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If I had my own private jet, I would be crossing the country for two conferences this week: Sustainable Brands in San Diego and Women and Sustainability in Social Entrepreneurship in New York City.<\/p>\n
Actually, I will be spending much of the week attending Little League games and end-of-year school field trips. My carbon footprint will be smaller, and my kids will be happier.<\/p>\n
Sustainable Brands offers a livestream<\/a>, so you can watch the various sessions from the comfort of your couch. I will be watching with interest sessions related to marketing and communications. I also have a crush on anything Patagonia and want to learn about the Higg Index.<\/p>\n Check out Tuesday afternoon\u2019s session with top executives from Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Schneider Electric, and Patagonia: \u201cEmerging Vertical Partnerships for Scale in Impact Measurement: The Case for the Higg Index.\u201d Huh? Hopefully, I\u2019ll get the idea after listening to the pros.<\/p>\n Sadly, there isn\u2019t a livestream for the Women and Sustainability in Social Entrepreneurship<\/a> event. Never fear, dear reader. I will be interviewing Natalie Grillon co-founder of Project JUST in NYC and hopefully others in San Diego.<\/p>\n So, it will be almost like conference-going, minus the hors d\u2019oeuvre receptions. You will just need to slice up some cheese and buy some good, cheap wine<\/a>.<\/p>\n There is a map of the world painted on a basketball court near my house where each continent is merely a leap away. Truly, we are closer than any other time in history with our ability to experience far-away places instantaneously.<\/p>\n Watching next week\u2019s events from my computer, I hope to feel some optimism that progressive solutions will keep climate change at bay. We don\u2019t want Earth to become like the one painted on the blacktop; worn with time and weather, borders fading into asphalt oceans.<\/p>\n