Mr. Ellie Pooh LLC is an eco-friendly Fair Trade company making exotic gifts and paper made partially out of elephant poo! Elephants in Sri Lanka are being killed at an alarming rate. Humans are encroaching on elephant habitats and cutting down trees. When elephants come looking for food, they are shot and killed. Our mission is to is to reduce some of the Human/Elephant conflict that is ongoing. We plan to open handmade paper facilities in rural areas, train local villagers to make paper and hire artisans to embellish our goods. We believe that this newly created industry can directly contribute to the local economy. Our hopes are that such an initiative will self educate the villagers into living, working and respecting the elephant. Have them look at the elephants more as an asset instead of as a threat. According to “The State of the Paper Industry (2007)” a report by the Environmental Paper Network, 50% of the world's forests have been cleared or burned, and 80% of what's left has been seriously degraded. If the United States cut office paper use by just 10% it would prevent the emission of 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gases -- the equivalent of taking 280,000 cars off the road. Compared to using virgin wood, paper made with 100% recycled content uses 44% less energy, produces 38% less greenhouse gas emissions, 41% less particulate emissions, 50% less wastewater, 49% less solid waste and -- of course -- 100% less wood. Mr. Ellie Pooh’s paper products are 100% recycled. They are made up of 50% fiber from elephant dung and 50% post consumer paper. There are no toxic chemicals used in our paper making process. Natural vegetative binding agents, along with water-soluble salt dyes for coloring are used. Mr. Ellie Pooh’s papers are handmade, acid free and as organic as it gets. Since an elephant’s diet is all vegetarian, the waste produced is basically raw cellulose. Thoroughly cleaned and processed, the cellulose is converted into a uniquely beautiful textured product, marketed as “Ellie Pooh Paper”. This acid free, linen-like papyrus-type paper can be formed into art and construction projects, notebooks, cards and assorted gift items where the only limitation is ones imagination. These products have proved extremely popular among many in the local population and among foreign tourists. Although this paper may not completely resolve the ongoing human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka, its use for the benefit of the farmers who suffer from elephant depredations will certainly go some way in raising the tolerance of the farmers towards the elephant. If the elephant is used as an economic asset that contributes meaningfully to the welfare of the people, then the people themselves will not want to see it disappear from their area. In the final analysis, all of our conservation efforts will be futile if we do not have the support of the local communities. “Ellie Pooh Paper” can play an important role in the conservation of its provider. | |||||||||
Is that an awesome story or what! How could we not carry Ellie Pooh products on RUNKA.com? We had to - for our buddies the elephants, the people in Sri Lanka that benefit from these products and to make these great, unique items available to our customers.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Elephant Dung - yes, we said Elephant Poop!
What does Elephant dung/poop/feces/crapola (choose your own word) have to do with a green products blog and website? Excellent question, especially since it has lots to do with an eco friendly website. Here's the story and it's a good one:
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Float like a butterfly...sting like - BEESWAX!!!
Beeswax - we know it's good for us. It comes from our buddies the bees who work awfully hard to produce just a tiny amount for us. At Honey House Naturals, a favorite of RUNKA.com, they use beeswax along with several other natural ingredients to make their products.
"Natural, Nurturing, Unique" - This has been the motto of Honey House Naturals® since our beginnings in 1994 and remains our core focus today. As a 100% woman-owned company, we embrace the purest values of skin care: integrity, purity, reverence and health.
As stewards of the environment, Honey House Naturals is committed to the conservation of natural resources and respect for our planet. Our products are made with wholesome ingredients either found in or derived from nature. Honey House Naturals uses only the very highest quality ingredients – no cheap fillers, always petroleum free and never tested on animals. Out of respect for our planet, we strive to employ reusable and recyclable materials in the packaging of our products.
Here are a few "beeswax facts" that you might not know:
It is estimated that bees fly 150,000 miles, roughly six times around the earth, to yield one pound of beeswax.
Honey bees use the beeswax to build honeycomb cells in which their young are raised and honey and pollen are stored.
Beeswax is known to lock in moisture, foster cells, and protect skin from damaging environmental factors. It also is a naturally nourishing moisturizer and its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-allergenic, and germicidal antioxidant properties make it beneficial for wound healing.
The Mayo Clinic recommends lip balm made from beeswax for chapped lip care and prevention.
The people at Honey House Naturals know about the benefits of beeswax and use it as one of their primary ingredients for their excellent products.
Candles
Room Mist
Honey House Naturals products also contain shea butter (anti-oxidants and essential fatty acids), honey (anti-bacterial and anti-aging), royal jelly (an abundance of vitamins and minerals), cocoa butter (high in vitamin E which aids in skin repair and high in anti-oxidants), pomegranate seed oil (promotes re-growth of skin cells), kukui nut oil (helps to heal burns, acne, scars, rashes and chronic skin conditions) and jojoba oil (good for sensitive skin).
Let's see - 100% women owned, all natural, healthy ingredients, eco friendly packaging and great products that are good for you. We love it at RUNKA.com and we think you will too! Take a look at the full Honey House Naturals product line at www.RUNKA.com.
"Natural, Nurturing, Unique" - This has been the motto of Honey House Naturals® since our beginnings in 1994 and remains our core focus today. As a 100% woman-owned company, we embrace the purest values of skin care: integrity, purity, reverence and health.
As stewards of the environment, Honey House Naturals is committed to the conservation of natural resources and respect for our planet. Our products are made with wholesome ingredients either found in or derived from nature. Honey House Naturals uses only the very highest quality ingredients – no cheap fillers, always petroleum free and never tested on animals. Out of respect for our planet, we strive to employ reusable and recyclable materials in the packaging of our products.
Here are a few "beeswax facts" that you might not know:
It is estimated that bees fly 150,000 miles, roughly six times around the earth, to yield one pound of beeswax.
Honey bees use the beeswax to build honeycomb cells in which their young are raised and honey and pollen are stored.
Beeswax is known to lock in moisture, foster cells, and protect skin from damaging environmental factors. It also is a naturally nourishing moisturizer and its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-allergenic, and germicidal antioxidant properties make it beneficial for wound healing.
The Mayo Clinic recommends lip balm made from beeswax for chapped lip care and prevention.
The people at Honey House Naturals know about the benefits of beeswax and use it as one of their primary ingredients for their excellent products.
Lotion Marvelous and healing, our lotions come in a variety of sizes and fragrances to meet every need. These lotions are loaded with shea butter, nature’s powerful moisturizer, as well as other exotic butters. Our new Bee Bar® Cream with Shea, Aloe and Royal Jelly is so thick and concentrated, that just a little smidge is enough to last you all day! The remarkable Belly Bar®, containing five butters, has been specially formulated to relieve even the itchiest skin. |  |
Lip Butter Rich in anti-oxidants, Pomegranate Seed Oil, Shea Butter, and other exotic oils, our Lip Butter® will drench dry, cracked lips in soothing moisture. Soothe, Moisturize and Protect. |  |
Candles
100% natural beeswax with its own natural honey fragrance, our beeswax candles burn bright and clean. Sold in a set of three, each tea light will last up to four hours. Enjoy the warm ambiance and sweet aroma of these appealing tea lights as they naturally purify the air.
Room Mist
New! We are pleased to introduce a natural room mist that is powerfully effective in removing unpleasant odors from the air. The lovely fragrances linger long enough to remove the odor and then they are gone, leaving your surroundings as fresh as before!
Honey House Naturals products also contain shea butter (anti-oxidants and essential fatty acids), honey (anti-bacterial and anti-aging), royal jelly (an abundance of vitamins and minerals), cocoa butter (high in vitamin E which aids in skin repair and high in anti-oxidants), pomegranate seed oil (promotes re-growth of skin cells), kukui nut oil (helps to heal burns, acne, scars, rashes and chronic skin conditions) and jojoba oil (good for sensitive skin).
Let's see - 100% women owned, all natural, healthy ingredients, eco friendly packaging and great products that are good for you. We love it at RUNKA.com and we think you will too! Take a look at the full Honey House Naturals product line at www.RUNKA.com.
Monday, September 19, 2011
HOW DO YOU RECYCLE A BICYCLE?
Who doesn't love their bike? They bring back child hood memories, help us to stay in shape, get us outside and are a great, eco friendly method of transportation. But if they are wrecked or worn out what can you do with the old parts to make them useful? One great approach comes from RUNKA.com's friends at Resource Recovery:
Resource Revival Recycles Bicycle Parts into Art
We create fun, functional products from recycled bicycle parts. Every year, bike shops all over the United States send us tons of tons of greasy used bicycle parts. Then our team of artists tinkers with them until new products are born. We call this Rebicycling!
Passionate About Rebicycling Since 1991
Here are a few of the great ideas and products that Resource Revival has come up with:
Hybrid Wall Clock
Made from a recycled bicycle sprocket and recycled computer hard drive.Bike Chain Bowl
Our gorgeous bowls are made from the most unlikely medium, recycled bike chain. With a great weight and classic shape they are perfect on an entry table for your keys etc. at the end of the day.
Double Sprocket Mirror
This beautiful mirror is made from a pre-consumer recycled bicycle chainring pair and adds a flair of eco-coolness to any room.
Bicycle Chain Frame 5x7
Made from recycled bicycle chain with an easel back/stand.
Bottle Opener - Orange
Flexible recycled bike chain handle and colorful anodized aluminum head.
Resource Revival has solved the problem of what to do with old bike parts when they are unusable for their original purpose. They have given them a new life as funtional and beautiful products - recycling at it's best. Look for all of Resource Revival's items on RUNKA.com
Thursday, September 15, 2011
CHICO BAGS - A GREAT IDEA!
DID YOU KNOW?
Re-useable bags aren't big news anymore; we all know the downside of single use bags. But CHICO BAGS makes re-useable - and recyclable bags - in ways that are big news. Here is some background on the company from their website:
Our mission at ChicoBag™ is really quite simple - we want to provide best-of-class products and services that result in the significant reduction of single-use bag use. We believe we can best achieve our goal by delivering a wide array of reusable bags that deliver solutions to every lifestyle. Our commitment to the environment is what motivates us to come to work every day and drives us to provide a trusted brand and a portfolio of quality products aimed at helping humanity solve the environmental challenges ahead.
In order to truly provide quality products we know we must consider every stage of our product lifecycle. ChicoBag™ believes in implementing programs designed to reduce waste through-out our entire supply chain. From manufacturing to office administration, our waste reduction goals lessen our impact on the planet. We also provide our customers with the resources necessary to become involved in the reusable bag movement. Our goal is to not only provide best in class products but to also be a hub of information regarding re-useable bags.
Like the Bag Monster says - 1 Year, 1 Shopper, 500 Bags. Don't do the math - it will give you a headache. Go to RUNKA.com and take a look at the full selection of CHICO BAGS. And at RUNKA we love the fact that they use their old, worn out bags to make rugs and encourage their workers to bike to work!
- "Solid materials, typically waste, that has found its way to the marine environment is called marine debris. It is known to be the cause of injuries and deaths of numerous marine animals and birds, either because they become entangled in it or they mistake it for prey and eat it."2
- At least 267 different species are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of marine debris including seabirds, turtles, seals, sea lions, whales and fish. The scale of contamination of the marine environment by plastic debris is vast. It is found floating in all the world's oceans, everywhere from polar region to the equator."2
- The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has mistakenly been referred to as the largest landfill in the world, a floating island, and a trash vortex. According to the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is most accurately represented as a "plastic soup" where the plastic is distributed throughout the water column.9
- Of more than ten million pieces of garbage picked up on ocean beaches in 2009 during International Coastal Cleanup Day, 1,126,774 were plastic bags. Plastic bag debris was second only to cigarette butts/filters (21%) in number and accounted for full 11% of ALL marine debris picked up.
Re-useable bags aren't big news anymore; we all know the downside of single use bags. But CHICO BAGS makes re-useable - and recyclable bags - in ways that are big news. Here is some background on the company from their website:
In early 2004, Andy Keller, now ChicoBag™ president, took a trip to his local landfill after spending the day landscaping his backyard. He was horrified by what he saw. Single-use bags were visually the dominant article at the landfill that day, blanketing the landscape in a thin mix of white and beige plastic. On his way home he began to notice plastic bags everywhere, caught in trees and on fence posts, half drowned in gutter puddles and blowing in the streets like urban tumbleweeds. That day Andy vowed to stop using single-use bags. Inspired, Andy dropped a few bucks on a second hand sewing machine and began sewing what would ultimately become the first ChicoBag™ brand reusable bag.
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| Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the Bag Monster |
Our mission at ChicoBag™ is really quite simple - we want to provide best-of-class products and services that result in the significant reduction of single-use bag use. We believe we can best achieve our goal by delivering a wide array of reusable bags that deliver solutions to every lifestyle. Our commitment to the environment is what motivates us to come to work every day and drives us to provide a trusted brand and a portfolio of quality products aimed at helping humanity solve the environmental challenges ahead.
Like the Bag Monster says - 1 Year, 1 Shopper, 500 Bags. Don't do the math - it will give you a headache. Go to RUNKA.com and take a look at the full selection of CHICO BAGS. And at RUNKA we love the fact that they use their old, worn out bags to make rugs and encourage their workers to bike to work! |
The Bag Monster and Kyle Massey |
Each one of us has to do something about all of those deprerssing facts at the top of this blog. Our thanks to CHICO BAGS for giving us an environmentally safe, attractive and economical way to be better citizens of our planet.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
TRADITIONAL HEALERS FORUM - KPFA RADIO BERKELEY
RUNKA.com recently attended the first Traditional Healers Forum radio show in Berkeley, Ca. on KPFA. The experience was tremendous and RUNKA was honored to be one of the sponsors. Miguel Molina of La Onda Bajita produced the show, which will be recurring every three months on KPFA.
The show was hosted by David Kukkola of the Living Medicines Traditional Healing and Cultural Center in Fairfax, Ca. Ron San Miguel opened the evening with beautiful live music and he played several more times during the course of the show. Here is some information about David from the Living Medicines (www.livingmedicines.com) website:
David Kukkola, a Shiatsu Master, Medicinal Herbalist, and published poet, brings 25 years experience as a practitioner of traditional healing to his private practice. He was a founding partner in a herb company in San Francisco, a source of handcrafted herbal remedies drawn from select plant medicine traditions. He co-authored Roots of Healing~a practitioner's manual to herbal medicine.
David has studied and worked with healers from traditions around the world, including Native American, Asian, African, and European cultures. The foundation of his healing practice was established at the Namikoshi Shiatsu College; Tokyo, Japan, 1982-1983, where, while living in a Buddhist temple, he studied under the tutelage of Shiatsu Master, Tokujiro Namikoshi.
David then presented a taped interview he did with Dennis Banks of the American Indian Movement (AIM) concerning the high level of diabetes within the Native American people. Dennis, who was diagnosed with this disease, was in the middle of his 2011 Long Walk for Diabetes. He has a tremendous respect for the approach traditional healing takes with diabetes and supports the efforts of indigenous healers.
The show was hosted by David Kukkola of the Living Medicines Traditional Healing and Cultural Center in Fairfax, Ca. Ron San Miguel opened the evening with beautiful live music and he played several more times during the course of the show. Here is some information about David from the Living Medicines (www.livingmedicines.com) website:
David Kukkola, a Shiatsu Master, Medicinal Herbalist, and published poet, brings 25 years experience as a practitioner of traditional healing to his private practice. He was a founding partner in a herb company in San Francisco, a source of handcrafted herbal remedies drawn from select plant medicine traditions. He co-authored Roots of Healing~a practitioner's manual to herbal medicine.
David has studied and worked with healers from traditions around the world, including Native American, Asian, African, and European cultures. The foundation of his healing practice was established at the Namikoshi Shiatsu College; Tokyo, Japan, 1982-1983, where, while living in a Buddhist temple, he studied under the tutelage of Shiatsu Master, Tokujiro Namikoshi.
David then presented a taped interview he did with Dennis Banks of the American Indian Movement (AIM) concerning the high level of diabetes within the Native American people. Dennis, who was diagnosed with this disease, was in the middle of his 2011 Long Walk for Diabetes. He has a tremendous respect for the approach traditional healing takes with diabetes and supports the efforts of indigenous healers.
Dennis Banks 2011 Long Walk for Diabetes
LEAVING: Huntington Beach, California, February 14, 2011
ARRIVING: Washington DC, July 14, 2011
ROUTE: states we will be traveling thru are as listed:
CALIFORNIA
ARIZONA
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
ARKANSAS
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
ALABAMA
GEORGIA
FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA
VIRGINIA
Starting out in Huntington Beach with a pipe ceremony, and other events, we will be bringing awareness to let America know that this deadly disease can and will be stopped.
The walk will consist walking/running 5,000 miles or more and Educating all communities we travel through about Reversing Diabetes, and education about Heart Disease.
We will have walkers walking a total of 15 miles daily or more, and runners running a substantial amount more.
Miigwetch for your time!!
Dennis J. Banks
After the interview with Dennis, David had Bruce Elijah of the Oneida tribe join the program by phone. They had an excellent conversation about traditional medicines and the role that elders and children play in our communities. David and Bruce took some calls from the listeners and the questions and answers were fascinating.
Rob Allbee of Inside Circle joined David in the studio and read several of his poems; Rob's words were delivered with emotion and impact. Rob teaches writing to prisoners at Folsom Prison and if you would like to read some of his work please go to www.insidecircle.org.
When the show was over Miguel reported that there had been more than 70 callers waiting to get through to the speakers. It was a wonderful evening and David has just notified RUNKA that the next show will be on July 22 and will be broadcast live from:
Living Medicines Healing and Tradional Cultural Center
85 Bolinas Rd., Suite 8
Fairfax, Ca. 94930
This event will be open to the public so join David Kukkola and his radio guests for this special live broadcast. Please check back to this blog for more information - we will get it to you as soon as we have an update. We are looking forward to another inspiring time of music, spoken word and learning about traditional healing directly from the practitioners. We hope to see you there!
ARRIVING: Washington DC, July 14, 2011
ROUTE: states we will be traveling thru are as listed:
ARIZONA
NEW MEXICO
OKLAHOMA
ARKANSAS
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
ALABAMA
GEORGIA
FLORIDA
SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA
VIRGINIA
Starting out in Huntington Beach with a pipe ceremony, and other events, we will be bringing awareness to let America know that this deadly disease can and will be stopped.
The walk will consist walking/running 5,000 miles or more and Educating all communities we travel through about Reversing Diabetes, and education about Heart Disease.
We will have walkers walking a total of 15 miles daily or more, and runners running a substantial amount more.
Miigwetch for your time!!
Dennis J. Banks
After the interview with Dennis, David had Bruce Elijah of the Oneida tribe join the program by phone. They had an excellent conversation about traditional medicines and the role that elders and children play in our communities. David and Bruce took some calls from the listeners and the questions and answers were fascinating.
Rob Allbee of Inside Circle joined David in the studio and read several of his poems; Rob's words were delivered with emotion and impact. Rob teaches writing to prisoners at Folsom Prison and if you would like to read some of his work please go to www.insidecircle.org.
When the show was over Miguel reported that there had been more than 70 callers waiting to get through to the speakers. It was a wonderful evening and David has just notified RUNKA that the next show will be on July 22 and will be broadcast live from:
Living Medicines Healing and Tradional Cultural Center
85 Bolinas Rd., Suite 8
Fairfax, Ca. 94930
This event will be open to the public so join David Kukkola and his radio guests for this special live broadcast. Please check back to this blog for more information - we will get it to you as soon as we have an update. We are looking forward to another inspiring time of music, spoken word and learning about traditional healing directly from the practitioners. We hope to see you there!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
hellomellow - hello who?
hellomellow. Is this a new greeting? A nickname for RUNKA? The name of a new drink? No! hellomellow is a fantastic skin care line that RUNKA found at the San Francisco Green Festival.
hellomellow products include body butters, scrubs, bath salts, lip butters, body oil, energy sprays and travel kits. They are also the only avacado-mango based line of body care products available. hellomellow chose these ingredients because they are known for their emollient properties, are a great source of essential fatty acids, contain natural antioxidants, are easily absorbed into the skin and are non greasy. Can it get any better?
Yes, as far as RUNKA is concerned, and here's why: Not only is the product excellent and the packaging looks great but hellomello uses only 100% recyclable plastic and FiberStone paper for their containers. For those of you not familiar with FiberStone, there are no trees, waste products, water or bleach either used or produced in the processing of this paper. FiberStone also uses only 50% of the energy required in comparison to the production of standard paper.
In addition to their standard line hellomellow also has specialized lines for kids (kiddo), which includes dry skin eraser, diaper rash butter, baby oil, and sleepy time spray as well as for expectant moms (preggo) that includes lip butter, boobie butter, no itch and stretch mark butter, bath salts, body scrub and body oil!
We had a chance to visit briefly at the Festival with Tracy Feldstein, hellomellow founder, and Beth Mack, the National Sales Manager. They are very committed to their skin care line and enthusiastic about the responses of their customers. It really got our attention when Beth began to explain the benefits to breast cancer patients that were undergoing the difficult treatments involved with this potentially deadly disease. Almost every one of us knows someone who has been affected by this disease - and the added complications of the side effects of treatment - so it was great to hear about a product that could bring such tremendous relief.
Thanks hellomellow! We love the line, what it comes in and - especially - the care and concern that you have put into your products.
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| hellomellow gift pack |
hellomellow products include body butters, scrubs, bath salts, lip butters, body oil, energy sprays and travel kits. They are also the only avacado-mango based line of body care products available. hellomellow chose these ingredients because they are known for their emollient properties, are a great source of essential fatty acids, contain natural antioxidants, are easily absorbed into the skin and are non greasy. Can it get any better?
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| arouse body scrub |
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| empower bath salts |
Yes, as far as RUNKA is concerned, and here's why: Not only is the product excellent and the packaging looks great but hellomello uses only 100% recyclable plastic and FiberStone paper for their containers. For those of you not familiar with FiberStone, there are no trees, waste products, water or bleach either used or produced in the processing of this paper. FiberStone also uses only 50% of the energy required in comparison to the production of standard paper.
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| kiddo diaper rash butter |
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| preggo boobie butter |
In addition to their standard line hellomellow also has specialized lines for kids (kiddo), which includes dry skin eraser, diaper rash butter, baby oil, and sleepy time spray as well as for expectant moms (preggo) that includes lip butter, boobie butter, no itch and stretch mark butter, bath salts, body scrub and body oil!
We had a chance to visit briefly at the Festival with Tracy Feldstein, hellomellow founder, and Beth Mack, the National Sales Manager. They are very committed to their skin care line and enthusiastic about the responses of their customers. It really got our attention when Beth began to explain the benefits to breast cancer patients that were undergoing the difficult treatments involved with this potentially deadly disease. Almost every one of us knows someone who has been affected by this disease - and the added complications of the side effects of treatment - so it was great to hear about a product that could bring such tremendous relief.
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| tracy (l) and beth (r) of hellomellow with dave from runka.com |
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| unwind bath set |
Thanks hellomellow! We love the line, what it comes in and - especially - the care and concern that you have put into your products.
Monday, April 18, 2011
GREEN CALIFORNIA SUMMIT AND EXPOSITION
On Tuesday April 19th at the Sacramento Convention Center is the 2011 GREEN CALIFORNIA SUMMIT AND EXPOSITION. RUNKA.com will be in attendance and will bring you an update of the Keynote Speakers comments as well as full coverage of the Expo floor. We will be looking for the newest sustainable, green, recycled and renewable products as well as information that may be helpful for all of us. Here is some information from the GREEN CALIFORNIA SUMMIT website:
Green Paths to Economic Recovery
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| Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Keynote Speaker |
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| Terry Tamminen, President of 7th Generation Advisors, Keynote Speaker |
In California the paths to recovery and sustainability are converging. The 2011 Green California Summit will highlight innovations in policy, practice and technology that can support green growth.
From building programs to workforce development, “green” is now a given. The focus now is on identifying strategies – and technologies – that offer both economic and environmental benefits.
Led by an Advisory Board that includes leaders from government and industry, the Summit brings to life the best in green policy and practice through education sessions, keynote presentations, an Expo featuring green products and services and the Summit’s annual Leadership Awards.The theme of the 2011 Summit is “Green Paths to Economic Recovery,” a topic that will be addressed in a variety of ways – from sessions highlighting the savings attainable through energy and water efficiency to a keynote presentation on green job creation by venture capitalist Elton B. Sherwin, Jr., author of “Addicted to Energy – A Venture Capitalist’s Perspective on How to Save our Economy and Our Climate.” General session attendees will also have a chance to get an update on the Greenwise Sacramento intiative from Mayor Kevin Johnson.
California has abundant solar, wind and geothermal resources. It also has an unmatched combination of forward-thinking green policy, technology expertise, voter support and purchasing power. Even in recession, it is one of the world’s largest economies. The right partnerships between the public and private sectors can enable the Golden State to “seize the day” and develop a high-tech, high wage green economy.
There will be more than 200 exhibitors at the SUMMIT and RUNKA will visit all of them to see what we can find for our customers.
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