Thursday, March 18, 2004
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has launched the Community Energy Opportunity Finder, an interactive website that calculates potential energy and dollar savings, air pollution emissions reductions, and potential jobs a community could create by implementing an energy efficiency program.
Good quote from Michael Kinsely of RMI: "Economic development professionals tend to focus exclusively on recruiting new businesses. Most simply don't know that there are business development and job creation opportunities in energy efficiency and renewable energy."
This strategy will become increasingly important as we move toward sustainable models of economic development.
If you are interesting in learning more about sustainable development, visit the RMI web site here. You can also download a report from Australia that Don Iannone recently posted to his web site, Economic Development Futures. Download the report.
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Some Background on EDPro Weblog
The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
One other point: the prevaling approach (paradigm, if you like) in economic development is shifting from competition to collaboration. There are a lot of reaasons underlying this shift, but here's the important insight: You, your community, and your region will do better by collaborating and sharing information.
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Speaking and workshops on Open Source Economic Development
As the idea of Open Source Economic Development starts spreading, more people are asking about it. Visit the I-Open web site to learn more. My colleagues and I are happy to explain the basic concepts in a talk or a workshop. E-mail Susan Alshuler if you'd like to learn more about workshops and speaking.
Background on Ed Morrison
Download some background information on me here.
Web Watch: Job generation from energy conservation
