This day is sponsored by the National Writing Project…http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3729 Here’s a pretty cool article on the idea with some great links at the bottom.http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/happy-digital-learning-day via ST… Thanks.
The U.S. Economy is Unsustainable – YouTube: David Walker…. Former President of the Government Accounting Office. This was in 2008, before we did all the stimulus spending to bump us out of the recession. … ONLY This quarter, the US debt exceeded the US economy. US Economy is now (back) up to $15+T; The US Debt is now up above that!:-( Check out the US Debt Clock. It’s hard to keep up with since the…
Tracking water on the move « The Cost of Energy: ‘via Blog this’ Check out this blog about water. Video about GRACE and tracking water from space. They analyze land-water depletion with increased rise in ocean levels. Note the discussion by Famiglietti about the areas of drought: above and below ground water levels… Since the change in water is the primary difference that impacts (land)mass, the GRACE satellites can measure the changes. And it seems…
How Telecommuting Lets Workers Mobilize for Sustainability: “According to Gartner, this drive to mobility will become a $1 trillion market in the next four years. T” This is a great article from March ’11, but it mentions many of the key benefits and issues with telecommuting. Included in the article is: “According to Gartner, this drive to mobility will become a $1 trillion market in the next four years.” The savings from telecommuting are too…
Bloomberg News Adds Its Two Cents to Sustainability Debate: ““If you don’t have a sustainability plan, you don’t have a business plan” is the note on which the media company” If that’s the case, and I believe it is, there are very few companies out there who really have a Business Plan. The very first order of business is doing an energy/water/carbon audit. I should think that ever few smaller companies/organization have done that. Way…
Starbucks Etiquette: The Mobile Workplace Violators | Fox Business: The modern method of telecommuting has its ups and downs when moving the office to Starbucks. Funny rendition of the proper etiquette.:-) ‘via Blog this’
