Mark Milstein on Sustainable Global Enterprise

Mark Milstein directs the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson School at Cornell.

Green Rim – Towards a Sustainable Pacific Rim – Preview

**Film Premiere on Thursday November 12, 2009 at SJSU’s College of Engineering** More info about the premiere here: www.engr.sjsu.edu As the worlds top two carbon emitters, China and the US face significant challenges reducing their carbon emissions while keeping up with each nations growing demand for more energy. Is there the potential for cooperation between both Pacific Rim nations around this important issue, or is each nation seeking its own distinct solutions? Green Rim documents how people from universities, NGOs and industries in both countries can learn from each other as they work to reduce CO2 emissions, increase energy efficiency, create new methods to produce renewable energy and conserve natural resources. Filmed on location in China and Silicon Valley (California), Green Rim shows why clean tech energy solutions to climate change problems can only be effective if they also address the underlying social values which hinder or enable those solutions to be integrated into the everyday lives of members of each society. (57 Minutes) Produced by Bob Gliner in association with Belle Wei, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering at San Jose State University, Sandy Chau, and the US China Green Energy Council. Copyright Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, 2009. Bob Gliner is an award winning documentary producer with more than 40 programs to his credit. His programs have appeared on PBS stations throughout the United States, been used by many nonprofit …

Toby Heaps on Sustainable Communities

Toby Heaps, Editor in Chief of Corporate Knights, explains what is needed to facilitate the existence of more sustainable cities.

Tim Smit, Eden Project, part 2 (Kick-starting the Sustainable Economy)

Tim Smit is chief executive and co-founder of the award-winning Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall. Eden began as a dream in 1995 and since 2000 more than ten million people have come to see a once sterile pit turned into a cradle of life containing world-class horticulture and startling architecture symbolic of human endeavour. Part of the British Library and HSBC Inspiring Entrepreneurs series. Video by Matt Casswell.

Sustainable Transportation Video – START

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San Antonio Sustainable Living – Traditional & Green Building (2 of 6)

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Sustainable Living. New Mexico. Your Land

Sustainable Living in our case meant starting from scratch. I had just returned from a month in Mississippi Volunteering in People and Wildlife Rescue for a month. My Partner purchased the land and when I got back we started to get busy. We removed all of the Non Native Species of plants and trees. Russian Olive and others. These made our Coyote Fence on one side of the property, We then fenced in the rest. Next we planned our Well, Septic and Electrical Hookups. We took our time because we wanted to get the placements right and so that they would be serviceable once we further developed our property. We did not want to rush in and develop our land, build structures and plan our use of the land until we had worked with the land for a complete year. All Seasons. Buying land and where you want to live is a very personal experience and everyone has different needs. Take your time. It’s your home. Make it Sustainable. I’ll post more on Buying land and our experience. Again… Take Your Time. Be Knowledgeable, Get Informed, Take your time finding GOOD CONTRACTORS, Get References, Go See Jobs for yourself and how the contractors actually work. Talk with other home owners. What do you need to live? Square Footage, Design Considerations, Land Use, Natural Disasters…Know your risks, Floods, Fire, Earth Quakes, Tidal Events. Build accordingly. Safety is NO Accident. Share your Sustainable Living Ideas…. Now is a good time.

Best Eco Lodge In Jamaica Supports Local Sustainable Chocolate Cooperative

Homemade Chocolate Tea Balls are commonly found in all Jamaican homes, where grandmothers and mothers make them from harvested cocoa beans that have been dried, and then ground with other spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg.

They are shaped into balls, dried and grated into hot water with sugar, vanilla essence and sometimes a little orange rind to taste, delicious! The objective of St Mary’s Co-operative has been to develop and market a value added spice processing cottage industry which would provide employment for the women in the area.

The project assists local farmers in the surrounding communities with the procurement of seedlings, the leasing of farm lands and the provision of technical support as well as finding markets for their produce.

Founded by Father Martin of St Mary’s Catholic Church he engaged the services of Enith Bennett, a “golden ager” who had returned to Jamaica from oversees, to make Chocolate Tea balls in order to meet an order placed by an exporter. Father Martin found markets for the product in hotels, craft and gift shops as well as supermarkets and employed the services of a distributor to cover the north coast area of the island.

The demand grew and the project was expanded to include the packaging of spices such as pimento, nutmeg, kola nut (bissy), peppermint, cerasee and cinnamon leaves. He saw the opportunity to plant, reap and dry spices to supplement the local women’s household income and create employment for them; today 13 women are employed, many golden agers ,by the co-operative in Annotto Bay, a sleepy town on Jamaica’s Noth coast about an hour’s drive from Port Antonio.

A collection of herbs such as Pimento &allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon leaves are packaged in straw baskets especially for the Hotel as another gift items that can be taken home by our guests as gifts for their friend .

Hotel Mocking Bird Hill has been advocating the establishment of tours to the centre for their guests however the bad road conditions has been a deterrent to this type of development. Plans are however in progress to establish an outlet at the Cooperative’s office at Iter Boeal, Annotto Bay. The plans including accommodating the Chocolate Factory, a Gift Shop and a “tasters Corner” as well as providing a travel halt for visitors in the area.

Learn more on http://www.best-ecolodges.com/jamaica.htm

Engineering a Sustainable World

McMasters Faculty of Engineering has taken a leading role in addressing today’s most urgent environmental, societal and global development challenges by preparing students for employment in new and emerging fields such as areas in sustainable, green technologies. Mac’s unique Engineering and Society program builds and develops holistic students with a passion for improving their community and society as a whole. Scan through parts of this video: Inspiring Innovation and Discovery: www.youtube.com Engineering a Sustainable World: www.youtube.com Engineering and Society: www.youtube.com Training the Global Engineer: www.youtube.com Community in a World Class Campus: www.youtube.com Watch our ‘Imagine Your Future’ teaser: www.youtube.com Check out our channel for more videos: www.youtube.com To learn more about McMaster Engineering, take a look at our official website: www.eng.mcmaster.ca

A Convenient Reality: Sustainable Farming in Skyscrapers

Santa Fe Sky Farms will revolutionize the way the world eats. By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will reside in urban centers. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will increase by about 3 billion people during the interim. An estimated 109 hectares of new land (about 20% more land than is represented by the country of Brazil) will be needed to grow enough food to feed them, if traditional farming practices continue as they are practiced today. At present, throughout the world, over 80% of the land that is suitable for raising crops is in use (sources: FAO and NASA). Historically, some 15% of that has been laid waste by poor management practices. What can be done to avoid this impending disaster? IN A HIGH-TECH ANSWER TO THE “LOCAL food” movement, some experts want to transport the whole farm—shoots, roots, and all— to the city. They predict that future cities could grow most of their food inside city limits, in ultraefficient greenhouses. “Vertical farms,” proponents say, could produce more food using a fraction of the resources that traditional farms consume. The lives of millions of people may depend on it. Dickson Despommier, a parasitologist at Columbia University and an avid proponent of vertical farming, calculates that with projected population increases, the world will need 1 billion more hectares of arable land by 2050—roughly the area of Brazil and far more land than will be available.

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