Green New York: In honor of Earth Day, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented a plan to cope with climate change and a fast-growing population in a sweeping policy speech containing 127 separate initiatives. PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York, has been in the works since December but the mayor chose to issue it on [...]

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This morning I was invited to attend the clean-up and renovation of a home in Hartford’s North End that was the recipient of an up grade in energy efficiency, up keep and maintenance from the Hartford chapter of Rebuilding Together in recognition of National Rebuilding Day.  I was invited by Molly Lynch of Mercury Excelum [...]

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Several years ago the Town of Bloomfield was very fortunate to have world renowned golf course architect Pete Dye design a great golf course for $1.  It was truly amazing that of all the towns he could choose from, he chose my town. The bonus came when the piece of land that was selected was [...]

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The conference ended on a high note.  After the tofu lasagna which I have to admit was very good the attendees heard from Anne Finucane, Chief Marketing Officer and president, Northeast Bank of America.  She discussed BoA’s recent announcement of committing $20 billion toward green initiatives.  There was then a lively discussion group regarding mobilizing Americans [...]

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This morning, the conference heard from Ronald Logue who is CEO and Chairman of Boston based State Street Corporation which is the world’s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors.  Ron reviewed State Street’s commitments to sustainability.  Ron emphasized that State Street’s efforts are done to meet the needs and expectations of four core [...]

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I would say this has been one excellent conference so far.  Over 600 green stakeholders have converged in Boston to try and solve some of the world’s problems.  The dynamic has been truly amazing.  You have businesses, investors, NGOs, environmentalist, which are some how different from enviros, religious groups and labor groups.  My head is [...]

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