Archive for August 2018

The Energy Efficiency Opportunity and the Case for Government Leadership

August 29, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Governments around the world are supporting energy efficiency because it buoys economic development and drives innovation.. There is a strong business case for energy efficiency which is why it is at the leading edge of a tremendous opportunity. According to the IEA, in 2016 global investments...

August 28, 2018 Add Comment Edit

This webinar will take place on Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern. There will be a live question and answer period with ENGIE Insight's Jonathan Lee, Senior Energy Market Intelligence Manager, Energy Procurement for the quarterly energy market update webinar.Jonathan...

The Trump Administration's Policy of Energy Inefficiency

August 27, 2018 1 Comment Edit

The ruling US administration has purged government support for energy efficiency and replaced it with what can only be called an inefficiency policy. The Trump administration and the GOP have systematically eradicated energy efficiency programs ranging from appliances to vehicles and utilities. Earlier...

Event - Recycling and Waste Management Exhibiton & Conference (RWM)

August 26, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The RWM Exhibition will take place on September 12 & 13, 2018 in Birmingham, UK. This is the UK's Largest Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition and Conference.Of the 2000 influential visitors to RWM 90 percent are senior management. 350 seminars, 30 panel Sessions,, this event includes...

Course - Blockchain Technologies Online at MIT

August 25, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Blockchain Technologies: Business Innovation and Application is an online course being offered through MIT Sloan School of Management. Blockchains are a cutting edge sustainability trend. This 6 week course offers flexible learning modules requiring 5-6 hours per week. Participants will be provided...

August 25, 2018 Add Comment Edit

A social organization by the name of Greenpop is making greening POPular by planting trees in Africa. Greenpop describes itself as the coolest environmentalist social enterprise in Cape Town, South Africa. Its creator film producer Misha Teasdale realized that his carbon footprint was unsustainable...

August 24, 2018 Add Comment Edit

This flexible 8-12 hours per week, online short course is offered by MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Big data it is a portal to a wealth of benefits including operational efficiencies, however, when big data is paired with social analytics it unlocks a new way for us to view the world. Peering...

Arctic Climate Feedback Loops: Heat, Melting Ice and Fires

August 23, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The Arctic is being ravaged by a trifecta of three interrelated phenomenon that are all connected by climate change. Global warming is contributing to more heat waves. Hotter average temperatures in the Arctic are also melting the ice and causing wildfires.These three phenomenon are interacting synergistically...

Ten Schools Leveraging Energy Efficiency to Save Money

August 21, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Schools from California to New Jersey are benefiting from their investments in energy efficiency.The economics of things like HVAC retrofits and lighting upgrades are hard to dispute. This is a market driven trend that is sure to keep growing as schools are forced to do more with less resources. Power...

Kofi Annan's Global Compact: A Proud Legacy of Sustainability

August 20, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary General died in Switzerland on August 18 at the age of 80. He became the first black African secretary general in 1997, and four years later he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in Kumasi, Ghana, the son of a provincial governor and grandson of two tribal chiefs,...

Call for Papers - Sustainable Innovation 2019 Conference

August 19, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Sustainable Innovation 2019 conference: Road to 2030: Sustainability, Business Models, Innovation and Design will take place on March 4-5, 2019, at the Business School, University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, Surrey, UK. The 22nd international conference will provide a platform to discuss future visions...

Event - Canadian Sustainable Development Goals Business Forum

August 19, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Canadian Sustainable Development Goals Business Forum will take place on Friday September 7, 2018, in Toronto, Ontario. The Forum is geared towards helping the Canadian private sector to achieve the objectives of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Business leaders will explore sustainability,...

Talk - Selling the Sexy Science: A New Narrative on Climate Change

August 18, 2018 Add Comment Edit

A talk titled Selling the Sexy Science: A New Narrative on Climate Change, will take place Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m., Memorial Union, Room 207, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. In today’s media, the future seems ominously uncertain. These “doomsday” narratives on...

Webcasts - How to Protect Your Business from Global Megaforces

August 17, 2018 Add Comment Edit

How to Protect Your Business from Global Megaforces: Top Tools for Strategic Growth and Sustainable Wealth, will take place on the 12th, 13th and 14th September 2018 11am -12.30pm PST, 20:00 - 21.30 GMT, 3pm - 4.30pm EST. The is a UN Global Climate Action Summit Affiliate Event. This 3 hour strategy...

Heat Connects Wildfires to Climate Change

August 16, 2018 Add Comment Edit

A global heat wave is fueling wildfires from South America to the Arctic Circle. Research links climate change to heatwaves and drought both of which are important catalysts for wildfires.As reported by the BBC a recent study suggests that climate change has made heat waves more than twice as...

Extreme Midsummer Heat in the Northern Hemisphere

August 15, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Marked by record setting heatwaves in July, this has been an unusually hot summer in the northern hemisphere. All around the world we are seeing evidence of longer and more intense heatwaves. The temperature data over the last three decades clearly indicate that the world is getting warmer and 2018...