Jumpstarting the New Green Economy

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.
Of course there [...]

When things finally start to come together for a conference like this, some serendipitous things begin to happen. People who were previously unavailable decide to show up; exhibitors sign up, even though times are tough all around; all sorts of interesting people begin to materialize, and bring new and often remarkable insights.
The “new green economy” [...]

One of the ways we’re seeking to leverage the Conference is to provide a launchpad for new initiatives. These initiatives will be presented during 3-hour action-learning workshops on Thursday, May 21 starting at 2 p.m.:
Transition New Jersey
A project of Community Green, the TransitionNJ.org initiative is designed to assist communities to start transition programs in their [...]

Dr. Peter Reczek, Executive Director, NJ Commission on Science and Technology
Dr. Reczek has served as an Associate Professor in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics department of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY since 1994. He is the founder and CEO of Quintessence Biotechnology, LLC, a company specializing in intellectual property management and drug [...]

 Bill Russell, ISE Research Fellow of Institute for Sustainable Enterprise
email:wgrussell@sknworldwide.com  phone: 201-592-0055  - http://fdu.edu/ise
Mr. Russell is a leader in advancing sustainable development aligned strategies, management systems, process improvement programs, performance measurement systems and implementing best practice information technology solutions.
He has worked with a broad range of worldwide clients including small and large corporations; government and intergovernmental organizations; [...]

Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President of Technology Development, New Jersey Institute of Technology
email:sheft@njit.edu  phone: 973-596-5825  -  http://www.njit.edu/
Judith A. Sheft is the Associate Vice President Technology and Economic Development at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is responsible for managing the university’s Office of Technology Transfer and Development and develops programs and policies focusing on patent creation, [...]

Jonathan Cloud, Director, Sustainable Business Incubator
email:jcloud@fdu.edu  phone: 908-306-9075  - http://fdu.edu/ise
Jonathan Cloud is a lifelong environmentalist, community organizer, and entrepreneur. An early pioneer in passive-solar design and construction in Canada in the 1970s and 80s, as well as an environmental community activist, he received a UN Environment Award in 1985, in recognition of his work in renewable energy, [...]