Jumpstarting the New Green Economy

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.

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” [...]

Carol McClelland, PhD, Founder and Executive Director, Green Career Central
Carol McClelland, Ph.D., a pioneering career-change consultant, has spent seventeen years helping thousands of clients, students, and readers discover fulfilling careers that align with their personal values.
As the Founder and Executive Director of Green Career Central, Carol is once again on the leading edge of her field. When the green [...]

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 [...]

Jeana Wirtenberg, Ph.D. is co-founder and Senior Advisor, External Affairs for the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise (ISE) in the Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University, president of Jeana Wirtenberg & Associates, LLC, and CEO of Transitioning to Green, LLC.
Her work at the Institute focuses on bringing people together to learn how to develop [...]