http://valleyforward.org/blog Our Environmental Legacy, Your Sustainable Future Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://valleyforward.org/blog/2012/01/to-survive-and-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Atri Zen Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:45:05 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1793#comment-1440 You have a valid point. I would like to offer an example - Something as basic, fundamental, and essential as human wilderness survival as it relates to heat loss can be a light bulb moment for folks. The basic concepts may start out as a retention of a precious resource (body heat in this example) to innovating for prosperity. Teaching it to others you care about is the second phase, third is discovery of prosperous uses, and forth is generating prosperity/sharing the info with others and helping develop new markets where it can sustain or enhance its value. Look at this video and how Ron Hood addresses sustainability through focusing on the mechanisms that deplete the resource (well done in my opinion and perhaps a replicable format dealing with what I call phase one and two sustainability development) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOpLVQJWXR0 In the attached video example I like how Ron Hood uses the defined mechanism that attribute to resource loss (e.g. heat) as the same mechanism for solution and prosperity. You have a valid point. I would like to offer an example – Something as basic, fundamental, and essential as human wilderness survival as it relates to heat loss can be a light bulb moment for folks. The basic concepts may start out as a retention of a precious resource (body heat in this example) to innovating for prosperity. Teaching it to others you care about is the second phase, third is discovery of prosperous uses, and forth is generating prosperity/sharing the info with others and helping develop new markets where it can sustain or enhance its value. Look at this video and how Ron Hood addresses sustainability through focusing on the mechanisms that deplete the resource (well done in my opinion and perhaps a replicable format dealing with what I call phase one and two sustainability development) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOpLVQJWXR0 In the attached video example I like how Ron Hood uses the defined mechanism that attribute to resource loss (e.g. heat) as the same mechanism for solution and prosperity.

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2010/03/grandmas-green/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER | Valley Forward Association Blog Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:26:15 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=926#comment-1436 [...] evening confirm something I have been seeing for years and have spoken of here in my last blog “Grandma’s Green,” in NxT Horizon magazine and in other locations. If we wish sustainability to be sustainable, we [...] [...] evening confirm something I have been seeing for years and have spoken of here in my last blog “Grandma’s Green,” in NxT Horizon magazine and in other locations. If we wish sustainability to be sustainable, we [...]

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2012/01/to-survive-and-prosper/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 Deb Sparrow Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:10:43 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1793#comment-1435 Thanks George, I really like this. I think this event was on the same night as KJZZ's Sprawl Town Hall. That's where I was. Evidence of lots of concern about converging issues. I wonder what you'll think of it when it gets on the radio. There was discussion of limits to growth but somehow little or no mention of water. Thanks George, I really like this. I think this event was on the same night as KJZZ’s Sprawl Town Hall. That’s where I was. Evidence of lots of concern about converging issues. I wonder what you’ll think of it when it gets on the radio. There was discussion of limits to growth but somehow little or no mention of water.

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2011/12/living-large-driving-less/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER | Valley Forward Association Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:15:07 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1740#comment-1433 [...] of being on the panel with some great people including Terry Goddard and Taz Loomans (see previous blog) for the State of Sustainability in Metro Phoenix event at the George Washington Carver Museum and [...] [...] of being on the panel with some great people including Terry Goddard and Taz Loomans (see previous blog) for the State of Sustainability in Metro Phoenix event at the George Washington Carver Museum and [...]

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2011/12/living-large-driving-less/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 Jonce Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:40:34 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1740#comment-1400 Brilliant and spot on. My personal wish and white knuckle desire is that someday people will refer to where they live by a neighborhood or unique district and not cross roads. All great places in the U.S. do this. This creates true community and personal pride. Think NYC bouroughs... Brilliant and spot on. My personal wish and white knuckle desire is that someday people will refer to where they live by a neighborhood or unique district and not cross roads. All great places in the U.S. do this. This creates true community and personal pride. Think NYC bouroughs…

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2011/06/yuma-crossing-a-place-to-celebrate/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Sharon Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:49:20 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1568#comment-1024 Love the new blog. Love the new blog.

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2011/04/landlocked-tempe-grows-upward-focuses-on-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Nick Thu, 19 May 2011 11:04:00 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1511#comment-927 It is going to be fun to watch how this "growing up" in Tempe is going to change the landscape of the city. Hundreds of new residents in the Mill Avenue District along with the potential of more urban projects along the Apache Corridor have many of us watching the area very closely. It is going to be fun to watch how this “growing up” in Tempe is going to change the landscape of the city. Hundreds of new residents in the Mill Avenue District along with the potential of more urban projects along the Apache Corridor have many of us watching the area very closely.

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2011/04/failure-to-communicate-a-perspective-on-the-clean-energy-message/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Daniel Henderson Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:59:07 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1477#comment-854 Excellent article. You should also point out that the $57 is only $3 a year more than SRP customers are currently paying toward these programs. Excellent article. You should also point out that the $57 is only $3 a year more than SRP customers are currently paying toward these programs.

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2011/03/how-do-we-move-the-valley-and-arizona-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Colin Tetreault Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:30:25 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=1435#comment-845 I look forward to your comments and thoughts. How do we create the most insightful and creative people to help move us forward? I look forward to your comments and thoughts. How do we create the most insightful and creative people to help move us forward?

]]> http://valleyforward.org/blog/2010/02/phoenix-2112-a-200-year-celebration/comment-page-1/#comment-844 HOW DO WE MOVE THE VALLEY AND ARIZONA FORWARD? | Valley Forward Association Blog Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:08:28 +0000 http://valleyforward.org/blog/?p=898#comment-844 [...] been a little over a year since I’ve been on the Valley Forward blog with an homage to Arizona’s soon-to-be 200 year birthday. I previously said “Arizona’s 200th birthday present need not be a paradigmatic shift towards a [...] [...] been a little over a year since I’ve been on the Valley Forward blog with an homage to Arizona’s soon-to-be 200 year birthday. I previously said “Arizona’s 200th birthday present need not be a paradigmatic shift towards a [...]

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