An really good blog on GreenBiz about the other, the softer side of sustainability. Worth a read over the upcoming weekend.
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One reason I like to host seminars at the Center for Ecoliteracy is that you never know who is going to show up.
Last August, one of the 80 people who participated in our “Short Course on Systems Thinking” with Fritjof Capra, David W. Orr and center staff was Claude Ouimet, a gracious gentleman who is senior vice president and general manager for Canada and Latin America at InterfaceFLOR, a division of Interface Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of modular carpets.
Why a carpet-manufacturing firm would be interested in systems thinking and education for sustainable living might not be immediately obvious. But Interface has been focused on environmental sustainability since 1994; in 2006, the firm announced its goal of eliminating any negative impact it has on the environment by 2020.
Read the complete article here:
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2010/03/18/softer-side-sustainability
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