I was fortunate to spend last week in Madison, Wisconsin among the nation’s leading climate adaptation professionals. These are not the Elon Musks and Richard Bransons of the sustainability world. These are the folks that don’t particularly care that you know their name. They are pragmatic optimists that are deeply
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An Interview with Dr. Douglas Walker, Mercy Family Center In September, I published an eye-opening interview with Dr. Bob Doppelt on how communities can prepare for the psychosocial impacts of climate change. This piece continues this critical conversation by talking about specific community-based psychosocial interventions that are being successfully applied
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California recently released its Fourth Climate Change Assessment. This set of reports is an incredibly important read for any sustainability professional serving California communities. But, let’s face it, the stack of reports you should be reading is taller than you. So, let me give you some highlights from the Statewide
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An Interview with Bob Doppelt, The Resource Innovation Group ` As I write this blog, my family and I are waiting for Tropical Storm Olivia to arrive in Hawaii later this evening. Fortunately, we already have our supplies from last month’s scare, Hurricane Lane, not to mention, Hurricane Hector,
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What I learned from experts and change-makers at VERGE Hawaii (Click on links for full audio interviews with Josh Stanbro, Peter Asmus, and Sam Hartnett) Aloha colleagues! I’m still pinching my freshly sunburned self about having made it to Oahu (Prosper Sustainably’s home for the next 6 months) just
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An Interview with Josh Stanbro, City and County of Honolulu As a local government junkie, former County Sustainability Division Chief, and temporary resident of Oahu, I was excited to have the opportunity to sit down with the City and County of Honolulu’s Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), Josh Stanbro, at the VERGE
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An Interview with Sam Hartnett, Rocky Mountain Institute For years, I’ve been daydreaming about a future where neighbors can easily buy or sell excess clean power (or renewable energy credits) with each other. Well-suited properties could get paid to install and sell lots of renewables, and others could share
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An Interview with Peter Asmus, Navigant I recently shared a blog on my incredible experience talking with clean energy experts and change makers at the VERGE clean energy summit in Waikiki. One of my top priorities at the conference was to meet Peter Asmus, principal research analyst with Navigant Research and president of Pathfinder
Read more →On July 9th, 2015 Prosper Sustainably hosted a webinar on Developing and Implementing a Strategic Plan. The links for the webinar recording and downloadable presentation materials are available below: Video – Developing and Implementing a Strategic Plan Webinar (1:17:26) PowerPoint Presentation – Developing and Implementing a Strategic Plan Strategic Plan Template Strategic
Read more →Prosper Sustainably is hosting a webinar on Developing and Implementing a Strategic Plan Webinar at 10am PST on Thursday, July 9, 2015. To register for this webinar please click here. Developing and implementing a strategic plan is perhaps the most important and powerful activity that any organization can undertake. Effective strategic planning and management clarifies an organization’s highest goals, creates and maintains alignment with those goals,
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