After a devastating tornado essentially leveled the town of Greensburg, KS a few years back, the rebuilding effort yielded a city that lived up to its green name. The reconstruction efforts, which were profiled on Plant Green’s series “Greensburg: A Story of Community Rebuilding” have resulted in a number of LEED (Leadership in Energy and [...]
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Why Sustainable Development Has Failed
July 19th, 2009 
Eric Wilson Late last month I attended the National Association of Independent School’s Institute for Leadership in Sustainability. As part of the conference, most of the attendees stayed at a hotel near the airport which had a shuttle back and forth to the airport. In addition, the host of the institute – Woodward Academy – provided a [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Sustainable Development, Transportation 
Tags: Bus, Los Angeles, NAIS, New York City, Public Transit, Trains 
No Comments »Do It Yourself: A Primer in Planning for Sustainability
June 28th, 2009 Eric Wilson Monday, June 22nd served as the opening of the National Association of Independent Schools’ (NAIS) Institute for Leadership in Sustainability Conference at Woodward Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Many of the points made at the conference could help any organization or institution develop a sustainability action plan. Stated goals and outcomes of the conference are to: [...]
Posted in Business, Education, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Low Hanging Fruit, NAIS No Comments »National Association of Independent School’s Five Dimensions of Sustainability
June 27th, 2009 Eric Wilson Over the past week, 2nd Green Revolution has posted several pieces relating to the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and their Institute for Leadership in Sustainability (ILS). ILS, however, represents only one element of NAIS’s sustainability outreach. On their website NAIS has outlined a five-point sustainability philosophy, shown below: Financial Sustainability: becoming more efficient [...]
NAIS Institute for Leadership in Sustainability Starts Today
June 22nd, 2009 Eric Wilson Starting Monday in Atlanta, Georgia, Woodward Academy began hosting the National Association of Independent School’s (NAIS) fifth annual Institute for Leadership in Sustainability (ILS). 2nd Green Revolution will attend the conference and report back on news and ideas being shared. The conference will feature speakers across the education spectrum. One of the presenters will be [...]
Institute for Leadership in Sustainability
February 8th, 2009 Eric Wilson This June, in Atlanta, GA, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) will host the Institute for Leadership in Sustainability. According to their site, the conference will cover “a broad range of sustainability issues”
