"Even small workplace improvements, such as installing individual temperature and ventilation controls (and) improving the flow of natural light... can have a big impact on your company's bottom line."
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SparkNotes for Cleantech
In his opinion column in the New York Times this past Sunday, noted author Thomas Friedman describe an exchange he had with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina regarding the opportunities we are presented with in the United States in the emerging low carbon economy.
Barack Obama - Prosperity
"the choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy. The choice we face is between prosperity and decline."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/22/A-Choice-Between-Prosperity-and-Decline
Thomas Friedman - energy technology
"the next great global industry is going to be E.T., or energy technology based on clean power and energy efficiency."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18friedman.html
Thomas Edison - Solar Power
"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that."
http://www.sustainablelivingdirectory.com/sustainability-quotes.php
Frank Lloyd Wright - Trees
"The best friend of earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on the earth."
http://www.sustainablelivingdirectory.com/sustainability-quotes.php
Mikhall Gorbachev - education
"We need a new environmental consciousness on a global basis. To do this, we need to educate people."
http://www.sustainablelivingdirectory.com/sustainability-quotes.php
EDF - Fleet Efficiency
Simple behavioral "changes in (the use of) just one fleet vehicle can save up to... $700 (per year) in related costs"
http://innovation.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=30617&redirect=greenfleet
Paul Hawken - power of business
"Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environmental and social degradation."
USGBC - Green Building
"Many businesses are recognizing green building as a unique opportunity to thrive during economic hard times."
http://communicate.usgbc.org/newsletters/Commercial_Market_Update_09_08/01-09-long.html
NRDC - Workplace
"Even small workplace improvements, such as installing individual temperature and ventilation controls (and) improving the flow of natural light... can have a big impact on your company's bottom line."
http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/bizcase/own_productivity.asp