One Greener is Coming

There is an exciting new venture being launching by Graeme Bradley and myself. One Greener is a new consortium of colleges, businesses and nonprofits to document individual commitments to sustainability. The new website will launch in February with a some incredible tools for people to make choices to sustain and grow versus simply consuming.

Here's a preview of information I have discovered over the last several years of studying this subject.

This tool will not be a simple checklist of things you can do to be greener. It will allow you to manage your sustainability. You can track it, compare notes with others in your area or look at at the best.

Certifications
ISO 17000
http://www.iso.org

Green Tick
http://www.greentick.com/

Cradle to Cradle
http://www.mbdc.com/certified.html

LEED
http://www.usgbc.org/

Groups

Clinton's Sustainability Working Group:
http://clinton4.nara.gov/site_map.html

GreenBuild365
http://www.greenbuild365.org/

Sundance Channel
http://sundancechannel.com/ecobiz

Beyond Grey Pinstripes
http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org

Universities
Many colleges have begun extensive initiatives to green their campuses. The next stage is to incorporate other aspects of sustainability. There is much more to this concept outside of just greening a business or lifestyle. It is looking at the entire picture of community involvement and work.
Yale
Harvard
MIT
Brown
Princeton