Innovation & Technology

A Young Mind, an Improbable Idea and the First Paper Made in Space

Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Innovation & Technology

The Electrification and Decarbonization of 55 Water Street

Trane Technologies

Habitat for Humanity’s MicroBuild Fund Wins Classy Award for Innovation in Social Good

Selected from 100 finalists to become one of 10 winners, Habitat for Humanity recently received a Classy Award, which recognizes the most innovative solutions to the world’s toughest social issues. The winning program, Habitat’s MicroBuild Fund, was recognized for creating social, scalable and sustainable impact by partnering with microfinance institutions across the globe on housing finance solutions.

Sustainable E-Commerce

Known as the Motor City, you might not associate Detroit with sustainability. But in recent weeks, Ed Rogers, Senior Director of Global Sustainability at UPS, and Larisa Summers, Senior Vice President of e-Commerce and Marketing at Optoro, presented at the Sustainable Brands conference, right in the heart of the city synonymous with the automobile.

Finding Your Sustainability Values

We’ve entered the season of sustainability reporting, when companies release their latest summary of achievements and provide a peek into what’s on the horizon.

Transforming Borders with Smart Technologies

At 10:00 am PDT on July 26th, Meeting of the Minds will host a live webinar featuring Steph Stoppenhagen from Black & Veatch, Jim O’Gara from Deloitte Advisory, and Marisa Walker from Arizona Commerce Authority.

Recycled Tires Increase Longevity of Troup County, Georgia Road

Troup County, Georgia and The Ray are excited to announce that the Tom Hall Parkway paving project will use recycled tires mixed into the asphalt to increase road durability and reduce road noise.

Bloomberg's Julia Stoyanovich on the Importance of Many Perspectives at the Data for Good Exchange

Stoyanovich’s diversity of experience makes her a perfect fit to be a member of the Program Committee for the fourth annual Data for Good Exchange (D4GX), to be held Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters. The conference explores the use of data science for social good, and brings together data scientists from industry and academia with not-for-profits and government entities seeking to use modern machine learning and data science methods to address challenges in the public and non-profit sectors.

Examining Interdisciplinary Sustainability Institutes at Major Research Universities

Universities are experimenting with new types of organizational centers and institutes that are intended to make the sum of the diverse activities greater than the individual parts. This report examines this new form of cross-disciplinary sustainability institute, one that spans the traditional disciplines of the university, seeking to harness the power of their communities to address the grand challenges of sustainability.

What Would Edison Think of Today’s Energy Grid?

As a native of Ohio – home of the Wright Brothers – and now a resident of North Carolina –where their dream literally took off – I have a special fondness for the inventors of modern flight. I sometimes wonder what Orville and Wilbur would think if they saw a Boeing 747 roar overhead? Would they even recognize what they had started?

How Trump is (accidentally) Making America Green Again

When President Donald Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate change accord, the decision horrified many observers, both within the US and beyond. John Hickenlooper, the Democratic governor of Colorado, was among them. “Abandoning this climate deal is like ripping off your parachute when you should be pulling the ripcord,” Hickenlooper declared, using the pithy turn of phrase for which he is renowned.

Five Nature-Inspired Climate Change Solutions Advance to Entrepreneurship Accelerator

Five teams of entrepreneurs from around the world have been chosen to participate in the newest cohort of the world’s only business accelerator program dedicated to bringing nature-inspired solutions to market.

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