Our first class of sustainability interns had a full and enrishing summer. Here, Sarah Ward, who interned with Indiana Living Green, reports on the experience. Once spring semester ends everyone is ready for a long summer break. So why would anyone be crazy enough to take on an internship during summer vacation? The experience most… Read more »
Entries by Krista Bailey
Helping People Meet Their Needs
Right from the start I knew Starfish Project was working towards helping people have their needs met. This is the basic concept of system condition four of the Principles for a Sustainable Society, “reducing and eliminating our contribution to conditions that systematically undermine people’s ability to meet their basic needs…to ensure that human rights are… Read more »
Becoming credible creates dialogue and collaboration
I was thinking about my internship and the “Seven Practices of Sustainability Champions” (as outlined in Bob Willard’s book, The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook) and was wondering if I was implementing these practices or at least working at them. For those not familiar with the “Seven Practices of Sustainability Champions” they are: 1) get credible, stay… Read more »
Turn it off…
In terms of making a positive impact on the environment, there may be nothing easier or more immediate around the office than simply “turning it off.” In one of the offices at Better World Books a few reminders have been posted to inform folks that there is a great deal of energy wasted by leaving things… Read more »
What’s Going On at Starfish
This week was a bit rough around Starfish. With all of the updates going into how Amazon would work out (which I didn’t know about until today!) and the constant revisions to the Overstock order system being in place it was rough to actually sit down and see what all has been going on. With… Read more »
Sustainability and Community-Supported Agriculture
Sustainability is more than just a buzzword; it’s a deviation from the way we are taught to live as privileged consumers. From claiming that a reusable bag made in China is sustainable to purchasing an organic cucumber grown at a migrant farm in Mexico labeled as a better option, there are many choices that are… Read more »
What’s G(r)owing On
Hello, everyone! Let’s do things a little different this week. I normally talk about the four conditions of sustainability from the Natural Step, but this week I’m inviting everyone into my world. Before I talk about this week, why it’s been fun, and Tour De Unity, I have to describe a normal day. I work… Read more »
The not so common life
As I move along in my internship I am staying very busy and learning a lot of new things. Navigating through word press was challenging at first seeing as all my instructions were through email but it is going smoothly as of now. This internship has opened my eyes to a lot of topics, jargon,… Read more »
The Sustainability Challenge
Sustainability has been defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This very general definition is probably the safest starting point in understanding sustainability as it can easily be accepted and applied to… Read more »
Growing a Sustainability Revolution
Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked about sustainability in terms of four conditions; however, sustainability and sustainable living has other parts that must be evaluated. In the Tools for the Transition to Sustainability, Donella Meadows believe that in order for the sustainability revolution to take over, people must possess the following tools: Visioning- means… Read more »