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Looking for Green Heroes in SE Michigan

Our magazine staff is looking for green heroes that are making a difference and reside in southeast Michigan. Are you or your group doing remarkable things in saving energy through conservation, efficiency or sustainability? Or maybe you know of some community organization. If so, we would like to learn more. Successful candidates will be considered to having "their story" publicized in our new green magazine that is distributed in southeast Michigan. Continue

Added by Scott Schofding on March 6, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

distance course in Sustainable Engineering

Hi All, A free-of-tuition distance course Intro to Sustainable Engineering is open now for applications. It revolves around a science-based Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development and has seen already hundreds of students taking it from all the world, with very positive feedbacks. Free-of-tuition Bachelor-level distance course in Sustainable Engineering. Apps are open til 14Feb http://bit.ly/8wJwcU ... Is what we are tweeting from our accouts :)… Continue

Added by marco on February 1, 2010 at 6:53pm — No Comments

The Life and Death of Mr. Green

To master advocacy one must master adversity. & To master your perspective one must master the art of Anamorphosis. The video "Life and Death of Mr. Green" directed by rising talent Timothy Garrett and starring musical troubadours from Carney, Evan Rachel Wood opposite of Reeve Carney (Broadway's next Spider-man, Julie Taymor's rendition of the infamous love story of the masked hero and Mary Jane) and was shot on the set of HBO's Carnivale in the California desert. The vi… Continue

Added by Derek Reuter on December 23, 2009 at 7:07pm — No Comments

Scott Blake Harris, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy

This week's Supernova Network Age Briefing will feature Scott Blake Harris, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy. This is a chance to ask questions first-hand about topics as far ranging as current "Smart Grid" efforts, how technology is changing our thinking about carbon sequestration and nuclear energy, and how cybersecurity intersects with our country's energy policy. About our guest: Scott Blake Harris is the General Counsel of the Department of Energy. He was nominated for the p… Continue

Added by Amy Domestico on October 23, 2009 at 2:38am — No Comments

National Stakeholder Energy Debate

On 9 September 2009 - The Dutch Sustainability Day - the National Stakeholder Energy Debate takes place in international press centre Nieuwspoort in The Hague. Various prominent stakeholders in the Dutch ener… Continue

Added by Emke Mol on August 27, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

A summer full of inspiration, creativity and sustainability

This summer, Enviu is offering two summer schools for students who want to do something extra outside their curriculum. We offer you the opportunity to learn, get inspired and contribute to sustainability with your creative minds! Enviu is looking for students or starters who are interested in sustainability with different (study) backgrounds. Creativity, enthusiasm and team spirit are most important. 1. AIDA Summerschool Mobility in the Randstad in 2040? You decide! Do you have some spare time… Continue

Added by Josine on July 17, 2009 at 3:13pm — No Comments

Is Wal Mart becoming a green hero?

Maybe Wal Mart isn't the most likely candidate, but yesterday I watched a truly groundbreaking webcast from their Milestone Meeting Sustainability (will be made available here). They announced that they want to set a new world standard for retail in the 21st century, and it will be a sustainable one... As a first step they will be posing 15 questions to all their suppliers. The questions will be in the follow… Continue

Added by Krispijn on July 17, 2009 at 9:09am — No Comments

The Good Entrepreneur Competition closes in 2 weeks!

International competition for entrepreneurs with environmentally responsible business concepts An exciting new competition has launched – The Good Entrepreneur. The competition aims to identify entrepreneurs across Europe with environmentally responsible business concepts. These should be concepts that are based on making a clear contribution to the protection of the environment. The competition has been created in a partnership between CNBC, the leading business and financial news television c… Continue

Added by Jan van der Kaaij on July 15, 2009 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Reflection on Stakeholder Management, Bert Hellinger, and the Embassy of the Earth

Last weekend I was invited to join the Embassy of the Earth, an initiative for and by the younger generation of the Netherlands to combine a constructive dialogue on the sustainability challenge of the Netherlands with building bonds to strategically collaborate with the ambition to keep and make the Netherlands a healthy, safe, inspiring and joyful place to live in. With a group of 40 ambitious and compassionate people we spend the weekend on a little island in Amsterdam. What struck me most w… Continue

Added by Freek van der Pluijm on June 22, 2009 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Green Heroes in daily life

Hello Green Heroes! I like to remember that Green Heroes are all of us, privately or in business. Here is a post I made some days ago about "Hidden energy eaters at home": http://www.sikantisearth.com/earth/?p=897. Each big change starts with a small personal step! Continue

Added by Cecilia on June 5, 2009 at 1:01am — No Comments

Taking care of the environment and learning to be 'good ancestors'

In an insightful couple of minutes, futurist Paul Saffo discusses the pitfalls of trying to solve environmental problems with an old mindset. In the long term, the solutions that work are not quick fixes, or wholesale abandonments of development. Instead of trying to fix things for our generation, we should focus on learning to be 'good ancestors'. Watch the whole forum on Innovation and Crisis… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie on April 16, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Green Building workshops

We're interested in green buildings all of kinds and look for information about workshops for green buildings all over the world. Isn't it interesting that Cob Building is known all over the world such as USA, Great Britain and Poland. Take a look at this post: http://www.sikantisearth.com/earth/?p=410. Kind regards to all Green Heroes! Continue

Added by Cecilia on April 10, 2009 at 5:13am — No Comments

New documentary analyzes urban planning and diminishing oil supply

In a new documentary, Bill Clinton and Michael Dukakis, as well as architecture and energy experts, discuss the problems caused by suburbanization and horizontal development. The DVD, Sprawling From Grace, which will be released on April 21, looks at the pollution, health-risks and decreased quality of life caused by suburbanization.

While the DVD may focus on awareness of the problems, the documentary's website features a blog that has informative and solution-focused… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie on April 8, 2009 at 10:49am — 1 Comment

The Future is Green, Bright Green

Alex Steffen, Executive Editor of Worldchanging, writes on different categories he distuinguishes regarding environmentalism. Bright green environmentalism is a belief that sustainable innovation is the best path to lastin… Continue

Added by Emke Mol on March 30, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

The ups and down of greening your house

With a tighter household budget, most people are wondering about ways to save money - including energy conservation. However, it's easy to leave the process at wondering. In a very insightful National Geographic article, Peter Miller discusses the ups and downs of making his home more energy efficient and reducing his carbon footprint. He and his wife made a goal of reducing the carbon their household produce… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie on March 27, 2009 at 12:43pm — No Comments

Innovative green business offers first franchise opportunity

The ‘g’ Green Design Center is announcing franchise opportunities for eco-minded individuals looking to open a responsible business. ‘g’ Green Design Center, focused on providing a user-friendly experience to going green, is a combination retail shop and showroom on a mission to provide customers with all they need to create green, sustainable environments that are both beautiful and responsible to our earth. Currently offering franchises in 29 of the 5… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie on March 19, 2009 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Ashridge Sustainable Innovation Award

Ashridge, in association with the European Academy of Business and Society (EABIS), and with the support of HP and WWF, are running a competition to find the best ideas from management and other post-graduate students about how organisations can innovate to create value… Continue

Added by Emke Mol on March 19, 2009 at 1:32pm — No Comments

Raise money for your cause while you surf the web

Better The World is the world’s first, effortless fundraising platform that provides people with free and easy ways to raise money for the causes they care most about. The platform unites people, companies and charities with a shared interest in a cause - with the goal of driving positive social change. Better The World has partnered with leading global charities like the World Wildlife Fund, Habitat for Humanity, Children’s Miracle Network, United Way and Heart and Stroke Foundation. The compa… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie on March 12, 2009 at 3:23pm — No Comments

Groene inspiratie

Op grijze dagen is het altijd fijn om groene inspiratie op te doen, bijvoorbeeld over Barbie als groene held. In deze blogpost op sociaalondernemen.nu! lees je er meer over; je krijgt er ook tips, trends en meer om van kleur te verschieten. Continue

Added by Petra Kroon on March 9, 2009 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Innovative RecycleBank wins technology award

The challenge of living an environmentally responsible life style - collectively or individually - is shifting ever more rapidly from 'Is it necessary?' or 'Can we do it?' to 'How can we be both environmentally and economically successful?' We know we can live green; it's a matter of making a green lifestyle sustainable and economically irresistible. RecycleBank addresses that very issue. RecycleBank provides customers with hi-tech recycling carts: eac… Continue

Added by Anne-Marie on March 5, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

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