News @NEON – New Observatory Director, new airborne data, and more

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

  Fall 2014  In this issue Observatory Director New airborne data available New higher education video on LiDAR data Construction updates Fall into Phenology 2014 NEON summer intern blogs Call for papers: Understanding uncertainty in remotely sensed vegetation data products New jobs in NEON science NEON hires new Observatory Director …

“COOPETITION”: A RADICAL APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

Future 500 Newsletter September 2014 Stakeholder Engagement Experts, Aligning Power with Purpose “Coopetition”: A radical approach to sustainability  As the world faces daunting social and environmental challenges, brands must not only be ready to react, but anticipate what’s on the horizon. The Transition500 Alliance, of which Future 500 is a founding member, …

3BL Media Announces the Acquisition of CSRwire

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

It is with great excitement that 3BL Media announced today the acquisition of CSRwire.  As you may know, some of us at 3BL came from CSRwire about five years ago, so this is truly an amazing opportunity to bring a brand we helped build into the 3BL Media family.   …

CAE: 4 Ways Your City Can Be Cooler Next Summer

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

ACEEE BLOG POST   Media Contact: Patrick Kiker pkiker@aceee.org, (202) 507-4043     4 Ways Your City Can Be Cooler Next Summer   By Virginia Hewitt, Local Policy Research Assistant   This summer was a scorcher. Heat waves repeatedly struck the Midwest and South, sparing only sections of the Northeast. All …

GGKP announces Annual Conference call for abstracts

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Beyond GDP

Conversations Important mainly because of your interaction with messages in the conversation. Click to teach Design Extensions Mail this conversation is not important. Hazel, Katherine (2), FW: Criterion and Gender Lens Investing, 8:53 am, Thank you Hazel! So glad to be part of your network! KC On Tuesday, August 12, …

ACEEE: The Good News, and the Not-So-Good News, on the New DOE Water Heater Test Procedure

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

ACEEE BLOG POST   Media Contact: Patrick Kiker pkiker@aceee.org, (202) 507-4043     The Good News, and the Not-So-Good News, on the New DOE Water Heater Test Procedure   By  Anthony Fryer, Senior Analyst, Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP)     On Friday, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a …

First Peoples Worldwide Spring Newsletter

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

Fetching mail… More All None Read Unread Starred Unstarred 1–10 of 10     Remove label Fetching mail… More All None Read Unread Starred Unstarred 1–2 of 2     First Peoples Worldwide Spring Newsletter May 9, 2014 It’s springtime and change is in the air!  First Peoples Worldwide’s newsletter …

April ? eNewsletter: SEI Alumni Honored at the White House – Spring / Summer Training Schedule

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Greentech

Support SEI with Your iPad. Download the Introduction to Renewable Energy eBook for Apple iPad – FREE View the Full 2014 Training Schedule >> Solar Energy International has a strong community presence on social networks. Please consider joining these SEI groups: Your Generosity Ensures our Success! SEI depends on our …

Platform Launches to Crowdfund Agricultural Campaigns

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Harvest Funders Hopes to Power Agricultural Campaigns — While most of the popular crowdfunding campaigns are glitzy gadgets or creative projects, the new funding method can be used for much more. We profile Harvest Funders, a crowdfunding platform for agriculture. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS The Advantages of Crowdsourced Testing We reached …

Kickstarter Begins Accepting Projects from the Netherlands

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, April 9 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Kickstarter Opens Up to Creatives in the Netherlands — Kickstarter announced on Monday that it’s opening up to creatives from the netherlands. It’s a big step forward for the platform, which had previously only been available to those in several English-speaking countries. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS …