By Alexandra Rose Images are flashing across my computer screen of the California sky blazed with a haunting orange glow. Ice that was once impenetrable in Greenland is now melting beyond a point of no return. Partisan politics and having the most divisive and dangerous president in modern history has made it so that basic … Continue reading Staying Strong While Everything Falls Apart Event: An Eco-Anxious Perspective
by Eric Grunebaum Two headlines with nearly opposite impact landed in my mailbox last week and it caused me to reflect back on BASG’s En-ROADS Climate Interactive demonstration event in early June. The first was from Environmental Defense Fund’s newsletter, titled “A New Action Plan to Stabilize the Climate and Avert Catastrophe.” Catastrophe. That word … Continue reading An Elegant Solution to an Inconvenient Truth
By Amy Perlmutter I first heard Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project (EVP), speak to BASG about three years ago when EVP was a nascent organization. I almost didn’t go to BASG that night. I had worked on political campaigns my whole adult life and thought I didn’t have much … Continue reading Perspective on the Environmental Vote Event
by Tilly Pick The evening of September 4th with the Boston Area Sustainability Group started like no other. Yes, it once again was a diverse group of sustainability-minded people: professionals deeply involved in the topic; “students”; career switchers and networkers; activists and advocates. All of them were passionate and curious. And, it once again was an … Continue reading Don’t Treat Soil Like Dirt
by Tilly Pick and Aaron Hersum Close to 100 people crowded into the Venture Café for BASG in May to talk about waste, landfills, waste-to-energy, recycling and zero waste. We knew from the theme and how many people had signed up that the event would be a big one. And it was. Presentations and … Continue reading Continued Ed
by Aaron Hersum, Tilly Pick, and Eric Grunebaum They come in all sizes, many flavors, and they can span generations. I am talking about the industrial legacies in our communities that have been left behind for one reason or another. We may pretend these properties are not there and pass them each day without a … Continue reading How Brown Can Become The New Green
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 … Continue reading Riding the Wave of Sustainability
Author: Aaron Hersum Editor: Tilly Pick I was on the phone with my mentor, Ray, one day doing some role play sales training. We were practicing making an initial call to a prospect. After about 5 minutes of talking, I saw my opportunity to “sell” our service, and defaulted to my typical method of persuasion: … Continue reading Selling Sustainability
By Aaron Hersum Photo credit: Sean Smith I came to my first Boston Area Sustainability Group (BASG) event in September of 2015. My goals were simple: network and get a job. In all honesty, the reason I offered to write for BASG was to promote myself to potential employers. Attending Sustainability & Careers on Tuesday … Continue reading That Tuesday in September
by Aaron Hersum It is good to be back! After the summer hiatus, I was looking forward to Power to the People: The New Energy Democracy, mostly because I was curious to learn what “energy democracy” is. As it turns out, energy democracy is multifaceted in its meaning, and nuanced in its application. The dictionary … Continue reading Share the Power
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