[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post 11 April 2012 On May 11, a group of children will face off against the Obama administration and the National Association of Manufacturers for the latest...
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Making Sustainability Relevant to Everyone
Sustainable Industries [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] 25 March 2012 (by LH Lovins & Steve Wilton) Hands up everyone who wants to spread the green message…. But how? Sustainability is knocking at the door of every...
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Green Plowshares in the Pacific Northwest
ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post & Think Progress 19 March 2012 While the nation’s attention has been focused on ending one war (Afghanistan) and avoiding another (Iran), a different idea about national defense has been circulating lately among some of America’s thought leaders. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat”...
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Engage Your Employees, Educate Your Frontline, Increase Your Profits
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Sustainable Industries 14 February 2012 Claudia Capitini, the aptly named Sustainability Maven at Eco-Products, had a problem. She knew, as smart companies do, that sustainability is the path to greater prosperity...
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Let's Talk About the Future We Want
ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post 25 November 2011 Here are some questions for the Occupiers, the Tea Party demonstrators, the people engaged in the Arab Spring and those around the world who are too hungry, too tired, too discouraged or too occupied with basic survival to protest. These are questions, too, for the young people...
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The Forecast: Winter of Discontent, Chance of an American Spring
ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post 20 September 2011 When House Speakers John Boehner said last week that his relationship with President Obama is like a conversation between “people from two different planets“, he identified a disconnect that extends well beyond the House and the White House. We are two Americas headed for collision. New York...
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Playing Chicken on Climate Change
ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post 15 September 2011 The people trying to wake us up to the realities of global warming have taken to calling themselves “climate hawks.” In the field of Republican presidential candidates, we are seeing a new breed emerge: climate chickens. Once upon a time, America elected heroes to be President of...
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Can We Handle Nature's New Norm? Part 3 of 3
ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post 12 September 2011 This is the last in a series of posts on extreme weather events in the United States. Part 1 described the reactions of key political leaders. Part 2 detailed the “perfect storm” of increasing weather extremes combined with decreasing government ability to respond. This post discusses what communities can do to...
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Can We Handle Nature's New Norm? Part 2 of 3
ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post 8 September 2011 This is the second in a three-part post. Part 1 describes how some key political leaders are reacting to today’s extreme weather events. Part 2 lays out some of the factors that are producing a perfect storm of vulnerability. Whether or not we are ready to conclude that today’s...
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Integrity. Here’s hoping I can live up to that.
The plane settles into its cruise altitude and I to writing – three hours to Chicago, swap planes, then eight to the Netherlands. Long night. I’m bound east to consult for Royal Dutch Shell. No idea what they want from me, but I’ll be most interested to chat with them about their world-view. And to...