Let’s Play a Game

Tue, 12/29/2015 - 10:00

I’m encouraged by the recent trend of gamification, in particular its applications in the environmental space.

Congratulating a Friend on a Job Well Done

Tue, 12/22/2015 - 10:00

Last week, I got to celebrate the Winter Solstice in another form.

CH2M Announced as Recipient of World Environment Center’s 2016 Gold Medal Award for Sustainable Development

Tue, 12/15/2015 - 09:00

The World Environment Center (WEC) is pleased to announce that the 2016 Gold Medal Award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development has been awarded to CH2M, one of the world’s premier infrastructure and natural resource management companies. The award will be presented to CH2M Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jacqueline Hinman on May 19, 2016 at the 32nd Annual WEC Gold Medal Gala in Washington, D.C. The Gold Medal Gala will be followed on May 20, 2016 by the WEC Gold Medal Colloquium.

That Grantmaker Plays a Mean Bass Guitar

Mon, 12/14/2015 - 12:00

We grantmakers should strive to be enablers, finding effective partners and using our charitable gifts to allow those partners to be the best versions of themselves.

As Simple, or Perhaps Complicated, as Flicking a Switch

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 10:00

Breakthrough Energy Coalition has pledged investment dollars to bring to market and scale clean and affordable energy technologies.

King County Makes a Bold Commitment to Living Buildings

Thu, 12/03/2015 - 14:20

As part of a bold initiative to counter the effects of climate change, the King County Council recently voted unanimously to approve its new Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP), laying out a blueprint for concrete, actionable work in the realm of sustainability.

Next Generation of Architects Designing Zero Energy Housing Prototypes

Wed, 12/02/2015 - 16:00

Every semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a new group of students participate in the Zero Energy Housing Studio to design, engineer and student-build a 4 to 10 unit Zero Energy Housing Prototype.

Brightening Our Corner - Fall 2015

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 10:00

A New Kind of Olympics

Mon, 11/30/2015 - 14:45

So what would the Olympics look like in non-sports form? Let’s assume the whole world was willing to gather for some other purpose, sending official delegations, national leaders, support staff and even fans to one city for two weeks. What if that gathering captured the same spirit of hope and enthusiasm that permeates the Olympic Games? Perhaps the focus could even be something as ambitious as solving climate change.

DuPont’s Dawn Rittenhouse Receives Women in Sustainability Leadership Award from Green Building & Design Magazine

Fri, 11/20/2015 - 10:35

DuPont is pleased to announce that Dawn Rittenhouse, director of sustainable growth, has been awarded one of Green Building & Design’s (gb&d) Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards. gb&d, the magazine for today’s leading green professional with a mission statement of creating a more sustainable world, created the awards to celebrate the achievements of women who are making lasting change and strive to identify, support and give opportunities to future women in leadership.