Excellent Development supports community groups in semi-arid rural Kenya to improve their enviroment sustainably through soil and water conservation, improving food and water supply, health and incomes. The key activities are terracing land, building sand dams and planting trees. These three work together to significantly improve conservation of soil and water in this [...]
Focus Green 2009, presented by Dowling Company Improvement Foundation, speaker Kevin Fletcher discusses sustainable development, and how we reaching the tipping point for environmental development and living.
He believes in the triple bottom line with sustainability This includes:
Environmental quality
Social desirability
Economic viability
Special Thanks to Maui Style Media, Hawaii Nature Center, Everett Dowling, Kevin Fletcher, and [...]
Hot off the press, this week Ci’s Kierstin De West shares findings from Ci’s SHIFT report - a 5,000 people study of what North Americans think of this thing called sustainability. The top issue?? Connecting with friends, family and community. So the tips for this week are focused on community.
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Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, describes how this organization has pioneered an integrated approach to managing urban ecosystems as watersheds in the Los Angeles region. This involves strategic tree planting, tree-mimicking technologies, and community engagement to generate multiple solutions to the environmental threats facing our cities, including ensuring a sustainable water supply, reducing [...]
For nearly a decade, sustainability has been at the forefront of the Portland Development Commission’s goals and the common thread that weaves through each of its projects.
PDC’s sustainability efforts, as outlined in the City of Portland Charter, are outlined in this way:
The commission shall advance social equity in carrying out all of its [...]
Greg Smith, professor of teacher education at Lewis & Clark, received a $19,380 grant from the Oregon Community Foundation to train teachers on environmental issues. The grant aims to increase the number of teachers implementing sustainability projects in schools, and increase student and educator awareness of local natural systems, ecologies, and social needs. During three [...]
