green network
The Advance Green Network brings Australians and worldwide colleagues together to stimulate new perspectives via networking events, exchange of information and the development of new partnerships and business opportunities.
The Green Network seeks to connect members in the fields of water, energy, health, agriculture, biodiversity and climate change, and help members stay informed on the progress of Australia towards meeting the sustainability challenge.
If you are an Australian and work in the Green technology sector please register at our Advance Green Directory. If you are interested in receiving our updates and getting involved please select Green Network as your Industry Network when you join:
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green network
objectives
The Advance Green Network helps global Australians get involved in the quest for a sustainable future. For example, we aim to:
· Build the Green Network in support of Advance’s role as Australia’s premier overseas professional networking forum;
· Inform Advance members about major green issues (energy, water, waste, agriculture, etc);
· Encourage business leaders and policy makers to bring about change towards a sustainable future;
· Participate in discussions of new sustainable business models and highlight innovative companies;
· Encourage better alignment between shareholders and companies to offer long term sustainable growth;
· Develop a coherent voice that knits together the powerful interests in finance, technology and the new sustainability sectors;
· Foster research, development and commercialization of Australian and global green technology.
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As part of G'DAY USA why not attend Australia's Green Building Solutions Forum in New York on Thursday the 19th of January? More information is available on the G'DAY USA website. Global Vice Chair of the Advance Green Network and a candidate in the inaugural Masters of Science and Sustainability Management degree at Columbia's Earth Institute, Sally Paridis reports on the latest developments of sustainability management as a tool for change.
Why is our consumption falling?
www.theguardian.co.uk - The year 2001 was more eventful than most and, a decade on, we're inundated with anniversaries. September was 9/11, this month the invasion of Afghanistan and next month the release of the first iPod. To which we could add the foot-and-mouth crisis, the Gujarat earthquake and the first ever entries on Wikipedia. [More...]
Universities as Green Innovators
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From left to right:Sally Paridis, Vice Chair, and Jack Whelan, Chair, Advance Green Network with panellists in the Building Green Economies roundtable session during the Advance Women's Leadership Summit, 8 March 2011, Sydney Opera House: Sarah Backhouse, TV Host, Writer and Producer, Planet Green, USA, Alison Ewings, Senior Advisor, Sustainability, The Westpac Group, Amanda McCluskey, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Romilly Madew, CEO, Green Building Council Australia . [More...]
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Minori Lee grew
up in Perth and moved to New York to study a Master of Public Administration at Columbia
University’s School of International and Public Affairs. [More...] news &
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Check out an interview with Abyd Karmali, Head of Global Carbon Markets for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as he talks about the impact of Australia's decision to introduce a Carbon Tax. [More...]
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