Riding the Wave of Sustainability

by Aaron Hersum I’m going to just go ahead and say it: we might need to do Invite to Ignite more often. Someone actually said that to me as I was leaving our second iteration of the BASG version of speed-dating with sustainability organizations, except at this event making meaningful connections is the norm. Before …

#IamaVoter

by Aaron Hersum Well, I understand the 2016 election now: data analytics. According to Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder and CEO of the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) and veteran of many political campaigns, Trump and Clinton ran by far the most sophisticated data analytics campaigns in political history. Their managers knew every individual likely to vote in …

Knowledge is Power

by Jessica Halvorsen According to the EPA, Environmental Justice can be defined as: “fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, national origin, or income with regard to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies[1].” What stood out to me, as I listened to several speakers present about …

Not a “Third World” Problem

by Aaron Hersum Environmental justice has many faces - I, for one, define it in many different ways. Sometimes it appears as a public health issue, as was the case in Flint, Michigan. Other times, it takes the shape of combatting rising sea levels, as coastal communities attempt to update their infrastructure, utilities, and homes …

The Right Hook

By Jessica Halvorsen At this month’s BASG event, we spent time learning and thinking about the intersection of two areas of large investment: buildings and human health. As Grey Lee, Executive Director of the MA US Green Building Council chapter, noted, changing how we build and operate buildings, which are among our biggest investments, is one …