The calendar of conferences and events for September has been updated. There are a number of events across the globe on this month’s calendar. Below are half a dozen conferences paired up in the following categories: Ecotourism, Biomimicry, and Green Building Conferences. Take a look and let us know of conferences, events, or festivals in [...]
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September Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
September 2nd, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building 
Tags: Biomimicry, Calendar, California, Portland-Oregon 
View CommentsMan Takes Hostages at Discovery Channel, Demands Environmental Programming
September 1st, 2010 Eric Wilson Earlier this afternoon, a man – reported to be 43 year old James Lee – took a number hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. According to CBS News, “A man upset with the Discovery Channel’s environmental programming who took three people hostage at gunpoint at the company’s headquarters Wednesday has been [...]
yReceipts: Offering Paper Free Receipts
August 31st, 2010 Eric Wilson For those who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, perhaps the paperless receipt’s time has come. Apple very well may be the trend setter that makes paperless receipts “cool”. After the most recent post about these dastardly strips of paper, We received an email from yReceipts, a company that offers consumers and companies paperless [...]
Farming Forward Documentary Features Sustainable Minnesota Farms
August 30th, 2010 Eric Wilson While reading The Winsted Herald-Journal, a weekly small town paper in Western Minnesota, I came across a story about the locally produced documentary “Farming Forward“. Produced by a college student from Gustavus Adolphus College and the Sustainable Farming Association (SFA) of Minnesota. Living Song Farm (in Howard Lake), Riverbend Farm (in Delano), Prairie Horizons Farm [...]
Environmental vs. Sustainability Education: Shifting the Focus
August 29th, 2010 Eric Wilson The environmental education movement in this country has been around for quite some time. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the first Earth Day 40 years ago were both important factors in bringing environmental education to the fore. My personal journey is not nearly as long. Nearly ten years ago I worked for a school district [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Curriculum, David Orr, Environment, Jobs, Op-Ed View Comments
