“There are so many issues facing our world-from environmental to personal health-and it is important that each of us pledge to do all in our power to live responsibly and considerably. We have a responsibility to future generations to take care of this planet.”
Top Five Things Businesswomen Need To Know About Sustainability -
Karen Flanders, Women’s Network for a Sustainable Future (WNSF)
It goes without saying what’s most important is going to depend on where the company is in its sustainability “journey”.
Companies just starting out would be doing some existential soul searching, examining who they are and who they want to become; examining the assumptions that exist in the business; getting clear on what they’ve already got in-place. Once they have a destination (B) in mind and a clear picture of the current state (A), they can begin to develop strategies that will move them from “A to B”. (more…)
There is a shocking event happening in the U.S. to our honeybees and I want everyone to be aware of the problem. We are losing our honeybees in the U.S. at an alarming rate. This phenomenon is not only a problem in the U.S however, but all over the globe.
My Water’s on Fire Tonight is an enormously creative rap video about fracking. Time Magazine named it the No. 2 most creative video of 2011. Fracking is a natural-gas extraction process that is an alternative to oil, but can also be hard on the environment and local water safety.
Here are the top 5 takeaways from “My Water’s On Fire Tonight” (more…)
The opening of City of Joy brought a delegation of more than 80 people from around the world to Bukavu, including media to help tell these inspiring women's stories. Photo Credit: Paula Allen for V-Day
According to the United States Census Bureau, each day 361,481 babies are born around the world. This past fall, one of those 361,481 babies bumped the world’s population to 7 billion.
When I was born 50 years ago the world’s population was 2 billion. At the time, my dad, Ted Turner, was shocked that in his 30 years of life the population had grown by 1 billion. A half-century later the disbelief continues with the addition of 5 billion people. (more…)
2011 was a big year with some really important accomplishments, one of the most recent being one of my favorites, the passage of the Clean Air Mercury Rule. With the beginning of the new year I wanted to share some of my predictions for what 2012 holds for the planet. (more…)
For everyone out there getting ready or currently traveling for the holiday season, I wanted to highlight a really exciting pilot project that is going on at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Hartsfield-Jackson is one of the busiest airports in the world, and its Concourse T will serve as the first Sustainable Food Court Initiative pilot project. (more…)
I am so pleased to announce I have joined the EcoWatch advisory board! If you’ve never checked out their website it is a must-read!
As a board member, I will support EcoWatch’s efforts to unite the voices of the grassroots environmental movement, as well as contribute to the group’s Insights column. This column features original content from advisory board members and environmental thought leaders, including Wendy Abrams, Ed Begley, Jr., Lester Brown, Laurie David, Paul Hawken, Randy Hayes, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Phil Radford and Harvey Wasserman. (more…)
This past Wednesday I was a speaker at TEDxWomen. The experience was amazing, humbling and gratifying to say the least. The truth is I was pretty nervous about speaking among this truly accomplished group of people. I knew it was really a special chance to share my passion and speak about a topic which is so important but also difficult. My section was Relationships, and I spoke about the relationship between population growth and resource scarcity, but how empowering women is the first step to solving this global crisis. Each day we are handed new challenges, some small, some large, but it is how we address these that define who we are and how we live our lives. When I walked off stage, I knew I had conquered my fear and that in so doing, I continued to spread a message that is key to the success of future generations.
2011 was a big year with some really important accomplishments, one of the most recent being one of my favorites, the passage of the Clean Air Mercury Rule. With the beginning of the new year I wanted to share some of my predictions for what 2012 holds for the planet. 
