Sustainability
Sports & Sustainability: Compost Facility Tour
On Monday a few of us from the Sports and Sustainability course participated in a tour of Recology’s Jepson Prairie Organics compost facility in Vacaville, CA. The trip was inspired by our project with NASCAR to better prepare us for recommendations regarding the handling organic waste. We learned a “ton!” For example, compostable cutlery is …
The “CVS Effect” & Millennial Demand for Responsible Jobs
“Whenever one person stands up and says, ‘wait a minute, this is wrong,’ it helps other people do the same” — Gloria Steinem There’s nothing wrong with a little business competition especially if the competition is to do the most good. In the past few years, we’ve seen large companies like Mars, Ikea, Apple, Chipotle, …
Better Relationships Through Better Buildings: Evelyn Lee blends design, architecture, and reuse
Think you need to build more office space? You probably don’t. You just need to call Evelyn Lee (C11/PA1). Evelyn is a design strategist and development specialist at MK Think, a San Francisco design strategy and architecture firm that focuses on designing and planning for building efficiency and organizational change. MK Think transforms clients’ office …
PHYSICIST DISHES ON THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO CLIMATE PROGRESS
Eric Gimon, PhD, describes himself as a “climate activist focused on helping society find practical solutions for moving beyond fossil fuels and towards a sustainable future.” He wears many hats, including advisor to the Clean Coalition, Board Member of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Pacific Institute, consultant, and instructor. Eric is also …
OPOWER ENGAGEMENT MANAGER ENCOURAGES ENERGY CONSUMERS TO CONSERVE
As a senior consultant at ICF International, Joe Herr (C13) used to inventory and analyze greenhouse gas emissions for the US EPA and United Nations, develop agricultural emissions projection tools for the USDA, and launch projects like the Climate Ready Estuaries program. But while crunching GHG numbers helped mold his view of humans’ impact on …
Change Starts Here: Presidio and Local Impact
In a Presidio blog post earlier this year, I described my work with The Green Ninja Project, a climate-change education initiative for kids. With funding from NASA, NSF and PG&E, a successful Kickstarter campaign, and other sources, our collaboration of climate scientists, animators, filmmakers, and educators have come together to create the Green Ninja, a …
Food Systems and the Organic Food Industry
By William Shutkin, President & CEO Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 11, I will be hosting a Brown Bag Lunch with Paul Repetto, Founder of Horizon Organic Dairy. I hope you will join Paul and me for a discussion on food systems and the organic food industry, which, according to the USDA, grew at more than double …
Passion for food system reform connects Ali Long to Presidio
It was Maud Alison (Ali) Long’s passion for reforming food systems that first brought her to the attention of the Presidio Graduate School board of directors. As president of the Spring Creek Foundation, which has offered a fund for food system reform, and based on her own experiences in impact investing, Ali had written a …
MBA Grad inspired to be working on sustainability shift
Sara Kennedy had a very clear goal when she signed up for the Presidio Graduate School MBA program: to work with or consult large corporations on sustainability. With one month left before she graduates, Sara is already acting on her vision working as a consultant at the boutique sustainability consulting firm BrownFlynn. Based in Cleveland, …