More and more companies are continuing to make efforts on sustainability measures, dispite the struggling economy. Over 50% of corporate marketers and communicators think their organizations will increase involvement in environmental sustainability initiatives over the next 2-3 years. Although, most...
Xerox may be printing on paper but they are counting on sustainability as part of their future with Pity Patricia Calkins as the Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety. She gives some sage advice on how to get one of these kinds of jobs and when you look at the salary range of similar kinds...
Power Shift 2009, a national environmental summit, was held in Washington D.C. February 27-March 2. I was one of 12,000 students that attended the summit. Power Shift was led by and for young people and coordinated by the Energy Action Coalition. Consisting of 50 leading organizations, 700 local groups...
According to an article entitled Financial Crisis Redoubles MBAs' Commitment to Sustainability,MBA's will demand that their future employers take into account sustainability as part of their long-term strategy rather than strictly focusing on short-term gains. "The survey, by Net Impact...
Although I am not sure if there is an MBA program that can be considered totally 'green,' many MBA schools are leading the charge with significant integration of green-sustainability topics into their curricula. One of the top 10 articles in 2008 on the GreenBiz site was about MBA programs that...
This article is a great read for people who don't yet know Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface Inc., http://www.btobmagazine.com/Articles/2008/December/Mount_Sustainability.html , whom I have begun referring to as the 'grandfather of sustainability.' I don't know whether he...
It's true you won't find this term in the dictionary because it is my version of how to describe a Green-minded Entrepreneur. While some people still haven't figured out that Green Business is the way clever people can find greener pastures in a down economy, people like Sandra Cumming already...
In the past year, I began researching the impact of global warming and its implications on the business community. After attending conferences in the Fall of 2007 (i.e GreenXchange and Clean Technology & Sustainability Industries), I realized that from this point forward, we are all individually...
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) http://www.aashe.org/ is a very forward-thinking non-profit which is melding sustainability ideas into the college and university systems AASHE is an association of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada working to...
If you are smart and great in science and math, please read the attachment. It gives great insight into the ways you can leverage your natural gifts toward every scientific based discipline you can imagine. You too can find a way to make money doing the right things related to the environment. Whether...