Sunday, May 25, 2008

Implementing Sustainability Strategies (from MIT World)

Companies sometimes regard sustainability as "metaphoric low-hanging fruit," says moderator Peter Senge, and reach for a few easy targets to achieve cosmetic improvements. His three panelists describe how their corporations are attempting to embrace sustainability as more than just another high-profile, low-impact initiative that "goes right into an overloaded bucket."

MODERATOR: Peter SengeSenior Lecturer, MIT Sloan Founding Chairman, Society for International Learning
PANELISTS: Wayne BaltaVice President for Corporate Environmental Affairs and Product Safety, IBM Mark BuckleyVice President, Environmental Affairs, Staples Kevin MossHead of Corporate Social Responsibility, BT Americas

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/545/

Rebuilding the City of New Orleans: Working Across Sectors to Achieve a Common Goal (from MIT World)

It took John Fernandez more than a year just to begin to understand the political players and competing interests in New Orleans, and so it is no surprise to him that coming up with a common goal for rebuilding the city, much less a "resource efficient one," proves elusive. Nevertheless, Fernandez and other MIT researchers aspire to make post-Katrina New Orleans a successful case study of a city "becoming green," perhaps serving as a model for other urban centers, particularly those facing climate change challenges.
SPEAKER:
John FernandezAssociate Professor of Building Technology, Department of Architecture, MIT
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/556/