Comments on: Brainstorm: Green, the aftermath http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/04/27/brainstorm-green-the-aftermath/ This blog is about the impact of business on society. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:42:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Aguilar http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/04/27/brainstorm-green-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-49752 Daniel Aguilar Mon, 05 May 2008 20:42:54 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=356#comment-49752 Marc. It is encouraging to see that responsability is growing, and that it is becoming good a business for all, as it should be. I find it important for everyone to get involved and not just the government or the big companies the are being pushed to the green path. I think we should encourage small and medium sized companies to see this responsible path as the best way of growing, and not just to obey policies. I´m starting a blog about going green and I want to invite other bloggers to write “featured” articles related to this issue. It´d be great if I could count with you. Kind regards, Daniel Aguilar Marc.

It is encouraging to see that responsability is growing, and that it is becoming good a business for all, as it should be.

I find it important for everyone to get involved and not just the government or the big companies the are being pushed to the green path.

I think we should encourage small and medium sized companies to see this responsible path as the best way of growing, and not just to obey policies.

I´m starting a blog about going green and I want to invite other bloggers to write “featured” articles related to this issue. It´d be great if I could count with you.

Kind regards,
Daniel Aguilar

]]> By: BPT - MoneyChangesThings http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/04/27/brainstorm-green-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-48920 BPT - MoneyChangesThings Fri, 02 May 2008 13:04:08 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=356#comment-48920 This is all so encouraging. The fact that business talks to eco, and that the false silos are breaking down, will help us move forward. I just heard paolo Lugari from gaviotas talk about all their innovations made out of necessity, and it's inspiring indeed. But I am mystified that the most effective strategy for meeting planetary challenge, controlling human population, seems to be absent from the sustainability discussion. Is this a political problem? This is all so encouraging. The fact that business talks to eco, and that the false silos are breaking down, will help us move forward. I just heard paolo Lugari from gaviotas talk about all their innovations made out of necessity, and it’s inspiring indeed. But I am mystified that the most effective strategy for meeting planetary challenge, controlling human population, seems to be absent from the sustainability discussion. Is this a political problem?

]]> By: Ed Maibach http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/04/27/brainstorm-green-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-48227 Ed Maibach Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:59:54 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=356#comment-48227 Marc, As a professor who studies and promotes public engagement in climate change, I'm often not the cheeriest guy on my block. I find it hard to pub a brave face on given the mounting and rapidly escalating evidence of the train wreck to come. Yet, oddly, your superb conference bolstered my innate sense of optimism. The conference reminded me that big ideas can change the world, and several of your speakers had some very big ideas. I look forward to next year's conference. Job well done! Ed Maibach Marc,

As a professor who studies and promotes public engagement in climate change, I’m often not the cheeriest guy on my block. I find it hard to pub a brave face on given the mounting and rapidly escalating evidence of the train wreck to come. Yet, oddly, your superb conference bolstered my innate sense of optimism.

The conference reminded me that big ideas can change the world, and several of your speakers had some very big ideas. I look forward to next year’s conference.

Job well done!

Ed Maibach

]]> By: Mark W. McElroy http://www.marcgunther.com/2008/04/27/brainstorm-green-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-47961 Mark W. McElroy Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:00:59 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=356#comment-47961 Marc: Boy, you guys have reall gone off the deep end. First you persist in propagating the confusion between eco-efficiency ("green") and sustainability -- thereby working against sustainability, not for it -- and now you rev up the hype behind so-called "biomimicry", the latest rendition of eco-efficiency. Tell me this, does biomimicry argue against exponential growth in human consumption and population? Or is it always only about how to design new products using tips taken from nature? I'm afraid most of what I see in the name of biomimicry would be better described as "selective biomimicry" or "biogimicry". Yes, BIOGIMICRY. Marc, are you working for or against sustainability? Mark Marc:

Boy, you guys have reall gone off the deep end. First you persist in propagating the confusion between eco-efficiency (”green”) and sustainability — thereby working against sustainability, not for it — and now you rev up the hype behind so-called “biomimicry”, the latest rendition of eco-efficiency.

Tell me this, does biomimicry argue against exponential growth in human consumption and population? Or is it always only about how to design new products using tips taken from nature? I’m afraid most of what I see in the name of biomimicry would be better described as “selective biomimicry” or “biogimicry”. Yes, BIOGIMICRY.

Marc, are you working for or against sustainability?

Mark

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