Archive for September 2012

Sustainable Jersey Certification Program for Municipalities (Event)

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

The "Sustainable Jersey Fall Networking Event" will take place on October 23, 2012 at 6:30 pm at Careme's Restaurant in Atlantic Cape Community College Campus 5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing.The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) invites towns and interested members of the public to this...

Renewable Energy - Going Forward with Working Solutions (Event)

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

On Tuesday October 16, 2012, in Toronto, Ontario, there will be an event titled "Going Forward with Working Renewable Energy Solutions." The event will take place at the North York Civic Centre Council Chambers. Three experts present on real renewable energy solutions, their impact, plus new and future...

Climate Change 2012: Security, Resilience and Diplomacy (Event)

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

On the 15th and 16th of October, 2012, the event "Climate Change: Security, Resilience and Diplomacy" will take place at Chatham House in London, UK. The conference will examine the key economic, social and geo-political security threats caused by climate change and debate what national and international...

Low Carbon Earth Summit 2012 and the World Sustainable Energy Conference (Event)

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

The Low Carbon Earth Summit 2012 (LCES-2012) will take place on October 19 to 22, 2012 in Guangzhou, China. LCES-2012 Conference participants include energy experts, decision makers, academics, concerned environmentalists, legislators and government executives. This is the second Low Carbon Energy...

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place on Friday, October 12, 2012, in Calgary, AB at the Red & White Club. Are your students Canada's future environmental leaders? ECO Canada is inviting students in grades 11 & 12 and their teachers to the Red & White Club on October 12, 2012 for a day of environmental...

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

On October 17 and 18 more than 300 leaders, decision-makers and doers from across Canada and around the world will attend Sustainability Applied 2012. This event will explore the business value of sustainability, and to share ways of integrating it within their organizations to improve resource efficiency...

The Business Case for Sustainability (Event)

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

On October 18, 2012, the event titled "The Business Case for Sustainability," will take place from 8:30 AM to Noon at the Enterprise Center in Burlington County College 3331 Route 38 – 300 College Circle Mount Laurel. At this even you can see how “The Triple Bottom Line” can help your small business...

Wall Street: The New Driver for a Sustainable World? (Event)

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

On October 9, 2012, between 4:30-7:30 EST at Bennett Jones, 1st Canadian Place, 100 King St. W., 34th Floor, Toronto, there will be a unique opportunity to learn, discuss and debate with one of the world’s foremost thinkers on sustainable investing. Is Wall Street beginning to drive transformational...

CBSR Sustainability Investment Forum (Event)

September 30, 2012 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place on Monday, October 15, 2012, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM (MDT) in Calgary, Alberta. Explore how investors assess market value and ways to gauge how CSR practices add to that value. Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) is pleased to host world-class experts who will stretch...

Green Buildings of the Future at UC Irvine (Video)

September 29, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Join Green Schools Designer Wendy Rogers as she interviews guests at the LPA Sustainable Office and Energy Showcase, in UC Irvine's University Research Park - LPA Irvine. The 15,000-square-foot expansion is tracking LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council - it's the next generation...

September 29, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Related Articles Renewable Energy Teaching Tools: Sprout and KidWindKid Wind Challenge (Video) Kid Wind Education Company (Video) Education and Rio+20RIO + 20's Education for Sustainable DevelopmentUNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development GSA Programs Provide Tools to Students to...

September 29, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Related Articles Renewable Energy Teaching Tools: Sprout and KidWindKid Wind Education Company (Video) Education and Rio+20RIO + 20's Education for Sustainable DevelopmentUNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development GSA Programs Provide Tools to Students to Save Their Future Student...

September 29, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Educators strive to bring experiential learning for future life skills into the classroom. Less time sitting at a desk and more time with stimulating hands-on experimentation. New curricula and learning standards are incorporation new disciplines in math, physics, and social sciences of wind power....

Popular Media is Distorting the Facts about Climate Change

September 28, 2012 Add Comment Edit

Major news organizations are not accurately reflecting the truth about climate change. Fox News, the Wallstreet Journal and even PBS have been charged with misrepresenting the facts about climate change. According to a report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, 93 percent of Fox News' and 80 percent...

Businesses Need to Do More to Reduce Emissions

September 28, 2012 Add Comment Edit

According to The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the average long-term emissions reduction target for the companies covered in their report is just 1 percent per year -- below the 4 percent annual cuts needed to limit global warming, according to PwC. One percent is “well below the level of ambition...

US Firms are Improving but they are Being Outperformed on Sustainability

September 28, 2012 Add Comment Edit

According to The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), European firms are outperforming US firms in terms of sustainability. Although the United States has the most companies on the CDLI, Germany has four firms ranked in the top ten while the US has none. European firms like Bayer, Nestlé and BMW are among...

September 27, 2012 Add Comment Edit

According to The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a total of 48 percent of companies polled believe that climate change yielded opportunities for new products and service. However, only 21 percent had set aside a dedicated budget for low-carbon research and development. IBM, the services provider,...

New Study Quantifies the Costs of Climate Change

September 27, 2012 Add Comment Edit

According to a new study the current economic impacts of climate change are more than $1.2 trillion a year, or 1.6 percent of the annual global GDP. The 331-page study was launched on September 26th, 2012, it is the second edition of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor: A Guide to the Cold Calculus of...