There’s a tsunami… A march to demand action to combat climate change drew nearly half a million people in New York City and about a million people in marches around the world — including the head of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon. The march was on the eve… Continue reading An Inflection Point: The Masses Are Finally Feeling It
On a recent interview with Joan, Dr. Laura Sherbin, the Executive Vice President and Director of Research for the Center for Talent Innovation, talked about the “middle-rung” for women in SET (Science, Engineering, Technology) organizations, as the place where women languish. It is the place where they can either stay in that middle management position… Continue reading Women in SET
Infographics are ubiquitous in social media and have recently been embraced in sustainability communications due to their ability to present complex information quickly and clearly. As Dave Stangis, CSO for Campbell Soup Company told Joan Michelson in a recent interview on Green Connections, communications is a huge hurdle for “selling” the sustainability message, both within… Continue reading The Hurdle in “Selling” the Sustainability Message
Huff Post Green, Joan Michelson, May 2014 — We cannot exist without water. Water is literally “a vital nutrient to the life of every cell,” according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) website. The body weight of some organisms is as much as 90 percent water. The human body is up to 60 percent water,… Continue reading Solutions to the Global Water Crisis: 10 Takeaways From The World Water Forum
An unexpected tribute to the late, great Robin Williams: Robin Williams’ genius voice may have been silenced this week, but fortunately we can keep him with us forever through his amazing body of work. It turns out that I have a minor familial connection to Williams. Famed Hollywood photographer Randall Michelson has photographed Mick Jagger,… Continue reading Remembering Robin Williams
By Christina Viscelli, Green Connections Longboat Beach Club golf course and marina The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is initiating a facilities improvement project that will save them upwards of $100,000 a year in electricity and water expenses. When Longboat Key Club decided to stop using plastic and styrofoam cups, they eliminated… Continue reading Small Towns Making a Big Difference: World Environment Day
The confluence of Earth Day, Easter and Passover all arriving this year on the heels of the dire report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is striking. Regardless of your religious and political beliefs, it’s a call for ambitious action within a moral framework, before the seas rise up against us (literally).… Continue reading “Eco-Spirituality” = Earth Day + Easter + Passover + IPCC Report
Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chávez on ‘Bossy,’ the Other B-word Confident girls are often called the other B-word, and it can keep them from reaching their full potential, write Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chávez Sheryl: When my brother and sister describe our childhood, they will say that I never actually played as a child but instead… Continue reading Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chávez on ‘Bossy,’ the Other B-word
See the findings from The Center for Talent Innovation on Barriers to Women in Science Engineering and Technology Athena Factor 2.0: Accelerating Female Talent in Science, Engineering & Technology In this report, we revisit the science, engineering and tech (SET) landscape-expanded to include Brazil, China, and India as well as the U.S. – to determine… Continue reading Report Findings on Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
Guest Blog, by Carly Buchanan Wind farms speckled the sprawling green fields of the Spanish countryside outside my train window as I rode from Madrid to Barcelona last October, and then more in Ávila, Santiago de Compostela, and León. I even saw a now-defunct, antiquated set of windmills, or molinas, in a small town outside… Continue reading The Potential of Wind Power: What We Can Learn From Spain
