Portland, Oregon, December 30, 2009 A small group of us had the opportunity this past week to meet with Sam Nelson visiting Portland from Australia thanks to the folks at Transition PDX. Sam is the co-founder of the Maia Maia Project, an innovative community based Emissions Reduction Currency System. He is also an owner of Greenbase, a business in Australia that provides emissions accounting services... [Read more]
Posts Tagged ‘climate change’
Friday, January 1st, 2010
Emissions Reduction Currency System – Austrailian Style
Monday, December 21st, 2009
On Climate Sustainability
From a member of the Responsible Initiative of Pakistan as part of a discussion on the need for “models who have lived or are living their lives in a sustainable manner” at a dialogue organised by the Climate Sustainability Platform at the University of Copenhagen, Centre for Africa Studies. ‘If: Governments become pro-people Mega-companies become ethical Politicians become honest... [Read more]
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Environmental Sustainability and Aging Skyscrapers
Often times in a conversation it takes just one example to communicate a meaning of a word or concept. In the case of environmental sustainability such an example is the retrofit of the Sears Tower in Chicago. As detailed in today’s New York Times article, the Tower is “4.5 million square feet of office and retail space, 16,000 windows and 104 elevators.” Environmental sustainability... [Read more]
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
McKinsey weighs in on Battery-powered Age
McKinsey Quarterly article Electrifying cars: How three industries will evolve My friend and alternative energy colleague, Paul Steinbroner of Energy.tv, has been documenting the electric car industry for years, knows EVERYBODY, and is in the process of raising funds for a major alternative energy documentary staring plug-in pioneer, Dr. Andy Frank. Here’s what McKinsey says about plug-ins: “are... [Read more]
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Launching EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability.
About to announce launch of Web site dedicated to sustainability movement, earthsayers.tv, the voices of sustainability. Voices are of teachers, experts, students, can citizens from all walks of life. Asking folks to set their browser to EarthSayers.tv for two weeks and listen to a program each day. One can do review email while listening or pay close attention.
Time to pay attention to... [Read more]
