Natural Capitalism - Sarasota

The Blacksmith Institute has published a list of the World's Worst Polluted Places 2006 Good places to not live near ...

They also highlight success stories

The worldchanging blog has it's "The Week in Sustainable Mobility" for 3/26/06 which is a news roundup...

Here is a sample of the stories found there:

In the US, Accuweather forecast that the northeast US coast could be the target of a major hurricane, perhaps as early as this season. The forecast suggests that in terms of number of storms, the 2006 hurricane season will be more active than normal, but less active than last summer’s historic storm season.

Researchers at Georgia Tech applied a new methodology to the analysis of global hurricane data and concluded that the increasing trend in the number of category 4 and 5 hurricanes for the period 1970 to 2004 is directly linked to the trend in rising sea surface temperatures.

The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World contains a lot of really big companies. Their Mission Statement "sounds good" - it's certainly the incremental approach. It would be hard for a really big company to be truely sustainable.

We believe that companies’ ability to handle risks, such as environmental, labor, and human rights related, are powerful proxies and leading indicators for their overall management quality. Management quality, in turn, is the single greatest determinant of companies’ financial performance. The aim of this initiative is to promote better managed and better performing corporations regarding sustainability issues. We believe that poorer performing corporations will be eclipsed by the Global 100 corporations; corporations that make money for their shareholders, enhance their national and local communities of operation, leave as small a footprint as possible on the environment, treat employees well, and keep customers happy.

The Sarasota Natural Capitalism seminar featured speakers from the Rocky Mountain Institute It was put together by the Sarasota County Economic Development Corporation and the Florida West Coast Resource Conservation and Development Council which I think is a good indicator of how "cool" Sarasota is ...

The theme was: Synchronizing Business, Community & Environment It was just a little suprising that there were over 175 registered people attending. Some websites mentioned include: