Protected: P2Press: July 31, 2010
July 27, 2010
Draft FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan
July 19, 2010
The U.S. EPA Draft FY 2011-2015 EPA Strategic Plan is available for public comment through July 30, 2010. The Strategic Plan identifies the measurable environmental and human health outcomes the public can expect over the next five years and describes how they intend to achieve those results.
For the first time, the Draft Strategic Plan includes five cross-cutting fundamental strategies aimed at tangibly changing the way the Agency carries out its work, both internally and externally. The cross-cutting fundamental strategies are:
-Expanding the conversation on environmentalism
-Working for environmental justice and children’s health
-Advancing science, research, and technological innovation
-Strengthening state, tribal, and international
partnerships
-Strengthening EPA’s workforce and capabilities
A Discussion Forum was launched, https://blog.epa.gov/strategicplan , to engage stakeholders in the development of the cross-cutting fundamental strategies.
Protected: P2Press: July 15, 2010
July 14, 2010
Job Posting: Eco-Cycle Enterprise Manager (EM)
July 13, 2010
Large nonprofit Zero Waste company in Boulder, CO seeking an entrepreneurial professional to help create and manage the next phase of combining environmental mission with business so as to establish Boulder as a Zero Waste Community Model for the nation. This position will report directly to the Executive Director and success will require passion, humor, flexibility and an autonomous motivation to create change within the organization. The EM position will function much like a COO in giving support to a seven-person management team that oversees 60 employees. The primary responsibility of the EM will be to improve our internal organizational effectiveness by increasing the financial return from current operations and creating new community programming that is financially self-supporting and environmentally significant. The EM must be an excellent communicator, an experienced businessperson who thinks as a creative entrepreneur, and is a big-picture, positive person who gets results. Eco-Cycle is an excellent workplace with great benefits and fair wages. Please send cover letter, qualifications and salary requirements to EM@ecocycle.org. Position will be open until filled.
Sustainable Business Clearinghouse
July 8, 2010
The Department of Commerce’s Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative (SMI) created a one-stop web portal, Sustainable Business Clearinghouse, of information available from federal and state programs on environmental sustainability. The portal is available at http://ita-web.ita.doc.gov/sbc/sbc.nsf/pgSearch?OpenPage. The clearinghouse is menu driven by choosing among the list of states (or all), sustainability issues (e.g., pollution prevention), industry sectors, and types of information.
