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** [http://intoxicologist.wordpress.com/press-release-pages/fetzer-vineyards-honored-a-second-time-with-governor’s-award-for-environmental-economic-leadership/ Governor's Award] | ** [http://intoxicologist.wordpress.com/press-release-pages/fetzer-vineyards-honored-a-second-time-with-governor’s-award-for-environmental-economic-leadership/ Governor's Award] | ||
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Revision as of 16:34, 2 March 2009
Outline for the conversation with Ed Schreck on how sustainability will impact engineering and business.
The Challenge
- Plan 3.0 - Lester Brown
- The Great Work - Thomas Berry
- Small is Beautiful - E.F. Shumacher
- David Suzuki...our ecological footprint
- Bill McKibbens
- Peter Senge (The Learning Organization - MIT) on sustainability
Business Examples
- Interface (carpeting)
- Fetzer Wines (wine)
- Ed, I heard the owner of Fetzer Wines speak. He said the results of the sustainability initiative is better tasting wine at a lower cost. This is the direct opposite of what he was told would happen by traditional wine experts.
- Sustainability Section of their website
- Governor's Award
- Patagonia (clothing)
Overall Frameworks
- Triple Bottom-line
- One Earth
- Relationship to the earth
- Earth Charter
Component Frameworks
- Products
- Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough
- Green Chemistry
- Buildings
- Green Building Council - LEED
- Living Building
- Living Systems Learning
- Energy / Carbon
- Waste
- Water
- Transportation
- Diversity
Myths
- This will cost more money.
