DC Central Kitchen
CREDIT: The video for this piece was written, produced, and edited by George Washington University students Asthaa Chaturvedi and Jenny Rabago (in the School of Media and Communications) and was showcased at GWU's Planet Forward's "Feeding the Planet Summit" in...
Center for American Progress
Where Are We Now? Six Takeaways From the Center for American Progress' 10-Year Anniversary Event The Center for American Progress commemorated its 10-year anniversary with a day-long conference of A-list speakers whose discussions provided a snapshot of the...
Seeing No Resource, She Created Her Own
An interview with Leda Huta, founder of DC EcoWomen, a non-profit organization that provides an educational forum for women that empowers women to become leaders in the environmental community and the world.
Water Pressures Rise Just in Time for World Water Day; U.S. Gets a ‘D’
Will the major water main break in the D.C. area this week incentivize Congress to deal with our aging infrastructure? That's one heck of a way to commemorate World Water Day (Friday, March 22nd). When it hits home, people take notice. The water and sewage system in...
Ten Leadership Lessons from the William K. Reilly “School”
"This is the first time I'm introducing Bill when I didn't in some way work for him," Linda J. Fisher, Chief Sustainability Officer at DuPont said, "So the gloves are off!" Listening to Fisher and the other speakers at the Inaugural William K. Reilly Fund for...
So Five Former Chiefs of Staff Walk Into a Bar….
Oh, it was the National Archives in Washington, D.C. last night. There's got to be a joke in there somewhere.... They're all white men, reminding us that Sheryl Sandberg is right: men still rule the world. We hope that will soon change and when I mentioned during the...
The Face to Fear
I guess that few would admit now to locking their cars doors abruptly or clutching their purse tightly when the younger Barack Obama approached. But someone did, as the president explained in the White House press room with his soliloquy on being treated as a threat...
What About Us?
The president's climate action plan that he recently outlined at Georgetown University has something in it for almost everybody. The Georgetown University audience of mostly young people applauded several times during the president's speech. Their applause is a good...
Innovating in a Post-Carbon Economy: Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Energy Secretary Moniz and Ambassador Melanne Verveer Come Together in DC
A "to-do" list of how to create a post-carbon economy evolved from the remarks of an array of innovators from business, politics and Hollywood at the 2013 Climate Leadership Gala the other night at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. From Sir Richard...
The Fate of EVs
By Bill Moore Coda has filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Fisker is teetering on the brink. Th!nk sank months ago, uncompleted chassis collecting dust in a shuttered plant in Elkhart, Indiana. Aptera collapsed, starved for funds. Bright Automotive was...