Invitation to Participate in the upcoming Zermatt Summit 2013

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

You are invited to join a select group of economic, business and political decision-makers to take an active part of the fourth edition of the Zermatt Summit, from the 20th to the 21st June 2013 on the theme of Business & NGOs: Building partnerships of winners.

We are proud to announce the confirmation to speak of:…

Financial mismanagement. Lay-offs of local and international staff. Inappropriate conduct by leadership. Finally, a visit planned from headquarters to see what’s going on. What do you do?

A superior continues to make passes at you. You find out you’re paid less than someone doing your exact same job. Someone takes undue credit for work you did.

The rules don’t…

On the heels of the Taproot Foundation Global Pro Bono Summit, Rachael Chong, CEO and Founder, Catchafire and Aaron Hurst, President and Founder, Taproot Foundation realized that between them, their organizations have completed thousands of nonprofit pro bono engagements. What have they learned over the past 10+ years? Watch this informal chat, where Rachael and Aaron cover topics like the best ways to approach nonprofits about the value of pro bono and how pro bono enables organizations to…

National findings include growth in the solar industry, along with an increase in alternative fueling stations and LEED certifications



Ecotech Institute today released new data from its Clean Jobs Index, which aggregates all the available clean jobs in the U.S. The Index found that there were 749,197 clean jobs posted across the United States between January 1, 2013, and March 31,…

Helping professions, by design, were meant to be some kind of temporary relief to people who are in positions of vulnerability. In my field of social work, we employ an empowerment approach in the intervention process, such that we intend for individuals receiving welfare support to be better off than before they were enrolled.  This is the very reason I fell in love with the profession and daily why I look for ways of to improve the lives of individuals and families.…

I vividly remember the fear of going home one day when I was 15 with a school report card that was dominated by the same words from most teachers “Ian is a disruptive influence in class.”  My father, well known for doing good, exclaimed “I don’t know why you can’t be a disruptive influence for good!”  Seed planted.

It took awhile for the seed to grow and quite awhile longer for me to nurture it until it…

There are plenty of reasons employees jump from nonprofits to work in the private sector. While the benefit of improving a community through a nonprofit’s work is unparalleled in the corporate space, long hours and pay differences can prompt nonprofit employees to start exploring private sector job opportunities. So why is this important to your recruitment strategy? The answer, in short, is corporate responsibility.…

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“Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.”  

John F. Kennedy’s inaugural words will never ring as true than during National Volunteer Week, which this year falls on April 21-27.  First instituted in 1974 by President Nixon, National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate the power and…

ISQEM are looking for sustainability papers to publish on their website www.isqem.com  If you would like to see your papers posted to the wider community of safety and environmental professionals, then this is your chance. We are also interested in social responsibility programs which can be run by small companies around the world.

Email you papers or articles to mike.wilson@isqem.com  for review.

If…

In two months, the Zermatt Summit Foundation will welcome 200 participants from about 20 countries for its fourth edition. During two days, senior business executives, leaders from civil society and public personalities will engage in discussions on the theme: “Business and NGOs: Building partnerships of winners”.

The program of the meeting will focus on issues and challenges where greater collaboration and synergy between civil society organizations and business would…

More than 10,200 Power Utility Jobs were Available in the Last Year; Industry Insiders See Looming Talent Gap



The Power Utility industry is experiencing a massive demographic shift and employees who know both conventional grid and smart grid technology are in demand. With a growing number of retirees and new technologies cropping up, a new generation of power utility technicians is critical for the industry.…

The proverbial phrase “He who hesitates is lost” is often taken to mean that when we know what we need to do to solve a problem, we should act immediately, or our window of opportunity is likely to pass. 

More than 50% of my work is helping people to do what you know you should.

Why do we hesitate to do what we know we should?…

In Punjab (India), one area most positively affected by the Green Revolution, yield growth has essentially flattened since the mid‐1990s, partially because their 1.3 million wells have depleted the underground water supply. The best way to avoid this is to harvest rain water and use it for irrigation

Check this website out…

As more industries develop a commitment to green practices, the number of business-related jobs that require sustainability knowledge are on the rise. According to Ecotech Institute’s Clean Jobs Index, there were 59,803 U.S.-based jobs available in March that met the criteria of green jobs within a business…

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Lets start with a less obvious one today.  Lets look at the State of Texas.  All the rain falls on the East side

and all the arid country is on the West Side.  If Texas was to plant a mixed tree forest (The kind they used to have.) from the Eastside of Texas to The Westside alot of the moisture from that falling rain would move across Texas to the more arid regions then…

Ten-Week Course Offers Education on a Wide Variety of Sustainable Topics 

Anyone around the world who has an interest in sustainability can now access some of the specialized education offered by Ecotech Institute – online and free. Ecotech Institute, the only college entirely focused on sustainability-related job training, is now accepting registrations for its “…