[SustainableTompkins] FW: No Regrets Decisions

[John Miller]

Resending- original message returned as attachments Mark sent too large
for your servers.  I will digest and forward any good stuff/summary of
them.
John

-----Original Message-----
From: John Miller [mailto:johndmiller at gtcinternet.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:07 AM
To: 'Mark Coleman'; 'bosak at ibiblio.org'
Cc: 'sustainabletompkins at lists.mutualaid.org'
Subject: FW: [SustainableTompkins] No Regrets Decisions

Mark- thanks much for all the inputs  Depending on what others forward,
I may take this on (creating some fairly simple economic examples) as I
think it is extremely important for mainstreaming sustainability,
changing the mindset. I will copy you as I move along.  RIT is my alma
mater (ME 1968) and I'd be interested in what is going on there and in
Rochester on sustainability.  I met (and drank copious amounts of beer
from a glass boot) with several RIT members of Engineers for a
Sustainable World couple weeks ago in Iowa City and thinking of doing an
at risk youth/community service outreach project in Rochester as part of
a multi city pilot program that would bring more diversity into
engineering and produce local entrepreneurs to create green jobs.  At
the Iowa conference, Brendan Owens  LEEDS director of US Green Building
Council presented- they do lots of work on metrics. Their membership and
number of big developers- like Larry Silverstein in NYC- is growing
rapidly.

Jon Bosak- is TC working on simple models/examples for food, energy and
mfg net impacts?  I'll be glad (for now) to see if I can help on this.

John
 
From: Mark Coleman [mailto:mccasp at rit.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:03 PM
To: johndmiller at gtcinternet.com
Subject: RE: [SustainableTompkins] No Regrets Decisions

John:

Just saw your inquiry. There has not been many comprehensive studies on
the net economic benefits of sustainable policy and actions on
local/regional economies. There is a need in fact, for such research and
understanding, to help further the case for sustainable communities. 

There has been however numerous attempts to quantify the benefits of
everything from wind manufacturing to green buildings to cleaner
transportation.

Attached I share some files I had at my fingertips for you. If I had the
time I'd mine out the data for you, unfortunately all I can do is pass
these along for now.

Hope this helps you; and in my view; the net benefits of sustainable
policies coupled with incentives, education, and market demand are real,
and not really much of a debate. The key is for society at large to
begin an adopt more and more technologies. 

Also consider - net energy use for food production and transport versus
locally grown, processed, and transported food/agri. 

Best,

Mark Coleman 

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Mark C. Coleman
Senior Program Manager
Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS)
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
111 Lomb Memorial Drive, Building 78, Room 1005
Rochester, New York 14623-5608
Tel:  (585)-475-4473
Email:  mccasp at rit.edu
Web:  www.cims.rit.edu
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-----Original Message-----
From: sustainabletompkins-bounces at lists.mutualaid.org
[mailto:sustainabletompkins-bounces at lists.mutualaid.org] On Behalf Of
John Miller
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:39 PM
To: 'Sustainable Tompkins County listserv'
Subject: [SustainableTompkins] No Regrets Decisions

Has anyone seen an analysis/projection on the net economic effects of
strong sustainable policy/actions in energy, food and local
manufacturing?  I tend to think that it will have a positive effect,
create more net jobs and tax revenue.  Would be nice to see some hard
numbers (as you can probably tell, I'm having a debate with a skeptic!)
Further, after reading "Cradle to Cradle" and the likelihood that in the
not too distant future all goods can/will be produced to be recycled
into two streams (technical and biological) for true materials
sustainability- we can have a good amount of consumption in society and
still be sustainable. 
Thanks
John



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