Category Archives: sustainability

Bill McKibben: Step It Up 2007

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Leading environmental thinker Bill McKibben calls in from Sundance and urges us all to get involved in Step It Up 2007, a call to every one of us to organize climate change rallies in our own communities (and in our own styles!) on April 14th. April Power will launch a Spring flowering of creative solutions and united optimism in the face of Climate Change. Bill also talks about his new book Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future due out in March.
PART 1 (11 min) PART 2 (7 min)

Catch Bill in the new film Everything’s Cool, which had its premiere this week at the Sundance Film Festival.

 

Timberland: Sustainable Values, Sustainable Innovation

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Timberland has always been a high quality footwear company while watching the size of their ecological footprint. Manager of Environmental Stewardship Betsy Blaisdell tells us about their innovative new labeling system that spells out their products’ total environmental impact, and the values that guide Timberland’s bottom line. LISTEN (12 min)

Gus Speth: Sustainability in Higher Education

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Higher Education Correspondent Shana Weber takes us front row at a speech by Gus Speth, Yale Dean of Forestry and Environmental Studies at the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Meeting. LISTEN (8 min)

Tony Cortese: Education for Sustainability

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Tony Cortese, President of Second Nature, Education for Sustainability talks about the recent AASHE 2006 Conference: The Role of Higher Education in Creating a Sustainable World.

LISTEN ( 7min)



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