Comments on: Getting Started – Resources on Sustainability in Business http://greenprofs.com/getting-started-resources-on-sutainability-in-business/ Green Business Professionals Sharing Information, Insights And Best Practice On The Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility And Climate Change Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Genevieve Taylor http://greenprofs.com/getting-started-resources-on-sutainability-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Genevieve Taylor Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:55:59 +0000 http://greenprofs.com/?p=254#comment-41 Hi Deborah - Great ideas! The story of Stuff is a fantastic video - very informative. Also, great thought about TED and Treehugger.com; you are right, those are both quick and easy ways to get inspired and informed. Your take on greenwashing is also important - with small businesses, that is certainly a concern. I will look at those articles and do some thinking about it; thanks so much for the input! Hi Deborah -
Great ideas! The story of Stuff is a fantastic video – very informative. Also, great thought about TED and Treehugger.com; you are right, those are both quick and easy ways to get inspired and informed.
Your take on greenwashing is also important – with small businesses, that is certainly a concern. I will look at those articles and do some thinking about it; thanks so much for the input!

]]> By: Deborah Merriam http://greenprofs.com/getting-started-resources-on-sutainability-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Deborah Merriam Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:13:38 +0000 http://greenprofs.com/?p=254#comment-40 I agree that videos are a great way to get the information across. I'm usually talking to small business owners who are at the greening-vs-greenwashing stage of the learning curve. They're starting at zero, and the key is to keep them excited about greening their operations without overwhelming them immediately with an enormous data dump. So, to get up to speed quickly, I suggest they surf around TED.com (Alex Steffen's and William McDonough's talks are inspiring, but far from alone in that regard), and also watch Annie Leonard's "The Story Of Stuff" video online. I recommend Treehugger.com's many guides to going green. I suggest they read the new National Geographic publication "True Green @ Work". Finally, I recommend they take a careful look at the "Six Sins of Greenwashing" list from TerraChoice and make sure they're not violating any of them. I agree that videos are a great way to get the information across. I’m usually talking to small business owners who are at the greening-vs-greenwashing stage of the learning curve. They’re starting at zero, and the key is to keep them excited about greening their operations without overwhelming them immediately with an enormous data dump. So, to get up to speed quickly, I suggest they surf around TED.com (Alex Steffen’s and William McDonough’s talks are inspiring, but far from alone in that regard), and also watch Annie Leonard’s “The Story Of Stuff” video online. I recommend Treehugger.com’s many guides to going green. I suggest they read the new National Geographic publication “True Green @ Work”. Finally, I recommend they take a careful look at the “Six Sins of Greenwashing” list from TerraChoice and make sure they’re not violating any of them.

]]> By: greenprofs http://greenprofs.com/getting-started-resources-on-sutainability-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-39 greenprofs Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:57:15 +0000 http://greenprofs.com/?p=254#comment-39 I have just added a book section to the blog and have included the <a href="http://greenprofs.com/books" rel="nofollow">The Sustainability Revolution</a> in the list of reading resources. Thanks for your suggestion :) I have just added a book section to the blog and have included the The Sustainability Revolution in the list of reading resources.

Thanks for your suggestion :)

]]> By: Jerry http://greenprofs.com/getting-started-resources-on-sutainability-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Jerry Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:42:57 +0000 http://greenprofs.com/?p=254#comment-38 Here is one more book not mentioned yet: The Sustainability Revolution by Andrews R. Edwards. It’s also essential to act, connect and understand what’s being done in your locality, engage in local sustainable events and initiatives starting with your own life. See how you can reduce your consumption, spend and invest more consciously, improve the energy efficiency of your home. Looking out your window to your community and its urban neighbors, consider starting a Sustainability Task Force with goals such as sustainable schools to integrate sustainability education into the curriculum and sustianable buildings that assure green building standards. It’s looking at areas of population concentration, the urban community and bringing green building/remodeling and green jobs, building green workforce development programs. Integrate sustainablity into all the systems. Seek partners such as local community group, sustainable incubators at universities, elected officials and businesses who understand this urgency or help them understand it. Create a plan to move specific initiatives forward; when one slows move forward on another. Also realize it is messy, it is complex, it requires patience and persistence, but it is possible. This is the movement that will transform society because this is what we need; this movement presents great opportunity and the time to act is now. I have met so many wonderful people working on this movement; they continue to keep me inspired and in turn I can inspire others; God Speed! Here is one more book not mentioned yet:
The Sustainability Revolution by Andrews R. Edwards.

It’s also essential to act, connect and understand what’s being done in your locality, engage in local sustainable events and initiatives starting with your own life. See how you can reduce your consumption, spend and invest more consciously, improve the energy efficiency of your home. Looking out your window to your community and its urban neighbors, consider starting a Sustainability Task Force with goals such as sustainable schools to integrate sustainability education into the curriculum and sustianable buildings that assure green building standards. It’s looking at areas of population concentration, the urban community and bringing green building/remodeling and green jobs, building green workforce development programs. Integrate sustainablity into all the systems.

Seek partners such as local community group, sustainable incubators at universities, elected officials and businesses who understand this urgency or help them understand it. Create a plan to move specific initiatives forward; when one slows move forward on another. Also realize it is messy, it is complex, it requires patience and persistence, but it is possible. This is the movement that will transform society because this is what we need; this movement presents great opportunity and the time to act is now. I have met so many wonderful people working on this movement; they continue to keep me inspired and in turn I can inspire others; God Speed!

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