http://www.cchange.net Covering the transformations to social, environment and economic sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sea Change Radio covers the transformations to social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Change is accelerating in positive and negative directions: the clock is ticking in the race to see which will tip first—the problems or the solutions. Join Sea Change's Host, Alex Wise, as he provides in-depth analysis to help our audience understand possible remedies and potential pitfalls. Sea Change interviews sustainability experts including Paul Hawken, Stewart Brand, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Lester Brown, and many others. Sea Change airs on over 30 radio stations around the country. Alex Wise clean Alex Wise awise@cchange.net awise@cchange.net (Alex Wise) 2007-2011 Making Connections for Sustainability Sustainability, Climate Change, Human Rights, Environment, Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Accountability, Stakeholders, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy, Green Jobs, Wealth Divide http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/cwr-images-archive/SeaChangeRadioTAG_square144_sm.jpg http://www.cchange.net Weekly http://www.cchange.net/2010/01/20/a-hybrid-model-co-op-and-nonprofits-launch-energy-efficiency-company/ http://www.cchange.net/2010/01/20/a-hybrid-model-co-op-and-nonprofits-launch-energy-efficiency-company/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:18:23 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=2297 http://www.cchange.net/2010/01/20/a-hybrid-model-co-op-and-nonprofits-launch-energy-efficiency-company/feed/ 13 energy efficiency,energy savings performance contracts,energy service companies,Green Jobs,retrofits,triple bottom line Sea Change Radio Radio Co-Hosts Bill Baue and Kelsey Flynn talk to Tom Rossmassler, CEO of Energia, an innovative new energy efficiency company founded by two nonprofits -- Nuestras Raices and Nueva Esparanza -- and Co-op Power, a consumer cooperative. (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/TomRossmassler1.jpg)Sea Change Radio Radio Co-Hosts Bill Baue (http://www.cchange.net/about/bill-baue/) and Kelsey Flynn (http://www.wrsi.com/Kelsey-Flynn/3222248) talk to Tom Rossmassler, CEO of Energia, an innovative new energy efficiency company founded by two nonprofits -- Nuestras Raices (http://www.nuestras-raices.org/en/home) and Nueva Esparanza (http://www.nuevaesperanzacdc.org/home/index.php?title=Main_Page) -- and Co-op Power (http://www.cooppower.coop/), a consumer cooperative.  And Kelsey profiles the Roots Up Green Jobs (http://www.nuestras-raices.org/en/green-jobs) program, run by Nuestras Raices and Co-op Power, which will train workers for Energia. Caulk and insulation -- Bill hadn’t quite realized what a key role these play in helping solve the climate crisis until he edited a report (http://www.ceres.org/Page.aspx?pid=1172) for Ceres (http://www.ceres.org/Page.aspx?pid=705) late last year on energy efficiency and real estate investors.  At about the same time, he heard about Energia, a new energy efficiency company with a twist: it’s a for-profit, founded by two nonprofits and a consumer cooperative.  And it’s filling in the gap between big companies doing big energy efficiency projects, and smaller companies focusing on single-family homes.  In the middle are multi-family units and smaller businesses that are underserved in the current marketplace for energy efficiency retrofits. Bill happens to know the new CEO, Tom Rossmassler, who was in his communications course last year at the Marlboro Sustainability MBA (http://gradschool.marlboro.edu/academics/mba/) program in Vermont.  So he invited Tom to join him and Co-Host Kelsey Flynn for an interview at the WMUA studios in Amherst.  Tom described how Energia fits into the world of energy service companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_service_company) (or ESCOs), which are most often associated with big outfits like Siemens (http://www.usa.siemens.com/entry/en/), Honeywell (http://www51.honeywell.com/honeywell/), or Johnson Controls (http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en.html), which often enter into energy savings performance contracts (http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/financing/espcs.html) with big institutions, companies, or municipalities. Kelsey Flynn also recently profiled the Roots Up Green Jobs program from Nuestras Raices and Co-op Power that Tom mentioned in the interview on her Sustainable Valley (http://wrsi.com/pages/4791101.php) segment on WRSI.  Roots Up is a program for low-income students just finishing their GED, who are paid to go to school to learn about energy conservation, energy efficiency, and how to install solar hot water systems.  As part of a larger Holyoke/Springfield grant, Pathways Out of Poverty (http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090528_pr_pathways&csid=Eoeea), the program has received funds to expand the work to include youth from the Springfield area. The program particularly targets youth who have little education or work experience, and few options for getting onto a successful career ladder. (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/LynnBenander.jpeg)Kelsey spoke with Co-op Power founder Lynn Benander (http://www.cooppower.coop/index.php/contact-us/155), as well as Roots Up participants Yamil Brillos and Josh Vargas. Bill Baue clean 29:30 http://www.cchange.net/2009/04/22/phoenix-economy-rising/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/04/22/phoenix-economy-rising/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:47:33 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=796 http://www.cchange.net/2009/04/22/phoenix-economy-rising/feed/ 0 Alternative Economic Models,Climate Change,Community Economic Engagement,john elkington,karen ribeiro,phoenix economy,Social Entrepreneurs,Sustainable Business,Sustainable Public Policy,terry mollner,triple bottom line,william spademan Sea Change Radio Co-Hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with green business guru John Elkington about the new Phoenix Economy report.  And Sea Change members join in the conversation with Elkington in the second half of the show for the first ... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/johnelkington1-150x150.jpg) (http://stage.volans.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/thephoenixeconomy-201x300.jpg)Sea Change Radio Co-Hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with green business guru John Elkington (http://www.johnelkington.com/) about the new Phoenix Economy report.  And Sea Change members join in the conversation with Elkington in the second half of the show for the first Sea Change Radio RoundTable.  In this feature, we host a sustainability expert fielding questions from Sea Change members -- this time featuring Calvert Social Funds (http://www.calvertgroup.com/) Founding Boardmember (http://www.calvertgroup.com/about-board-of-trustees.html#social) and Ben & Jerry's (http://www.benjerry.com/) Boardmember Terry Mollner, Ener-G-Save (http://www.ener-g-save.org/) Executive Director Karen Ribeiro, and Common Good Finance (http://commongoodbank.com/) President William Spademan. The Phoenix.  In myth, this bird would build a pyre on which to burn itself and then re-emerge from its ashes.  Volans (http://www.volans.com/), the new venture founded by John Elkington, borrows this imagery to symbolize the current economic meltdown -- and potential re-incarnation into a more sustainable economic order.  Today, we speak with John Elkington about the Phoenix Economy report from his offices in the UK.  Elkington coined the term triple bottom line, referring to people, planet , and profits, and he founded the sustainable development consultancy and think tank SustainAbility (http://www.sustainability.com/) in 1987.  BusinessWeek called him the "dean of the corporate responsibility movement."  Baue started by asking him to describe the notion behind the Phoenix Economy.  He later asks Elkington to distinguish between the Phoenix Economy and the Chrysalis Economy (http://www.amazon.com/Chrysalis-Economy-Citizen-Corporations-Creation/dp/1841121428), the name of his 2001 book.   Elkington also serves on the Sea Change Advisory Board (http://www.cchange.net/advisory-board/), and agreed to participate in the first Roundtable with Sea Change members posing questions of sustainability experts in the second half of the show. Bill Baue clean 28:30 http://www.cchange.net/2008/02/20/the-power-of-unreasonable-people-john-elkington-on-social-entrepreneurs/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/02/20/the-power-of-unreasonable-people-john-elkington-on-social-entrepreneurs/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:43:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2008/02/20/the-power-of-unreasonable-people-john-elkington-on-social-entrepreneurs/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/02/20/the-power-of-unreasonable-people-john-elkington-on-social-entrepreneurs/feed/ 0 john elkington,triple bottom line Corporate Watchdog Radio co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with John Elkington, author of The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World. Elkington explains how social entrepreneurs use b... Corporate Watchdog Radio co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon speak with John Elkington, author of The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World. Elkington explains how social entrepreneurs use business strategies, such as scaling and replicability, to help solve social and environmental problems. He also discusses how this book finishes his trilogy, starting with Cannibals with Forks from 1997 that coined the term "triple bottom line" for measuring social, environmental, and economic progress and The Chrysalis Economy that predicts a 30-year period of creative destruction for business. Elkington founded the UK consultancy SustainAbility in 1987, which helped define the term "sustainability," and recently received a grant to support its work on social entrepreneurship from the Skoll Foundation and also received a Fast Company Social Entrepreneur Award. The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World SustainAbility (http://www.sustainability.com/) John Elkington.com (http://www.johnelkington.com/) Fast Company Social Entrepreneur Awards Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship (http://www.skollfoundation.org/skollawards/index.asp) Bill Baue clean 28:30