Archive for April, 2008

My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 1st through April 5th

These are my links for April 1st through April 5th:

How To Find Lost Objects - via LifeHacker - a 122 page pdf on a similar vein to www.flylady.net
IES <VE SBEM> EPC SOFTWARE MEETS 6TH APRIL DEADLINE - IES on the ball again when it comes to SBEM (even though their DSM software IMO is the [...]

Green Hippocratic Oath?

The guys over at HBR green have an interesting article on how business is evolving:
The once unassailable notion that corporations exist solely to maximize their shareholders’ returns is crumbling. Without a doubt, the dramatic scale and scope of the challenges presented by climate change will require the next generation of business leaders to adopt a [...]

Is activism dead?

I opened up my Google Reader this morning to find this post by Michael over at Phil’s blog. Michael’s take on Greenpeace and the broader issue of activism is summarised by his remembering of AS politics:
it was the oppositional nature of our bicameral system that led to the fractious nature of politics in this country. [...]

Del.icio.us.ness

What I’ve been reading about:

Virginia and South Dakota become 13th and 14th states to recognize Green Globes- 3/24/2008 9:51:00 AM - Building Design & Construction - States Formally Include Green Globes and LEED in Legislation
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Responsible Sourcing of Materials

A phrase which strikes terror into the heart of any BREEAM assessor. Since the 2006 update, the responsible sourcing of timber credit got a makeover and included just about anything in the project. The credit guidance is the longest in the manual - from memory I think it is 12 pages but this [...]