As the societal benefits associated with transitioning to more sustainable, less fossil fuel-reliant energy systems are increasingly recognized by communities throughout the world, the potential of creating ‘green jobs’ within a ‘green economy’ is attracting much attention. Green energy clusters are increasingly promoted throughout the world as a strategy to simultaneously promote economic vita...

The purpose of this chapter is to advance a competency framework for sustainability, arguing that sustainability initiatives should move beyond basic awareness to deeper knowledge, including understanding of root causes, and development of political skills. This chapter’s discussion and critique of sustainability competence is grounded in data from more than 500 undergraduate residents’ respons...

Environmental technologies are becoming increasingly important for business firms to reduce environmental impacts and differentiate from competitors. In this paper, fundamental approaches of strategic management are presented and the strategic significance of sustainability initiatives and Green Information Technology (Green IT) is analyzed. Environmental strategies are introduced and the impor...

This article examines the ways in which sustainability discourses intersect with carceral policies. Building new prisons to ‘green’ industry standards; making existing prison buildings less environmentally harmful; incorporating processes such as renewable energy initiatives; offering ‘green-collar’ work and training to prisoners; and providing ‘green care’ in an effort to reduce recidivism are...

Can simple government programs effectively promote voluntary initiatives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions? This paper provides an evaluation of how the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program affects household decisions to voluntarily purchase “green” electricity, which is electricity generated from renewable sources of energy. The results suggest that, within participating communities, ...

This paper describes how the use of Identifiers with an appropriate system of identifier storage, registration and identifier resolution can greatly extend the flexibility of a system dealing with IoT. The features of the CNRI Handle system are shown to match well the requirements of such a IoT system. In addition to strong technical advantages, the system allows the separation of mechanisms fo...

The Green IT can minimize the green house gas emission if steps are taken to reduce energy consumption at end user level i.e., PC’s, Laptops, handheld devices etc. People need to be educated of the fact how energy can be saved while using IT devices. Likewise initiatives at the network and data center level have been taken by the major companies of IT equipments. In our work we perform a compar...

2012 WE CARE Solar Berkeley Green Home CARES: Renewable Energy and Sustainability Squash and Vine Coal Power and Reversing Climate Sunlight to Electricity Mobile Energy Savings System Zaakta Monte Verde Solar INSTAR DC Microgrids Bottle Recycling Project Gram Power Green Cement Urban Eco Blocks Biofueled Future for Central America Since it was established in 2006, the Blum Center has supported ...

Environmental sustainability is an area of increasing importance for third party logistics (3PL) companies. As the design and implementation of services requires interaction between buyer and 3PL, the 3PLs are in a critical position to support the efforts towards greening operations of different supply chain participants. However the literature in this field reflects a gap between the perspecti...

People apply the term ‘the green economy’, to a wide range of activities – everything from cleantech and renewables, to job creation, and public policy. However, the fact remains that there is no standard definition of the green economy. Consequently it is difficult to measure performance and assess progress. Moreover, the narrow approach of defining some economic sectors as ‘green’ and others ...