Who lives in your city and what do they think about going “green”?
Topics: climate change, conferences
Welcome to October....It's Energy Awareness Month!
Topics: clean energy
The American Public Works Association (APWA) just wrapped its annual conference -- recently rebranded as PWX (Public Works Expo) -- with all the cool and technologically advanced components you would see at a tech conference. As someone who has frequented Dreamforce (Salesforce.com’s annual conference), which is the ultimate in conference innovation, I was certainly impressed with the steps that APWA has taken to advance this conference. What I found even more impressive, however, were the very visible signs of how this conference was clearly also the most sustainable one that APWA has hosted.
Topics: sustainability, public works, minneapolis
"For decades, as the global warming created by human emissions caused land ice to melt and ocean water to expand, scientists warned that the accelerating rise of the sea would eventually imperil the United States’ coastline.
Topics: SAS Talk Podcast
I've been on the road a ton recently, including a recent jaunt from my home in Boston over to Long Beach, California for the California Adaptation Forum. There were some really impressive and engaging presentations, and you can access most of them here.
Topics: dashboard
1-hour overview of Cleveland’s, others’ success with sustainability dashboards available for free download
Topics: sustainability, dashboard, Cleveland
Topics: female entrepreneurs
This post originally appeared on the American Public Works Association (APWA) Center for Sustainability blog. You can find it here.
Topics: local government, public works
“April showers bring May flowers” has always been the optimist’s view of the rainy weather that often marks this month. But for many cities, these days “rain” is more like “deluge” that leads to flooding before flowers and it’s not just confined to April.
Topics: community engagement, climate resiliency, Houston
