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Sustaining Greater Yellowstone
A blog for and by members of the Yellowstone Business Partnership and others committed to enhancing the environmental, social and economic well-being of the Greater Yellowstone region.
Occupy Wall Street could use some nun-sense
I can understand the motives of Occupy Wall Street and its various offshoots. It’s their means that baffle me. Their grievances, though ill-defined and squishy, could be aired and addressed much more effectively if the many thousands of hours cumulatively spent in various urban parks and plazas were instead devoted to advancing the cause of [...]
Jobs or Anderson? Which CEO will be more influential in 2111?
“The business case for sustainability became very clear to us. … Our costs went down, not up, dispelling that myth that there’s this tradeoff between the environment and the economy. … Our products were the best they have ever been, because sustainable design had opened up a wellspring of innovation. Our people were thinking of product development ideas they never would have dreamed of without the sustainable design impetus. … We won customer loyalty in ways that no advertising, no clever marketing campaign, at any cost, could have generated.”
-Ray Anderson, Interface CEO
Top 10 Scenic Drives receives marketing award at National Scenic Byways Conference
The 2011 National Scenic Byways Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota during late August was a great success, with nearly 350 byway enthusiasts attending from all parts of the country. Classroom workshops, field workshops, roundtable sessions, luncheon presentations, networking opportunities and peer-to-peer exchanges focused on byway development, sustainability and livability—all part of responsible planning practices for America’s [...]
Oil, Coal and Quality of Life in the West
I am sure you are all aware of the natural resources boom in the West. From “fracking” stories to get to natural gas, to giant equipment being shipped over Idaho’s scenic roads to extract oil from the tar sands of Alberta, to Wyoming/Montana being labeled the Saudi Arabia of coal, to the opening of mines [...]
No free ride in “externalities”: society pays
Externalities are “side effects” or a “spillover.” They are the consequences of a transaction or activity that are experienced by those who are not directly involved in the transaction or activity. An externality of burning fossil fuels is carbon emissions. Externalities of smoking include breathing second-hand smoke.
A better Dream for America? Or at least for our region?
The “American Dream” regularly gets quite a workout in the American press. Consider, for example, these articles, which are only three of the 11 I found by Googling that were issued on a single day in early June: “This is not meant to pass judgment on a long-standing tradition and part of the American Dream [...]
No Boundaries
What is expressed in YBP’s regional reach? For me, it acknowledges, respects, and honors the absence of boundaries in our region’s past, as expressed in the Nez Perce National Historic Trail, and in our region’s environment, as expressed in the travels of a young male wolverine.
Trains, planes and autmobiles and automobiles and automobiles
Here was Will…breathlessly proclaiming that American advocates of high-speed rail (HSR) are seeking to force every US citizen from his or her automobile in the interest of imposing a socialist lifestyle nationwide.
UnCommon Sense a step on path to sustainable Yellowstone-Teton Region
My first encounter with the Yellowstone Business Partnership was at the Teton Science School’s new campus in Jackson, WY back in 2006. Jan Brown, YBP’s Executive Director, was getting a group of regional professionals all jazzed up on the concept of creating sustainability guidelines for development in the Greater Yellowstone Region (GYR). Jan talked about [...]
Names rich with meaning
UnCommon is what it is to live and do business in the greater Yellowstone area; and the skills, dedication and creativity that it takes to be successful and contribute to your community.
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