Promoting the Value of Sustainably Minded Purchase Behaviors

Corporate environmental responsibility and sustainability have become mainstream. Coca-Cola has been working on alleviating global water scarcity, given that water is the primary ingredient of soft drinks and critical to Coca-Cola’s future. Facebook has made public its “carbon footprint” emitted from its data centers for 2011 (equivalent to 285,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide), declaring that it aims to reduce it by 25% via clean energy by 2015. And Wal-Mart has erected its first commercial-scale wind turbine at its Red Bluff, Calif., distribution center to supply 15 to 20% of the facility’s electricity needs at a substantial cost savings over the next 15 years.These cases reflect a significant transformation in corporate values from when we first started researching green marketing almost 20 years ago. Back then, environmental responsibility and profits were thought to be diametrically opposed to one another, and we set out to investigate how companies were attempting to integrate the two needs

An Analysis of State-Level Economic Impacts from the Development of Wind Power Plants in Cache County, Utah

This report provides an overview of the state of Utah’s development of its wind resources for the generation of electricity and an economic analysis of potential wind development in Cache County, Utah. This analysis draws on information from local wind developers and utilizes the Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) model (version W1.10.03) developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to estimate the total economic impacts (labor, supply chain, and induced) that could result from the development of a wind power plant in Cache County. Findings detail how a Cache County wind power plant could benefit the state in terms of job opportunities (during both construction and operations), lease payments to landowners, property tax revenues for local schools and communities, and overall economic output for the state

Wind Power in Utah

This fact sheet defines wind power, describes its economic, social, and environmental benefits to the community, and includes common wind power myths

An Analysis of State-Level Economic Impacts from the Development of Wind Power Plants in Box Elder County, Utah

This report provides an overview of the state of Utah’s development of its wind resources for the generation of electricity and an economic analysis of potential wind development in Box Elder County, Utah. This analysis draws on information from local wind developers and utilizes the Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) model (version W1.10.03) developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to estimate the total economic impacts (labor, supply chain, and induced) that could result from the development of a wind power plant in Box Elder County. Findings detail how a Box Elder County wind power plant could benefit the state in terms of job opportunities (during both construction and operations), lease payments to landowners, property tax revenues for local schools and communities, and overall economic output for the state

An Analysis of State-Level Economic Impacts from the Development of Wind Power Plants in Wayne County, Utah

This report provides an overview of the state of Utah’s development of its wind resources for the generation of electricity and an economic analysis of potential wind development in Wayne County, Utah. This analysis draws on information from local wind developers and utilizes the Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) model (version W1.10.03) developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to estimate the total economic impacts (labor, supply chain, and induced) that could result from the development of a wind power plant in Wayne County. Findings detail how a Wayne County wind power plant could benefit the state in terms of job opportunities (during both construction and operations), lease payments to landowners, property tax revenues for local schools and communities, and overall economic output for the state

Wind Development as ‘Sustainable Entrepreneurship’

Below is an excellent guest post from researchers at Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. These researchers have been doing some wonderful work related to “green messaging,” with a special focus on wind power issues.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1132/thumbnail.jp

Framing Sustainability for the Free, Frugal, and Fit & Fabulous

Days prior to the February, 2011 Utah State University student referendum, the ‘green police’ were out in force issuing ‘citations’ to students who drove to school or placed recyclable items in the trash. The ‘citations’ were actually political leaflets from representatives of the USU College Republicans dressed in satirical law enforcement garb, protesting the“Blue Goes Green” ballot measure that would impose a 25 cent-per-credit-hour fee (averaging about $3 per student per semester) to fund a proposed Student Sustainability Office and administer a grant program for student initiatives to conserve resources on campus. Although placed on the ballot by a student grassroots movement, the USU College Republicans viewed the fee as a “socialistic” tax. “It’s taking my ability to choose away,” Mikey Rodgerson, the group’s president, told the campus newspaper. “We live in a bad economy ... and the school has the audacity to propose an AstroTurf fee.”https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1190/thumbnail.jp

Building core domains for the evaluation of PBS: A consensus-based approach

Background: The PBS framework brings together values, theory and procedures that principally facilitate high quality lifestyles and constructive changes for people with disabilities, other stakeholders and organisations. Most commonly, however, PBS research has focused on a small range of potential outcomes, with a primary emphasis on reducing behaviour that challenges (CB). Agreeing a more comprehensive set of outcome domains that fit with the UK context is important for ensuring the implementation and development of PBS. Method and materials: This study used a three phase, consensus-building approach to identify a set of core outcome domains for PBS. Phase One comprised a four-round Delphi exercise to identify an initial pool of domains and overall structure. Subsequent phases involved stakeholder voting exercises to identify core domains and a stakeholder representative group to shape final wording. Results: A total of 23 core domains were identified that covered a broad scope of outcomes for people with disabilities, family and paid caregivers, and systems change at an organisational level. Conclusions: The identified domains provide a useful structure to support the evaluation and implementation of PBS in the UK with potential benefits for people with disabilities, families, professionals and commissioners. The core domains will also allow for development of focused research programmes to build a more detailed evidence base for best practice

Bostonia. Volume 21

Founded in 1900, Bostonia magazine is Boston University's main alumni publication, which covers alumni and student life, as well as university activities, events, and programs