The Changes

I've been at Globe 2010 this week, and got reinspired about the role of business to lead a change towards environmental sustainability in our economy and society.

Check out some thoughts I had about the Globe 2010 sessions

After COP15 Disappointment, Business Needs to ‘Just Get On With It’ http://bit.ly/aImsOC

A-in-chut (Shawn Atleo), BC Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, invited representatives of the nonprofit sector, labour and business to participate in a panel discussion on the environment and economy at their annual conference held in Nanaimo.

To launch our new sustainable purchasing co-operative, Common Works, we are selling an "Eco- Gift Basket" for the holiday season.

These baskets are filled with innovative products that are both socially and environmentally responsible.

Yes I know, techies/geeks can adjust shutdown options on their computers to save energy. I do it too. This application tracks how many computers are using their program and the net energy savings in terms of KWhs, gallons of oil [barrels would be better - divide by 55] and the number of trees needed to balance the now saved carbon emissions.

As a beta program, right now the stats are basic and don't include the number of computers that team and/or companies have using the program, but I have a fix for that. See below.