Happy New Year to you.

The beginning of a year is always a great excuse to start a new sustainability effort at your company or organization. There’s something hopeful in the air at the beginning of the year, before the screws start tightening around budget controls and legal restrictions.  Read more...

The Sife

team at Syracuse University is bringing DOT to Syracuse University.

What do you think will happen when a small group of committed students get together for a common goal? We know one thing is for sure, we will find out!

Congratulations to Saatchi Sweden for winning Best Green Mixed Media Award

(Integrated)
for their “Toyota Glass of Water”

original post (http://championsleague.saatchi-ch.com/?p=613)

After Prius, Toyota have now taken their full-hybrid system and put it in their new, good looking hatchback; the result is the new Auris Hybrid

(or “Auris HSD”). The first full-hybrid powertrain in the C-Segment (Golf segment). Thanks to Hybrid Synergy Drive technology the car’s energy is literally recycled as you drive and store it in the car’s battery system.  Read more...

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I’ve been really impressed by Nike’s considered program and I profiled them in my book — but they never until now have shared their design tools with the public.

There are definitely some lessons here about how to use internal benchmarks for progress and how to share internal tools externally to build open collaboration.

Here is a new article by Judah Schiller, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S N.America in the Huffingtonpost.
“Now more than ever, there exists a clear confluence of the human desire to be empowered with education and the urgent need for Fortune 500 companies to have employees who think more innovatively and who can be active participants in helping their companies become better corporate citizens of the future.”

Read the rest at Huffingtonpost

In the spirit of celebrating great work from Saatchi S alumni, Seth Nickinson original member of the Saatchi S team is doing ground breaking work with Nourish . Nourish is working hard to increase food literacy in schools across California and beyond. “Nourish combines television programming, short films, web content, and learning tools. With a distinctly positive vision, Nourish celebrates both food and community. This week Nourish launched its newest curriculum , “The Nourish Middle School Curriculum Guide offers a rich set of resources to open a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability. Beautifully designed and brimming with big ideas, the materials contain a viewing guide, six learning activities, action projects, student handouts, suggested resources, and a glossary.”  Read more...

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The new majority has taken over the House and there is already one precarious leader who is trying to assert their new role.

Excerpt from Adam’s new piece in the Atlantic

“Representative John Shimkus of Illinois is vying to chair the House Energy Committee as the Republicans organize their caucus. Shimkus would have jurisdiction over any global warming legislation to come through the House of Representatives in the coming session if appointed. Shimkus is an unlikely victor, as Representative Joe Barton of Texas has seniority. Shimkus has served on the committee since 1997, and promises a more aggressive approach than Representative Fred Upton of Michigan, his other competitor.”

Saatchi alumni and SF photographer

Jayms Ramirez has spent the last month shooting for three NGO’s in Mexico, Belize and Peru. His work captures the spirit of ProWorld’s mission to empower communities, promote social and economic development, conserve the environment, and cultivate educated compassionate global citizens. ProWorld facilitates the success of 6 global NGO’s from its San Francisco Headquarters. Let these pictures inspire you to check out their website and support their mission. Many of their projects focus on clean burning stoves, water filtration and social issues facing impoverished communities