Category Archives: Solutions Labs

Where You'll Find Us in December

By | Published: December 8, 2011

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Here are the conferences we’re attending this month. The final Solutions Lab of 2011 is happening today in Boston. Dave Witzel, Namrita Kapur, Victoria Mills and Scott Wood are attending. If you are at the Solutions Lab today and would like to share your feedback, email us [...]

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Innovation Innovating (and “Please, come to Boston”)

By | Bio | Published: November 3, 2011
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Growing GIBN Conference Call: Overview of Innovation Innovating ActivitiesOpen conference call and discussion on the variety of sustainability innovation activities.11/8 at 2pm ET Dial-in:  Phone: (760) 569-9000; Code: 160031#   Online Brainstorming:  How can the Internet drive innovation for sustainable business Join the Dell/EDF Storm Session. Register and then login to comment and vote.   [...]

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Not a Particle of Waste

By | Bio | Published: October 12, 2011

Last year WBCSD released “Vision 2050: The new agenda for business,” its pathway to a world of 9 billion people living well, within the resource limits of the planet. On a Future of Green call we talked about this report with Bob Horn who helped illustrate the complex path required. Today, I’m in Orlando to [...]

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Solutions Lab Hits Indianapolis: Gathering to talk Clean Technology and Environmental Innovation

By | Published: September 12, 2011

By: Rick Cockrum, Capitol Assets, President A recent study by Brookings ranks Indiana 19th in the nation for the size of its clean economy, far behind #5 Illinois and #6 Ohio. A recent survey by the Indiana Business Research Center shows job growth in the clean sector, but not enough to offset declines in other [...]

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Where You'll Find Us in September

By | Published: September 2, 2011

Sadly, this summer is coming to an end. We’ve had record-breaking heat waves, earthquakes and hurricanes. Maybe we aren’t that sad to see it go. On that note, let’s ring in the next season with some great conferences and events! Growing GIBN Conversations Next Call: September 13 at 2pm ET Topic: Employee Engagement in Sustainability [...]

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From Green "Innovations" to Green "Innovators"

By | Bio | Published: March 1, 2011

Over the past two years we’ve worked with people around the country to host a series of events to discuss how to make business more environmentally sustainable. The events began in 2009 with a set of open space "unconferences," which throughout 2010 evolved into "Solutions Labs." This new and improved format preserved participation of all [...]

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Solutions Labs connect business “changemakers” around the country

By | Bio | Published: January 23, 2011
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Durham, NC; New York, NY;  Washington DC; Minneapolis, MN; San Jose, CA; Chicago, IL; Seattle, WA; Boston, MA; and Fayetteville, AR. Those were the locations for the nine-city Solutions Lab series in 2010. From these one-day, participatory events, we got to hear from more than 700 business-sustainability “thinkers” and “doers” around the country. Participants included [...]

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Where You'll Find Us in November

By | Published: November 4, 2010

On November 5, Beth Trask, David Witzel, Michelle Harvey and Elizabeth Sturcken are attending the Solutions Lab Fayetteville, kindly hosted by the University of Arkansas. From November 3-5, Rachel Hinchliffe is attending the BSR Conference.

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Solutions Lab in Fayetteville on Nov. 5th – Helping Suppliers Get Ahead of the Sustainability Curve

By | Bio | Published: October 18, 2010

Retail suppliers, large and small, are being asked to do more and more.  Report carbon emissions.  Eliminate waste.  Reduce energy, water and chemical inputs.  Save the planet. As the first step on this journey, suppliers are being asked to “be transparent.” But what does supply chain transparency really mean for them?  And how can suppliers [...]

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Taking Efficiency Out of the Box

By | Published: October 15, 2010

A small company finding it hard to sell its residential energy usage monitoring devices starts a “parent-teenage contract” marketing campaign. The teenager gets the parents to buy the device, and then they both sign a contract stipulating that the teenager will keep half the money saved on reduced energy usage. As the savings start to [...]

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