The clothing manufacturing process generates about 15 million tons of waste per year, according to the EPA, and 85 percent of apparel we buy ends up in landfill. What can we do about this? Meet a creative entrepreneur who saw a marketplace gap and formed a non-profit to fill it, helping the environment, budding designers… Continue reading Fabric Scraps to Good Use – Jessica Schreiber, Fabscrap
The recent string of disasters is a stark reminder to include resilience in our budgets, from cities to companies and organizations. Our homes, businesses, schools and local economies cannot afford to be ill-prepared, as we saw in Puerto Rico for example with Hurricane Maria’s devastation. How to do it? Listen to Katharine Burgess, Director of Urban Resilience at the Urban Land Institute, for best practices in this critical conversation with Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson. You may want to forward this podcast to your mayor, Congressperson or City Manager – and take notes!
As 2015 becomes 2016, it is striking how many issues that were once dismissed as “just a public relations issue” or “nice to haves,” underfunded and relegated to departments deemed less influential, are now high priorities in the C-suite. (Photo credit: Doug Mills) What’s going on? Has the Star Wars “Force” awakened the C-suite?
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
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
Keith Alverson, UNEP/DEPI Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation and Terrestrial Ecosystems Branch, presented recently at the NCSE conference. The rise of sea levels is not a new phenomenon and nature has found ways to adapt. But the rate of rise today, double the historic rate, may pose an urgent problem to humans around the planet with… Continue reading How Do We Adapt to the Rising Sea Levels?
Women in STEM : The White House Blog interviews Carter Wall, Director of Performance Solar Division for Broadway Electrical Company. Carter developed an interest in science at an early age, yet struggled to find examples of women scientists and engineers beyond historical figures, like Marie Curie. A lack of relatable role models ultimately didn’t stop… Continue reading New Energy.gov Video Series Highlights Women in STEM Fields
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