A challenge of FDU’s Jumpstart Green Conference was the bounty of sessions that made choosing which to attend a challenge. However, a highlight for me was Ethan Roland and Greg Landua’s outstanding presentation of edge of thinking about future investing, and not just because it included tasting carbon-negative chocolate.
Their discussion introduced notions of “Financial Permaculture” and “Ecosystem Investing.” You [...]
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Saturday, May 23, 2009: A huge thank you to everyone for making our 2009 Green Ventures Conference a success. Your role and your efforts were part of a remarkable tapestry of knowledge, passion, and action that clearly indicated where we are in jumpstarting the new green economy, and where we need to go. I can’t thank you all enough for your supporting the effort to spread word of the conference. It was a pleasure meeting and collaborating with you all. Thanks to the “Jump Starting the New Green Economy” conference my eyes were opened to a new sustainability hero, the independent restaurateur. For the past 17 years, Francis Schott has been a partner in the highly successful, independent restaurant, stageleft, which sits next to the George St. Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ. What makes the restaurant special is that its management does all it can to use locally grown ingredients for the creation of its entrees and desserts. As Schott sees it, this practice of buying locally adds yet another layer to the networks that restaurants naturally create whereby the fabric of community is drawn together tighter. Every human endeavor, including this one, starts with an idea. But an event that involves hundreds of people, especially one to discuss both the crisis and the opportunity of our times in an innovative way, very quickly takes on a life of its own. |
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