This document summarizes the key findings of a survey of 1,001 low-income consumers regarding their awareness, perceptions and attitudes about smart grids and smart meters. Some of the main findings include: 1) Low-income consumers have less awareness and more unfavorable views of smart grids/meters than the general population. 2) They prefer to get news from TV and in their preferred language. 3) They value the reliability and outage prevention benefits of smart grids similarly to other consumers. 4) They are as interested as others in dynamic pricing programs but less in "pay as you go" programs. 5) They believe in energy efficiency but have less knowledge of actions to implement it.
This document summarizes the key findings of a survey of 1,001 low-income consumers regarding their awareness, perceptions and attitudes about smart grids and smart meters. Some of the main findings include: 1) Low-income consumers have less awareness and more unfavorable views of smart grids/meters than the general population. 2) They prefer to get news from TV and in their preferred language. 3) They value the reliability and outage prevention benefits of smart grids similarly to other consumers. 4) They are as interested as others in dynamic pricing programs but less in "pay as you go" programs. 5) They believe in energy efficiency but have less knowledge of actions to implement it.
This document discusses moving from an economy focused on growth to one focused on wellbeing. It notes that continued growth is unsustainable due to planetary limits being reached and flatlining wellbeing in developed nations. Political leaders, businesses, and economists are increasingly agreeing on limits to growth and the need to define prosperity through wellbeing rather than growth. Models show zero growth is possible while maintaining wellbeing, employment, and environmental sustainability.
SB'12 - Kevin Wilhelm - Sustainable Business ConsultingSustainable Brands
A global revolution is in full swing, and the Sustainable Brands Conference is where sustainability, brand and innovation leaders gather to learn, share and strategize to shape the future. SB'12 was the largest gathering to date, a kinetic convergence of innovators from more than 150 companies from around the world finding new ways to create monumental disruption in traditional models of commerce and consumption.
The document discusses an upcoming conference called SB'15 San Diego that will take place June 1-4. The conference will explore how brands can tap emerging innovations to successfully scale sustainability now. Over 2,500 participants from around the globe will attend workshops, presentations, and networking events to learn about the latest sustainability strategies and share best practices. Topics will include the sharing economy, circular economy, and how to translate sustainability goals into effective brand strategies.
Estudo da Bites/SP e Le Fil apresentado no evento Conexão Bites, realizado no Recife, em novembro de 2009. A personalidade digita e as citações nas redes sociais dos possíveis candidatos: o atual governador Eduardo Campos, o senador Jarbas Vasconcelos, Marco Maciel, Sérgio Guerra, Armando Monteiro Neto e João Paulo.
O documento apresenta vários produtos desenvolvidos pela Fórmula Inovadora S.A. para melhorar a eficiência e conforto em atividades ao ar livre, incluindo o sistema Heat-it para aumentar a eficiência energética de fogões, as tendas resistentes Jetstream, e as versáteis tendas Approach com diferentes opções de montagem.
Newton's Law of Creativity states that to generate new ideas, one must step back from old assumptions and immediate realities, just as Newton's 3rd law of motion holds that an object pushes back with equal and opposite force when pushed. The document explains that to be creative, one must separate themselves from the situation they are trying to solve, whether that be a manufacturing plant, market, or project, in order to gain a fresh perspective before pushing forward new ideas, just as painters step back from their canvas to better see their work. A training session on creativity tools is then advertised.
BUILDING HOPE
Positive Psychology, a new branch of psychology focused on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. This emerging field offers guidance on how to feel more satisfied and engaged with life, regardless of one’s circumstances. Nineteen different scientifically-validated questionnaires on everything from love, compassion, grit and gratitude are building a robust body of data about what makes people happy and resilient.
What is hope? Hope is:
• a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life
• A feeling that what you want is achievable and that events will turn out for the best.
Happiness, on the other hand, is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Hope is about the future and happiness is about the present. You could say that people aspire to want hope and have happiness. To put it another way, hope is a means to having happiness.
This document discusses beauty found in small details and objects, as seen through the works of artist René Lalique displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. It contains images and text highlighting Lalique's skill in incorporating delicate naturalistic designs and themes into his glasswork and jewelry pieces, finding beauty in the small aspects of nature.
The document advertises the Sustainable Brands Conference from June 7-10. It will bring together over 700 change agents from major companies to discuss how leading brands can strike a better balance between people, planet and profit. Attendees will learn about tools and strategies for sustainable innovation, managing environmental impact, building brand communities, and driving culture change through employee engagement. Past attendees praise the conference for providing great learning and inspiration to advance sustainability.
This document discusses strategies for motivating consumer engagement in sustainability efforts through behavioral incentives and gamification. It notes that landfill waste is increasing environmental impacts and city costs. Recyclebank uses rewards and social networks to motivate recycling, increasing household recycling rates by up to 122% in similar programs. The organization aims to scale this model to motivate broader sustainable behaviors and facilitate large-scale consumer action on issues like waste, energy, water, and transportation to realize a world with less waste. Recyclebank seeks to act as cultural infrastructure that aggregates consumers and brands to drive mass market sustainability adoption through ongoing digital engagement across multiple online and mobile channels.
This poem suggests that if we had a second chance to live our lives over, we could use what we've learned from our mistakes to become better people and do things right. However, we cannot change the past so we must make the most of each new day and continue trying to improve ourselves without regrets over past failures.
The document summarizes a life cycle assessment comparing the environmental impacts of three water purification systems used by families in Guatemala: an ecofiltro water filter, bottled water, and boiled water. The ecofiltro filter was found to have significantly lower impacts than bottled water or boiling across all metrics assessed, including global warming potential, cumulative energy demand, water use, and human toxicity. The ecofiltro filter uses locally sourced materials, requires little energy to produce, and can provide clean water to a family for two to four years using reusable parts.
This document discusses moving from an economy focused on growth to one focused on wellbeing. It notes that continued growth is unsustainable due to planetary limits being reached and flatlining wellbeing in developed nations. Political leaders, businesses, and economists are increasingly agreeing on limits to growth and the need to define prosperity through wellbeing rather than growth. Models show zero growth is possible while maintaining wellbeing, employment, and environmental sustainability.
SB'12 - Kevin Wilhelm - Sustainable Business ConsultingSustainable Brands
A global revolution is in full swing, and the Sustainable Brands Conference is where sustainability, brand and innovation leaders gather to learn, share and strategize to shape the future. SB'12 was the largest gathering to date, a kinetic convergence of innovators from more than 150 companies from around the world finding new ways to create monumental disruption in traditional models of commerce and consumption.
The document discusses an upcoming conference called SB'15 San Diego that will take place June 1-4. The conference will explore how brands can tap emerging innovations to successfully scale sustainability now. Over 2,500 participants from around the globe will attend workshops, presentations, and networking events to learn about the latest sustainability strategies and share best practices. Topics will include the sharing economy, circular economy, and how to translate sustainability goals into effective brand strategies.
Estudo da Bites/SP e Le Fil apresentado no evento Conexão Bites, realizado no Recife, em novembro de 2009. A personalidade digita e as citações nas redes sociais dos possíveis candidatos: o atual governador Eduardo Campos, o senador Jarbas Vasconcelos, Marco Maciel, Sérgio Guerra, Armando Monteiro Neto e João Paulo.
O documento apresenta vários produtos desenvolvidos pela Fórmula Inovadora S.A. para melhorar a eficiência e conforto em atividades ao ar livre, incluindo o sistema Heat-it para aumentar a eficiência energética de fogões, as tendas resistentes Jetstream, e as versáteis tendas Approach com diferentes opções de montagem.
Newton's Law of Creativity states that to generate new ideas, one must step back from old assumptions and immediate realities, just as Newton's 3rd law of motion holds that an object pushes back with equal and opposite force when pushed. The document explains that to be creative, one must separate themselves from the situation they are trying to solve, whether that be a manufacturing plant, market, or project, in order to gain a fresh perspective before pushing forward new ideas, just as painters step back from their canvas to better see their work. A training session on creativity tools is then advertised.
BUILDING HOPE
Positive Psychology, a new branch of psychology focused on the empirical study of such things as positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. This emerging field offers guidance on how to feel more satisfied and engaged with life, regardless of one’s circumstances. Nineteen different scientifically-validated questionnaires on everything from love, compassion, grit and gratitude are building a robust body of data about what makes people happy and resilient.
What is hope? Hope is:
• a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life
• A feeling that what you want is achievable and that events will turn out for the best.
Happiness, on the other hand, is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Hope is about the future and happiness is about the present. You could say that people aspire to want hope and have happiness. To put it another way, hope is a means to having happiness.
This document discusses beauty found in small details and objects, as seen through the works of artist René Lalique displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. It contains images and text highlighting Lalique's skill in incorporating delicate naturalistic designs and themes into his glasswork and jewelry pieces, finding beauty in the small aspects of nature.
The document advertises the Sustainable Brands Conference from June 7-10. It will bring together over 700 change agents from major companies to discuss how leading brands can strike a better balance between people, planet and profit. Attendees will learn about tools and strategies for sustainable innovation, managing environmental impact, building brand communities, and driving culture change through employee engagement. Past attendees praise the conference for providing great learning and inspiration to advance sustainability.
This document discusses strategies for motivating consumer engagement in sustainability efforts through behavioral incentives and gamification. It notes that landfill waste is increasing environmental impacts and city costs. Recyclebank uses rewards and social networks to motivate recycling, increasing household recycling rates by up to 122% in similar programs. The organization aims to scale this model to motivate broader sustainable behaviors and facilitate large-scale consumer action on issues like waste, energy, water, and transportation to realize a world with less waste. Recyclebank seeks to act as cultural infrastructure that aggregates consumers and brands to drive mass market sustainability adoption through ongoing digital engagement across multiple online and mobile channels.
This poem suggests that if we had a second chance to live our lives over, we could use what we've learned from our mistakes to become better people and do things right. However, we cannot change the past so we must make the most of each new day and continue trying to improve ourselves without regrets over past failures.
The document summarizes a life cycle assessment comparing the environmental impacts of three water purification systems used by families in Guatemala: an ecofiltro water filter, bottled water, and boiled water. The ecofiltro filter was found to have significantly lower impacts than bottled water or boiling across all metrics assessed, including global warming potential, cumulative energy demand, water use, and human toxicity. The ecofiltro filter uses locally sourced materials, requires little energy to produce, and can provide clean water to a family for two to four years using reusable parts.
2. Caro papà, Berlino è magnifica, la gente è molto buona e veramente mi piace tanto qui, però papà, mi vergogno un po' ad arrivare al collegio sulla mia Ferrari 599 GTB di Oro Puro, quando tutti i miei professori e compagni viaggiano in treno. Tuo figlio Nasser.
3. Mio caro figlio Vado a trasferirti venti Milioni di Dollari sul tuo conto. Per favore smetti di vergognarti. Vai a comprarti un treno anche tu! Ti voglio bene Tuo Papà
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