Category Archives: Green Events

100 Best Blogs for Socially-Minded MBAs

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Just found out this good list of blogs which includes the widely read and popular blog WorldisGreen.com!

Some of the recent news stories have given those in the business world a bad rap, insinuating that ethics and business don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. You, as a socially-minded MBA student, know those allegations are not true. So do these bloggers and their readership. The following blogs provide insight and thought-provoking posts on environmental and social justice topics that are relevant to all future business people.

via 100 Best Blogs for Socially-Minded MBAs | Online Classes.org: Find the Right Online Class Match.

Delhi Climate Change Exhibition

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Climate Change Technology Development and Transfer International Conference & Exhibition

22 – 23 October 2009
New Delhi, India
Closing date for Austrade applications – 14 September 2009

About the event
Austrade invites you to participate in this inaugural international exhibition organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, jointly with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). This exhibition is being held in conjunction with a high-level conference on climate change organised by the Government of India and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) which will be opened by the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh and attended by Environment Ministers from around the world.

The high-level conference will comprise of senior climate change negotiators from developed and developing countries, acclaimed industry experts and senior business representatives from across the portfolios of renewable energy and clean technology.

Austrade will lead the Australian participation and capability presentations at this event which expects to attract over 5,000 potential business visitors from India and other markets. For further details on this event please visit: www.delhiclimatechangeexhibition.in

The exhibition will showcase:
• New / clean technologies
• Energy efficiency solutions
• Environmental services
• Efficient transport solutions
• Water management
• Agricultural solutions
• Renewable energy solutions
• Energy security
• Green building materials and services
• Waste management
• Green IT solutions
• Food security

Via: John O’Brien @ LinkedIn | Discussion: Adelaide Cleantech Network

Victorian fires – an opportunity to invest in green technology

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Fires the deadly inevitability of climate change | theage.com.au

The Prime Minister weeps on television at the tragedy of Saturday’s events. He looks around uncomprehendingly, unable to find words, unable to find meaning.

But there are words. There is meaning. This is climate change. This is what the scientists told us would happen. All the climatic events of the past 10 years have been leading inexorably to this.

Yet this is just the beginning, the beginning of something that will truly, if unaddressed, overwhelm us.

As the events of Saturday showed, the consequences of climate change will make the financial crisis look like a garden party.

But there is a synchronicity here that must not be missed. The extraordinary economic measures for which the financial crisis is calling provide a perfect opportunity to fund the energy revolution for which the crisis of climate change is calling.

If the Government does not seize this opportunity, if it persists in its self-serving refusal to name the truths of climate change, then the terrifying world into which we were plunged, momentarily, on Saturday, will become the world that we will have to inhabit.

There is an opportunity here to think about the future of Australia and how the stimulus package can create jobs in Australia in the areas which can help solve climate change issues.

Depending on the technologies, if not directly, helping with the issues at home, it will be a good export market and will help other countries.

What’s happening with Adelaide Green Drinks?

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It’s been 4 months since I launched Adelaide Green Drinks. In those 4 months our attendance went from 20+ to 3!

Nothing to brag about. I am trying to understand what’s happening here. Why is it not picking up in Adelaide. Is it me? Is it the city? Is it marketing?

I thought it can grow organically through word of mouth. A slow build up but a sure one. We have a slow build down to death!

Now the SBpractices guys are starting Adelaide Sustainability Drinks in November here. It will be interesting to see how they fare. My guess is it will do good.

I think people in Adelaide will respond to a professional organization trying to do this. Why come to a meetup organised by a guy called “Suhit” and who works in a government department and is young! Cannot be true.

Well, that is my analysis and I could be wrong. Time will tell.

The Inaugral Adelaide Green Drinks

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Adelaide Green Drinks is off to a great start. Even though I started sending out invites just last week we managed to get about 14 people. Out of the 14, there were 3 interesting cases which will determine the way we will grow in the future.

One person came with his friend, another found us through greendrinks.org and the third one was invited by a friend who did not make it to the Green Drinks.

Overall, people were happy with the event and the venue. I stayed back with a couple of friend till 8:30 PM and then headed back home.

The next meeting is on schedule on the 12th (second Tuesday) of August.

I am contacting some other Green Drinks founders in other cities to learn about how they grew the network. I think we will have a bigger event next time.

Overall I am very happy to have got this started.

Launch of Adelaide Green Drinks

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People are the key. And the best way to learn more and make life interesting is to meet more people.  And what better way to do that than to have a regular place to chill out, drink and discuss.

And in the green area, there is something called Green Drinks managed by Edwin at Biothinking. Green Drinks is an organic, self-organising network running in 380 cities worldwide.

Australian cities like Melbourne and Sydney have their version of Green Drinks and Adelaide lacked this. Well, not anymore.

I am pleased to announce the launch of Adelaide Green Drinks. This has solely come about from my interest to meet people in this field. Frustrated with not finding any networking event, I decided to start one.

This will be a monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of every month starting July ’08. The venue is being decided but it will be in a easily accessible pub in the CBD. John O’Brien from Australian Cleantech is helping me getting started and his wife Kate is arranging the venue. Thanks Kate and John.

The details are on the Green Drinks website’s Adelaide section. For those interested, there is a Facebook group where you can join, discuss anything or use all the nice facebook features. For those on LinkedIn or MySpace, the groups are coming there too.

I will provide more updates as and when we decide on the venue.

First meeting: 8th July ’08.

Venue: TBA

Regular meetings : Second Tuesday of the month.

Contact Details: suhit.anantula [at] worldisgreen.com

For now, please pass this on to people you know in Adelaide or who are visiting Adelaide.

Live Blogging Beyond Carbon 2008

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Beyond Carbon 2008 is a conference in Adelaide exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to a carbon constrained economy, from multiple perspectives and for multiple audiences.

The program is organised by CEDA and sponsored by Australian Clean Tech, Hughes People Services, LocalGovernment SA, City of Onkaparinga and University of Adelaide.

Today, I will be live blogging the full day conference with the help of my friend P Y Wong. The program will start soon. Thanks to John O’Brien, the Managing Director of Australian Clean Tech and one of the organisers of this event for inviting me to this event.

The program is in 3 parts. Starting with an introduction from Mike Rann, Premier, of South Australia . The morning sessions are around “Climate Competitiveness”, a lunchtime keynote address and the afternoon sessions are around “Climate Leadership”.

8:30 AM -The conference attendees are coming in, everybody is settling down and even some of the media people are here. The Premier, Mike Rann is here now. That would mean the conference will start soon.

8:40 AM - Tim Hughes, from Hughes Public Relations is convening the event and has got this program going.

The first session will be with 4 speakers for 10minutes each and then followed by a panel discussion. Then some morning tea, some networking drinks, followed by lunch and then the afternoon sessions.

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Beyond Carbon 2008

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John O’Brien, who runs Australian Clean Tech is organising the Beyond Carbon 2008 conference on June 3, 2008 in Adelaide, South Australia. It is a 3 days event managed by CEDA. John previously launched the Australian Clean Tech index.

Update: If you are interested, check out the Live Blogging that I have done of the entire conference.

From the blurb that I have got with me:

The conference will explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to a carbon constrained economy, from multiple perspectives and for multiple audiences.

The focus of Beyond Carbon 2008 will not be backward looking at the reasons for the current position, or focus too much on the threats and dangers, but rather will highlight how different groups within the community can work towards building the greatest benefits for themselve and society as a whole, through the transition process.

Beyond Carbon 2008 will be about a direction forward for business, government and the community in assessing the opportunities and risk associated with climate change.

Hon Mike Rann MP Premier and Minister of Sustainability & Climate Change for South Australia will officially open Beyond Carbon 2008.

The conference on the 4th and 5th of June will be managed by LGA SA focussing on the governance of climate change.

Some distinguished speakers are present for the morning and afternoon sessions including; Ray Garrand, Chief Executive of DTED, Professor Dexter Dunphy, Terry Kallis from Petratherm, Christina Jensen from Macquarie Climate Group, Dave Sag from Carbon Planet, Andrew Peterson from PWC and more.

I am attending the event, courtesy of John O’Brien and exploring the option of live blogging the event.