Can social media have an impact on sustainability. My 2009 SXSW panel. Get more at http://uber.la John McElhenney @jmacofearth

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Can we agree on this?
March 16, 2009
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2. 1. Reduced operating costs,
increased productivity, use less
energy and water
2. Improved health due to improved
air quality (outdoors and
indoors)
3. Reduced environmental impact

3. @alexknowshtml (Alex Hillman) @juliegomoll
“Social media is just PR with new
tools. One of the tools are social
networks. Within a social network,
you socially network. :)”

4. P x P / (I – M) = T
People [multiplied by] Platform[divided by] an
Individual’s ability to express themselves
[minus]Misses or clash of style that degrade
the communication [equals]TRUST

6.  The practice of companies disingenuously
spinning their products and policies as
environmentally friendly, such as by
presenting cost cuts as reductions in use
of resources.
* Greenwashing was coined by NY environmentalist Jay Westerveld in an essay regarding
the hotel industry's practice of placing green placards in each room, promoting reuse of
guest-towels, ostensibly to "save the environment". Westerveld noted that, in most
cases, little or no effort toward waste recycling was being implemented by these
institutions, due in part to the lack of cost-cutting affected by such practice. Westerveld
opined that the actual objective of this "green campaign" on the part of many hoteliers
was, in fact, increased profit.-- Wikipedia

7.  Communities
 Twitter – RSS – Threads
 In Person
 By Affinities
 Passions

8.  Communities
 Twitter – RSS – Threads
 In Person
 By Affinities
 Passions

9.  Communities
 Twitter – RSS – Threads
 In Person
 By Affinities
 Passions

10. As an individual I can:
 Connect
 Speak Out
 Discover Better Solutions and Share Them
 Join Forces!

11. As a community of thousands we can:
 Demand Accountability
 Ask Questions
 RRR+RT
 Join Forces!
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12. Thank You!
John McElhenney
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