Green Leaf Report

Yesterday I met with the work/life coordinator at my employer and continued to encourage telecommuting.  I’m building the call to action for our website; now the challenge is to work this through the required approvals.  It still feels like I keep hearing that telecommuting is a privilege for specific persons in specific roles, not an entitlement.  I don’t want to […]

About a year ago I spoke with a friend of a friend who works in renewable energy investments in Northern California.  He encouraged me to move to either US coast, because that’s where the innovations and investments were happening. I asked about all the start-ups in Austin, and he told me, no, nothing was really happening in […]

I recently attended a work/life seminar, and was surprised by the differing ideas of what it means to telecommute.  One of the guest speakers gave a long talk on the great flexibility of her job, because she has an hour-and-a-half commute (each way!!!), and telecommuting allows her to take conference calls while she’s driving to work.  I felt […]

The debate continues on whether the US is on the edge of a recession, if we’re already in one, or if everything is fine and business continues as usual.  I was interested to read Alan Greenspan’s views coming out of the Cambridge Energy Research Associate’s energy conference  in Houston.  The hook of his comments appears related to the […]

I hadn’t heard this term before, but I like it- Ecomoms.  While I’ve been involved in environmental projects for years, I can certainly say that my commitment became more pressing after the birth of my son and the devastation of my home town of New Orleans.  Everywhere I look, I see something to change: the plastic toys, […]

Last year I wrote about using solar panels on cell phones, and the great benefits of taking consumer devices off the grid.  Texas Instruments just issued a press release that even goes a step further than solar panels- a joint project between TI and MIT is developing chips for consumer and medical applications that require such low amounts of power the devices […]

My entire week has been brightened by this announcement from Morgan Stanley, Citi and JPMorgan- Leading Wall Street Banks Establish The Carbon Principles:
“Three of the world’s leading financial institutions today announced the formation of The Carbon Principles, climate change guidelines for advisors and lenders to power companies in the United States. These Principles are the […]