I highly recommend this post from Jeff Buster:

The people in this room were having a comfortable and interesting time; figuring out how to do what the world had never been done before – install wind turbines off Cleveland in a freshwater lake which ices over in the winter. This was a fun challenge that the “task force” believed they could get their arms around.

But the elephant in the room was that other challenge we have in NEO. Education. Particularly in Cleveland. Education is a challenge that doesn’t seem like much fun. And it is a challenge much more difficult that keeping wind turbines standing against the lake ice.

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From an email:

The Midwest Conference on Labor in the New Energy Economy will provide local and international union leaders with tools and knowledge to support the emergence of a clean, job-producing economy. The North Shore Federation of Labor, the Ohio Apollo Alliance, the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, and Policy Matters Ohio will sponsor this first-of-its-kind event, to take place at the Cleveland City Centre Crowne Plaza on October 22nd and 23rd.

“Investing in a clean energy economy will reduce global warming and fossil fuel dependence, improve our environment, strengthen our economy and lead to job growth,” says Harriet Applegate, Executive Director of the North Shore Federation of Labor. “As we change the way we generate, regulate, and use energy, it is crucial that unions are at the forefront…”

See the link below for more info.
COWS- Center on Wisconsin Strategy: Publications

Because of asphalt:

That annual mopping of asphalt sealer all over your driveway or parking lot leaves a question hanging…

Where is the coat you had splashed on last year?

Well I can tell you that the last coat didn’t climb back into the five gallon buckets from Home Depot. And it didn’t go back up the hose into the tank on the itinerant sealer man’s truck.

Where is it?

Some of it’s in the local creek and some is in Lake Erie…

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From Mark Lefkowitz:

Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, a study by the Urban Land Institute finds that people who move into compact, “green neighborhoods” are making as big a contribution to fighting global warming as those who buy the most efficient hybrid vehicles, but remain in car-dependent areas…

Go there for more and the links.

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Email from the moderator:

An increasing number of companies are adopting sustainable business practices. Whether they call this “going green in the workplace”, “being environmentally and/or socially aware” or a “triple bottom line approach” companies are aggressively addressing the sustainability issue.

THE BIG QUESTION is how can your company adopt sustainable business practices to achieve competitive advantage and impact bottom line performance?

Featured panelists include:

* Margie Flynn, BrownFlynn BrownFlynn is a consulting firm specializing in the integration of strategic agendas with responsible practices and targeted communications that yield positive results.

* Tom Morley, LubeStop. Lube Stop is the oldest privately-owned quick oil change company in Northeast Ohio. Lube Stop is headquartered in Berea and has 37 convenient locations in the Cleveland and Akron-Canton areas to serve you.

* Dave Nash, McMahon Degulis, LLP. The Largest environmental boutique in Ohio

*Jim D’Orazio, Moderator, Term Instructor at Cleveland State University and President of Practical Web Strategies

The free discussion and networking event is part of the College’s successful “NOON@NANCE” series. Now in its’ third year the Noon@Nance series has brought together local businesses, Cleveland State students and the faculty for lively discussions on current trends and best practices in today’s challenging business environment. The event will be Thursday September 27, 2007 from 11:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. This is the first in a four part series on sustainable business practices.

Noon@Nance