In this March 5 interview Kimberly Miller interviews Lori Cunniff, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL. Lori Cunniff discusses why Florida is becoming a sustainability leader, the new Climate Change Center and Orlando as a Florida Green Local Government in this week’s podcast. This is [...]
In this interview from February 25, Kimberly Miller interviews Marci Zaroff, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL. Marci Zaroff talks new fiber innovations from Under the Canopy, the real impact of manufacturing and why being green equals being innovative. This is the fifth in a [...]
In this interview from February 20, Christina Lor interviews Jennifer Languell, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL. Jennifer Languell discusses being ahead of the Green curve, incentives for building eco friendly, and the human element of global climate change in this week’s podcast. This is [...]
The New York Times just blogged a great article on the efforts of Knoxville, Tennessee to modernize and become more energy efficient. With the stimulus package that was recently passed, Knoxville will be well positioned to make use of the federal funds dedicated to municipal building renovation and upgrade.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — To the casual eye, [...]
Jesse Fox of Sustainable City Blog writes this review of President Obama’s first State of the Union address delivered yesterday evening.
I have to admit that I’m really impressed with President Obama. Not only does he seem like a genuine and real human being, more in touch with normal people than any of those other guys [...]
In this interview from February 17, Kimberly Miller interviews Alex Hinds, president of the board of the California Planning Foundation. Alex Hinds talks about why he hopes the Obama administration keeps the ‘yes we can’ attitude towards green building, sustainable development, and making sustainability a core practice of building. This is the 3rd in a [...]
In a few years, the trash you see at landfills will be used to generate environmentally friendly electricity for thousands of Progress Energy customers in Florida. On Tuesday, state regulators approved Progress Energy’s plan to buy up to 60 megawatts of power from a power plant that will produce electricity by burning rubber tires, plastic, [...]
In this interview from February 12, Kimberly Miller interviews Mike Italiano, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL. His presentation, entitled “Capital Market Partnerships; Green Building Underwriting Standards” is slated for the May 20th session of the conference. In this podcast, Mike Italiano discusses his work [...]
In this interview from February 11, Kimberly Miller interviews Karyn Barsa, who will be speaking at the Green Cities Conference taking place May 19-21 in Orlando, FL. Karyn Barsa discusses social enterprise, her work with Investors’ Circle and Patagonia, and why sustainable businesses give her hope despite today’s economic woes. This is the second in [...]
Designed to promote the use of local and sustainable seafood in South Carolina’s restaurants, the Sustainable Seafood Initiative helps ensure that consumers have fish for the future by teaching our partner chefs about sustainable and local seafood, assessing their menus, and encouraging consumers to dine at our partner restaurants.
The SSI is guided by an interdisciplinary [...]
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