Sherri Goodman is a former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense and one of the top advisors to the Defense Department and top corporate executives on foreign policy, especially as it relates to energy and the environment. We know that the conflicts in the hotbeds of the Middle East and Russia are as much about oil as they are about national security. Listen… Continue reading Interview with Sherri Goodman
Do you want your business to prosper from the clean energy economy? Then listen to Green Connections host Joan Michelson on UR Business Network with tips on how to do so. In this interview UR Business Network, MYOB – Mind Your Own Business Radio Show for Entrepreneurs with Rick Brutti, Joan speaks about the need for more… Continue reading Joan on UR Business Network
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
No longer a nice-to-do, corporate social responsibility is now a reputational imperative – or liability. “Consumers across the globe resoundingly affirm CSR as a critical business strategy,” says Dan Soulas, managing director of Echo Research. “It is vital for companies to understand the unique, market-level nuances to effectively participate in the CSR interchange. A one-size-fits-all… Continue reading Cone Releases the 2013 Cone Communications/Echo Global CSR Study
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
Now that we have zillions of bytes of data about just about everything, we can see the power of our choices — and it’s time to stop blaming everyone else and take matters into our own hands. It’s time to change our own behaviors, instead of waiting for others to do their part. Whether it’s… Continue reading 2014: It’s Time for Us to Use All That Data
