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Re: Fostering sustainable *business* in cities
2006-07-11 19:34:10 UTC
Those are exactly the type of initiatives being pursued in Zero Waste Community Plans. For examples, see the Palo Alto, CA adopted Zero Waste Strategic Plan at: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/zerowaste/graphics/Strategic_Plan_FInal_100405.pdf.
The City of Oakland is currently working on a similar Zero Waste Strategic Plan (see http://www.zerowasteoakland.com/Page749.aspx).
The Palo Alto Zero Waste Strategic Plan details a number of incentives and policies, and encourages its businesses to adopt Zero Waste as a goal. The Plan also references the Zero Waste Business Principles to be used as a guide for evaluating performance of businesses and recognizing those that are truly leaders (see: http://www.grrn.org/zerowaste/business/).
Finally, the CA Integrated Waste Management Board has case studies on "Incentives" and "Business Policies" that highlight different incentives and policies adopted throughout California that should provide great examples of leadership and innovation (see http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGLibrary/Innovations/Incentives/
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Re: Evaluating Incentive programs
2006-06-19 18:13:27 UTC
Pamela,
EPA did some good work evaluating incentive programs in the solid waste field. See their "Resource Management" website at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wstewise/wrr/rm.htm
Gary Liss -
Effectiveness of recycling info in yellow pages? Sonoma County, CA experience
2006-06-18 03:02:01 UTC
Doug,
Ken Wells current email address is: [email protected].
Gary Liss -
Re: Systems thinking and behavior change
2006-02-13 21:51:14 UTC
Deborah,
The Zero Emissions Research Initiatives (www.zeri.org) have an exciting educational component. There are a series of fairy tales told about natural systems, that have embedded in them over a thousand scientific principles (see http://www.zeri.org/initiative/). This basic concept is to use fairy tales to sow into children's learnings the seeds of systems, science, art, and emotional learning. This has been embraced by the environmental city of Curitiba in Brazil. When students start with a story that integrates ethics, economics, biology, and mathematics; they are drawn to learn those disciplines that are today often dismissed by students as boring or irrelevant. See the types of scientific principles covered at http://www.zeri.org/initiative/collectiontales3.htm. For copies of the fairy tales, write to: [email protected]. ZERI has just started a Masters Program in Systems Design in Turin Italy, as they see a true systems approach as being critical to achieving Zero Emissions. I'll send a separate post on ZERI's upcoming certified training program in the U.S.
Gary Liss -
Re: Searching for a book on Sustainable Business Practices
2006-01-29 03:28:15 UTC
Two that are my bibles: Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution - P. Hawkin, A. Lovins, L.H. Lovins, and The Sustainability Advantage: 7 Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line, Bob Willard
Mark Myles
298 Heath's Bridge Road,
Concord, MA 01742 USA
1 978 371 0022
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Re: Searching for a book on Sustainable Business Practices
2006-01-29 03:26:07 UTC
"Upsizing: The Road to Zero Emissions, MOre Jobs, More Income and No Pollution" by Gunter Pauli; "Ecology of Commerce" by Paul Hawkins, 'Cradle to Cradle' by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, 'Web of Life by Fritzof Capra', "True Power of Water" by Emoto, God's Last Offer by Ed Ayres, the Decline of Science (or something like that ) by Anne and Paul Erlichman, "BIomimicry" by Janine Benyus..
Lynda Taylor
Sustainable Communities/ZERI-NM
P.O. Box 8017 Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-986-1454(ph)
505-986-6019(fx)
[email protected]
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Re: Searching for a book on Sustainable Business Practices
2006-01-29 02:52:04 UTC
Gary- They should get in touch with either Bainbridge Graduate Institute up in Seattle or the New College in SF for some recommendations for a good teaching tool (also, they should check out Joel's column about the subject at
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Re: Searching for a book on Sustainable Business Practices
2006-01-27 10:15:37 UTC
One practical manual for those who want to initiate corporate sustainability is: Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability by Dexter Dunphy
Maia -
Re: Searching for a book on Sustainable Business Practices
2006-01-27 10:13:20 UTC
Try "The Sustainability Revolution" (New Society Publishers, 2005) by Andres Edwards. It's an excellent sustainability encyclopedia; very readable and practical. I'm using it in a class I teach at a community college.
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Re: Searching for a book on Sustainable Business Practices
2006-01-27 01:39:35 UTC
Union of Concerned Scientists link here: http://www.esa.org/science/Issues/ -- Katje Erickson, 864-3993, cell 264-8512 Stewardship and Sustainable Architectural Design, Illustration, Energy Conservation. www.deltathird.com email: [email protected]
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