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Susanna Schick has been writing for Gas2.0 since 2009 and riding motorcycles since 1985. When not chasing electric motorcycles around the globe, she runs Sustainable Fashion LA, a sustainability & marketing consultancy based in Los Angeles. The intersection between preserving Earth’s finite resources and promoting more meaningful consumption is where her passion lies. When she’s not dreaming up innovative ways to solve the world’s problems, Ms. Schick can be found using her talent for strategy in darting through traffic on her motorcycle, either in the city, nearby canyons or on the racetrack. Try to keep up on Twitter: @pinkyracr
If Mayor Villaraigosa gets his way, you betcha. Interestingly enough, the artist’s studio where this piece resides (under the Main St bridge) is right along the Clean Tech corridor being planned. Clean Tech Los Angeles is all about making LA a desirable place to start and grow clean tech businesses. The real growth in manufacturing [...]
I spent the day at the Verdexchange conference, and heard a lot of interesting news on topics ranging from ESG reporting to Waste to Energy conversion and so much in between. Highlights included witnessing the beginning phases of California’s carbon market being developed, hearing Mayor Villaraigosa freestyle at the end of his speech and speak from the heart about his passion for making LA as much a Clean Tech Capital as it is the world’s Entertainment Capital.
On Friday, Trends Research and Innovation Company psfk, in partnership with The Climate Reality Project announced the ten finalists of “Gaming for Good”. Contestants were invited to develop games which help people improve their environmental impact, taking inspiration from psfk’s recent report; The Future of Gaming. The goal of The Climate Reality Project is global acceptance of the realities of climate change.
Laura Kurgan, Chris Jordan, Lorrie Vogel and Assaf Biderman – Pop!Tech 2009 – Camden, ME In Part One, Lorrie Vogel explained some of the work Nike is doing to increase recycled and organic content in their products. Our conversation continues with discussing how Nike designers are encouraged to use sustainable principles in their work. SS: [...]
This impressive footprint is Nike’s Considered Air Jordan XX3, their first basketball shoe designed using the Considered Ethos. Lorrie Vogel is the general manager of Nike Considered, Nike’s in-house sustainability think tank. She holds a degree in Industrial Design from Syracuse, and numerous patents. Her work in innovating around sustainability has helped put Nike on [...]
A Woman’s Work… The Governor’s Global Climate Summit ended with Oxfam America’s inaugural Sisters on the Planet Climate Leader Awards. Thanks to Karen Solomon at Opportunity Green, I was able to attend. The event showcased the work that women all over the world are doing to adapt to climate change. Sisters on the Planet is [...]
Editor’s Note: Carrotmob is a form of consumer activism that invites businesses to compete in order to win a mob of customers. But everyone wins, because the extra money the winner makes goes toward things like improving their energy efficiency. Usually the business who promises the largest percentage of revenue from the event wins, but [...]
That depends on your perspective- how green is enough? After watching Walmart’s Sustainability Milestone meeting, I am still convinced that the index they’re developing could be the end of greenwashing as we know it. They’ve engaged a broad enough range of engaged stakeholders, from Environmental Defense Fund to Business for Social Responsibility to their competitors [...]
