Sustainable Enterprise Network

Connecting practitioners and thought leaders to create Sustainable Enterprises

Building on "The Sustainable Enteprise Fieldbook" this network aims to grow expertise and commitment to creating sustainable businesses.

Members

  • David Martel
  • Ray Merrell
  • Karl
  • Landis Carey
  • Jenny Ambrozek
  • Richard N. Knowles,Ph.D.
  • Ashoke Joshi
  • Linda Kelley/Delia Lake
  • Terri McNichol
  • Janice Lee Juvrud
  • Sajid Khan
  • David Friedman
  • Victoria G. Axelrod
  • Jan Graff
  • Kelly Stephenson
  • douglas cohen

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Jenny Ambrozek

Wikisourcing Sustainable Enterprise Profiles Initiative- Invitation to Participate 5 Replies

Started by Jenny Ambrozek in Strategy. Last reply by Jenny Ambrozek Oct 2.

Jenny Ambrozek

Recommended Reading

Started by Jenny Ambrozek in Uncategorized Sep 3.

Jenny Ambrozek

Your Favorite Sustainability Web Sites

Started by Jenny Ambrozek in Leadership May 20.

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Designated Jumpstart Green Network

This Sustainable Enterprise Network is now the official designated social network and a co-sponsor of the Jumpstarting the Green Economy Conference being held at Fairleigh Dickinson's College at Florham, Madison, NJ May 19-21.  If you are in the area and have not already registered please go to http://jumpstartgreen.org/

Created by Jenny Ambrozek May 11, 2009 at 9:39am. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek May 11.

Other Ning Social Networks I belong to that may interest you also.

Global Swadeshi http://globalswadeshi.ning.com

Economic Opportunities for Women in Asia Pacific http://globalbusinesswomen.ning.com/

Urban Agriculture http://urbanagriculture.ning.com

Better World Island http://betterworldisland.ning.com/

Created by Linda Kelley/Delia Lake Feb 7, 2009 at 3:52pm. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Feb 7.

Fieldbook Author Events

The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook  web site includes a list of events where book contributors are presenting.  http://thesustainableenterprisefieldbook.net/page11a.html

 

Authors welcome opportunities to meet network members to  continue discussions in the real world.

 

Created by Jenny Ambrozek Jan 27, 2009 at 10:36am. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Jan 27.

Questions? Please contact hosts Jenny Ambrozek & David Lipsky

No doubt at some point-- we hope-- you will have:

1.  Questions about The Sustainable Enterprise Network purpose and how you can best contribute

and or

2. Suggestions for making it more valuable, or for engaging partners to expand the scope.

Please feel free, at any time to contact network hosts, Jenny Ambrozek and Dave Lipsky.

Created by Jenny Ambrozek Jan 8, 2009 at 8:36am. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Jan 8.

Sustainable Enterprise Network Opens

January 7, 2009 is a significant day for The Sustainable Enterprise Network.  From modest beginnings as a sharing space for The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook authors to explore ways to expand understanding of the case for sustainable practices, tonight, inspired by the ISE-Hudson Gain January 8 event on sustainability leadership in tough times, we celebrate opening the doors wider, to conference participants. 

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Created by Jenny Ambrozek Jan 7, 2009 at 10:57pm. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Jan 8.

Using Forums. Please Categorize

This space is evolutionary but at the current rate very shortly there will be an abundance of interesting content to explore.

To facilitate finding relevant posts if you start a forum please take a moment to categorize it.  And if we don't have categories that work, please alert the administrators through the Forum Housekeeping Discussion. 

Thank you for your constructive contributions.

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Created by Jenny Ambrozek Dec 23, 2008 at 11:33am. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Dec. 23, 2008.

Blog Post Word Limit

I can't tell you what the blog post word limit is as Ning did not alert me that my last post would not display fully.

Recommend keeping posts under 200 words until we dig deeper into the maximum word length mystery.

 

 

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Created by Jenny Ambrozek Dec 22, 2008 at 7:01am. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Dec. 22, 2008.

Writer Guidelines

Based on a conversation with Victoria and George, here are some guidelines for getting started writing blog posts.

1.  Timely Focus

The goal here is driving  conversation about timely issues and workable models for creating sustainable enterprises.

Please tie your posts to news stories and timely topics,  and use The Sustainable Enterprise Book (TSEFB) themes to inform thinking around the subject.

 2. Purposeful Posts

As you

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Created by Jenny Ambrozek Dec 17, 2008 at 5:07pm. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Dec. 19, 2008.

Appropedia?

Just found this wiki devoted to:

"We provide the living resource library of individuals and organizations working towards a sustainable, healthier future, so that efforts can be spent evolving instead of duplicating past efforts."

http://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Mission

I'm wondering if anyone knows of them?

 

 

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Created by Jenny Ambrozek Dec 17, 2008 at 3:44pm. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Dec. 17, 2008.

GreenBiz- eWaste

Must read article about Getting the Most Out of Your E-Waste.

http://www.greenbiz.com:80/podcast/2008/04/24/getting-most-out-your-e-waste

Book authors are second degree tied to AER Worldwide.

 

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Created by Jenny Ambrozek Dec 17, 2008 at 3:01pm. Last updated by Jenny Ambrozek Dec. 17, 2008.

 

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David Martel

McKesson Releases Corporate Citizenship Report

McKesson Corporation, the nation’s oldest and largest healthcare services and IT company, today announced the release of its 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report and launched the McKesson Foundation’s new strategic focus on chronic disease management. Designed to minimize paper and energy usage, the Company’s new online-only interactive report tells McKesson’s corporate citizenship story through the voices of McKesson empl… Continue

Posted by David Martel on November 20, 2009 at 3:40pm

Jenny Ambrozek

Going Green saves Holiday Inn $4.4 million annually in lighting costs.

Via Environmental Leader 2009-09-02 evidence of Going Green cost savings at Holiday Innn.

As part of a $1billion dollar global corporate makeover:

" redesign of the iconic brand logo required new exterior signage at more than 3,200 locations that will now incorporate energy-efficient, long-life GE Tetra LED lighting systems. By replacing neon and fluorescent ligContinue

Posted by Jenny Ambrozek on September 2, 2009 at 12:51pm

Jenny Ambrozek

Recommended Reading: Erik Simanis & Stu Hart on "Innovation from the Inside Out"

The Simanis & Hart article published in the Summer 2009 MIT Sloan Review.

The article starts with profiling the Grameen Bank and makes the case sustainability demands moving from a a Structural Innovation Paradigm (SIP) (to make products better, cheaper and faster than a competitor) to an Embedded Innovation Paradigm (EIP) (where companies and communities build a joint identity).

Here's the link: http:Continue

Posted by Jenny Ambrozek on August 6, 2009 at 8:58am

Jason S. Norman

Good green blog resource

Found a repository of green blogs that makes a good starting point for searches:
http://www.bestgreenblogs.com/

Posted by Jason S. Norman on July 14, 2009 at 7:30am

Jason S. Norman

Evaluating Clean Technology Opportunities: critical feedback

I have put together a slideshow that briefly describes an evaluation process I've been working on for evaluating technologies in the Green / CleanTech area.
The main focus is on rapidly assessing:
-Technical feasibility
-People
-Intellectual Property
-Strategy
-Financials

The outline is here as a self-playing slideshow:
http://c12solutions.com/blog1/evaluating-cleantech-investment-venture-caContinue

Posted by Jason S. Norman on July 13, 2009 at 5:14pm — 4 Comments

 
 
 

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