That will never do. How about something more intuitive and…
Check out the episode of Mad Money on September 29 (Thursday) when Cramer talks about three mega trends where you can make money. Even in the current insane marketplace. One it energy efficiency: Look for HON, JCI and more. All favorites of this blog. looking at big EE savings (vs EE&E planning… 🙂 World food shorage: stocks to buy include Deer (DE) and Potash. Healthy food trends include: Chipoltle, Haines & Panera. He’s looking for decade-long trends,…
Most Chief Sustainability Officers Close to the Top, Report Finds · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader With 35% reporting directly to the CEO and another 55% are no more than 2 degrees removed (C-Level) from the CEO. This is a small sample, but interesting how high in the organizations sustainability lands. Note that only DuPont (in 2004) had a CSO prior to 2007. From the http://www.environmentalleader.com
Bainbridge Graduate Institute offers Sustainability MBA programs. They claim to be the first. They have several certificate programs and several concentrations. Pretty cool. BGI is Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) accredited. Watch this great news show “Behind the Scenes” with Jane Pauley …August 5th, 2011 http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/44158440#44158440 Associated text/article: http://www.bgi.edu/voice-of-bgi/filming-your-life-calling/ Actual edu: http://www.bgi.edu/ Course list: http://www.bgi.edu/academics/mbas/course-list/ Always, (almost always) a good source of info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Graduate_Institute
Ft. Lauderdale Tops List Of Most Dangerous Cities To Drive We in Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando win the dubious honor of being the worst for traffic (traffic fatality statistics). Ouch. Seems like telecommuting might be a more sustainable way to live… (Sorry about the pun!:)
