• 02
    May

    EARTH DAY IS OVER, NOW WHAT?

    By: Colin G. Tetreault Faculty Associate & Master of Arts, Sustainability Arizona State University | School of Sustainability Happy belated Earth Day! Is anyone feeling a bit like a week-old birthday balloon: deflated, left in the corner, wrinkled and tired looking? Maybe it’s the impeding summer heat-to-come, but perhaps something more onerous is afoot. Indeed, [...]

    posted in Environmental Stewardship, Sustainability by Valley Forward Association

  • 04
    Mar

    CHANDLER CITY HALL’S TURNS GREEN

    By: Dave Bigos Mayor and Council Assistant, City of Chandler As the recipient of the 2011 RED (Real Estate and Development) Award for Best Office Project, the buzz continues for Chandler’s new City Hall. And the RED winner is actually quite green. Chandler’s five-story, 120,000-square-foot City Hall and surrounding municipal complex not only provides a [...]

    posted in Environmental Stewardship, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Sustainability by Valley Forward Association

  • 20
    Sep

    GREEN PROCUREMENT

    By: Christopher Schmaltz Partner, Gust Rosenfeld   One of my practice areas involves advising local governments on their procurement practices, rules and regulations. In response to the ongoing sustainability push in various areas of our society, there is a movement afoot in procurement circles to focus more and more on “green” procurement. Green procurement practices [...]

    posted in Environmental Stewardship, Sustainability by Valley Forward Association

  • 15
    Mar

    GRANDMA’S GREEN

    By: George B. Brooks, Jr. Ph.D. Southwest Green Southminster Social Service Agency The business magazine cover story asks “Can Green Save Us?” My response is yes. But to do so we must do more than attract solar manufactures and create green jobs. We must also connect green to the community. According to the book Influencer* [...]

    posted in Uncategorized by Valley Forward Association

  • 07
    Dec

    GREEN PHOENIX: VISION AND PARTNERSHIPS

    By: Barbara D. Lockwood, P.E. Director, Smart Grid Arizona Public Service Lake Superior State University has published a List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness every year since 1976. Not surprisingly, the top of the list for 2009 is “green.” Green has been used and mis-used to describe [...]

    posted in Uncategorized by Valley Forward Association

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