We're starting a new feature in the EcoTuesday newsletter - EcoTuesday Success Stories - and we want you to be included!

EcoTuesday and Rick Bunch, Managing Director of The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, a partnership between the Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources and Environment at The University of Michigan.  The Institute’s large MBA/MS program prepares students to lead sustainable enterprises by pairing management training with environmental science and policy knowledge.  

Rick’s EcoTuesday talk will lay out the education and research agenda for the next generation of sustainable business leadership, describing programs and strategies of the Erb Institute and how the Institute can work with business, non-profits and governments to advance sustainable enterprise.  He will address the proposition that Michigan should strengthen its economy through a focus on green manufacturing, while also exploring what additional competitive advantages the state might realize from its long history of addressing social sustainability issues in business.

Rick has 15 years of global experience leading development of business education and research programs around issues of sustainability and corporate social responsibility.  Previously with the Business and Society Program at The Aspen Institute, he launched a new program for education and research on business-and-society topics in Chinese business schools. 

Rick's diverse background has included an assignment with the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, near Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2002, BGI's mission is to be the leading values-driven business and management school that prepares individuals to transform the world of work and to help create sustainable, socially just economies and healthy environments.

From 1996 to 2003, Bunch served as director of business education at the World Resources Institute (WRI). He produced training conferences for business school faculty and program staff in North and Latin America and China. He also oversaw the development and publication of business-school curriculum, and developed and co-authored the Beyond Grey Pinstripes MBA program rankings.

Bunch holds an MBA and environmental management certificate from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University.

Green Building at the Ross School of Business

The Ross School is among the world leaders in research and academic programming devoted to sustainable enterprise. The Ross building is an example of that commitment. Incorporating many architecturally innovative and environmentally responsible features, the building was designed and built in accordance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. The building features cutting –edge energy conservation features and technologies, green roofs, water-conserving fixtures, sustainably harvested and renewable materials and extensive recycling and reuse of demolition and construction waste materials.

Please join us and RSVP today!

Our Guest Speaker in November was a professional friend of ours -- Mary Templeton. Mary is Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting, Inc (WECC), which provides turn-key services for wind projects large and small. She is based in Michigan and has sales and marketing responsibilities for the Jacksonville, Florida-headquartered company, working to develop the wind energy economy in the Americas and theCaribbean. Over the past year, she has served as the Vice Chair with the Wind Energy Resource Zoning Board (WERZ), representing the public at large and assisting in the identification of the best locations for wind energy development in Michigan.  

Michigan and other states have recognized the need for a more forward-looking planning approach to the interconnection of wind energy projects. The Wind Energy Resource Zone Board was created following comprehensive energy legislation, to assist with this planning process. Specifically, the board was tasked with identifying a “list of regions of the state with the highest wind energy harvest potential” and conducting related studies. 

Three regions in West Michigan and one region in the Thumb area have the state’s highest potential for wind energy projects. Transmission companies and electric utilities are now tasked with identifying the electric transmission facilities needed to deliver the estimated minimum and maximum wind energy potential from each of these regions.  They are required to submit this information to the Wind Energy Resource Zone Board, which will review that information.  The Michigan Public Service Commission will issue a final order that designates the area of Michigan likely to be most productive of wind energy as the primary wind energy resource zone and may designate additional wind energy resource zones.

EcoTuesday Enthusiasts:

 
Please join us for a very special EcoTuesday event in October.  For the first time, EcoTuesday will employ an interactive panel format -- with opportunities for you to interact with each of our four distiguished panel Speakers in addition to the usual great networking!

WHEN:

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 5:30 - 9:00 p.m.  (Due to the interactive

panel format, EcoTuesday will be kicking of one-half hour earlier than

the normal 6:00 p.m. time slot.) 

WHERE:

Shields Pizza

25101 Telegraph Rd. (North of 10 Mile Rd.), Southfield

Ph: 248-356-2720

OVERVIEW:

Comprising four of Southeast Michigan’s most prominent leaders, drawn

from academia, business, labor, and government, this unique event will

feature a roundtable approach, with professionally facilitated

interaction between participants and speakers.     Incisive commentary

and thoughtful debate will be encouraged.  Compiled input and

recommendations will be summarized and discussed by each of our

invited leaders, and a summary of the event will be forwarded to

participants and press, and socialized to a diverse audience.

GUEST PANEL SPEAKERS:

Thomas Anderson – Senior Director for Automation Alley

Rick Bowers –Attorney for the President,  Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr.

Detroit City Council Green Initiatives

Dana Sevakis – Michigan Coordinator for the Apollo Alliance

Rebekah Warren – State Representative for the Michigan 53rd district,

and Chairperson of the Great Lakes and Environment Committee

MORE INFORMATION:

Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, Michigan House of Representatives

State Representative Rebekah Warren represents the 53rd district,

which is made up of almost the entire city of Ann Arbor and includes

the University of Michigan.  She is currently serving in her second

term in the Legislature, and acts as Chair of the Great Lakes and

Environment Committee, and a member of the Judiciary Committee, Tax

Policy Committee, Oversight and Investigations Committee, and the

Government Operations Committee.

 
Rick Bowers, Esq.,,  Attorney for President Ken Cockrel , Detroit City

Council

Rick has worked as a staff member and attorney for the Detroit City

Council President, Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr., and was formerly Director

of Mayor Cockrel’s Office of Energy and Sustainability.  Currently he

is the point person for the Council President Cockrel’s Green Task

Force. Despite some obstacles to be overcome along the way, the most

exciting prospect for Rick Bowers is that he knows- this is only the

beginning for a better Detroit and a better nation, which is now

embracing sustainability principles.

Tom Anderson.  Thomas E. Anderson, PhD, MBA

Tom is currently Senior Director and Director for Entrepreneurship,

Automation Alley, a membership consortium for technology focused

companies. As Director for Entrepreneurship he leads the business

accelerator for small companies and educational programs for

entrepreneurs, and manages a $6M seed investment fund.       His

experience base includes 4 years of independent strategic consulting,

plus over 20 years experience leading technical research teams at

General Motors Research and Development Center, from fundamental

biomedical research to technology development. He has a PhD in

Neuroscience from University of Michigan and an MBA from Michigan

State.

Dana Sevakis,  Michigan State Coordinator Apollo Alliance.  

Dana serves as the Michigan Coordinator for the Apollo Alliance, and

is active in environmental policy development and legislation

advocacy.    After graduating in 2000 with a B.A. degree in

environmental studies, Dana joined the Chicago Recycling Coalition to

improve the city’s “Blue Bag” recycling program. She also worked for

Chicago Jobs with Justice, a labor-community coalition engaged in

strengthening worker’s rights.  In 2004, Dana, a Michigan native,

returned to the Detroit area as a member of the political and

communications staff for SEIU Local 3, a Midwest regional “Justice for

Janitors” local.

Panel Speakers include (from left to right): Tom Anderson, Rebekah

Warren, Dana Sevakis and Rick Bowers (not shown)

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ECOTUESDAY IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

Due to the holidays, EcoTuesday meetings in November and December will

be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month (rather than the 4th).

Therefore the events will occur on November 17th and December 15th.

More program details will be forthcoming.

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY EPPRENTICE™ EXPERIENCE

On October 15, 2009, the Environment & Energy Epprentice Experience™

will be at Next Energy, Detroit, and presented by Paragon Leadership

International. The event develops leadership skills through real-time

coaching as participants work with non-profits WARM Training Center,

Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Wind Institute and Global Wind

Systems. Team projects will be around Energy Efficiency, Environmental

Sustainability, Energy Economy and Alternative Energy.

Judges for the Environment & Energy Epprentice™ are Steve Armstrong,

Sr. VP/General Manager, Kelly Services; Nancy Bacon, Sr. VP, Energy

Conversion Devices/Uni-Solar; Gilbert Borman, Executive Director,

Michigan Wind Institute; Kate Brass, Sr. Exec, GE Energy;  Mark

Brucki, Executive Director,  Economic Development and Government

Relations, LTU; Bob Chapman, Executive Director, WARM Training; Liesl

Clark, Deputy Director, Michigan DELEG; Nick Flores, Capital Access

Program Manager, Green For All; Joyce Hayes-Giles, Sr. Vice President,

Customer Service, DTE Energy; Sam Hogg, Market Analyst, Next Energy;

Sue Jeffers, Associate General Counsel, Michigan Municipal League;

Curt Lalonde and Jeremy Eckhous, Principals of element-e and

EcoTuesday Ambassadors; Chris Long, CEO, Global Wind Systems; James L.

Newman, CEM, LEED® AP, ASHRAE OPMP, Owner, Newman Consulting Group;

Mary Templeton, VP Sales, Wind Energy Consulting and Contracting,

Inc.; Filza Walters, Facilities Director WSU and LTU professor,

ASHREA; Dawn White Ph.D, President, Accio Energy.

Andrew Humphrey, Detroit WDIV Channel 4, will be Master of Ceremonies

for the award presentation.

Participation starts at $111. For information  call 877.264.6200 or

register online at www.paragon-lead.com.