Sustainability Subgroup
This group has been renamed the Sustainability Subgroup
Leads
Charter/Mission
This subgroup is for Bootstrappers to discuss businesses, or business ideas, to engage in markets based upon sustainability. The particular interest is in businesses, or ideas, for increasing energy efficiency and decreasing energy usage. This is often difficult for bootstrappers considering the large scale of the largest energy users (manufacturing, utilities, etc.), but perhaps there are opportunites to provide services that minimize business footprints.
Possible business quesitions:
"Can bootstrappers find a way to promote, or base a business upon what is called natural capitalism - valuing the services of nature and minimizing consumption while maximizing service to a custmer?"
"What can bootstrappers do in the area of ecosystem service markets?"
Examples of this approach include:
- 'cradle to cradle' design in the consumer product industry
- providing cooling/heating services instead of just selling HVAC systems.
For more information on Natural Capitalism, see a website offshoot from the Rocky Mountain Institute
For more information on Ecosystem Service Markets, see a website Ecosystem Marketplace
If you have more ideas for discussion about sustainability, and how bootstrappers can make an impact, feel free to present them. We may also choose to meet with the Green or environmental subgroups as these ideas are inherently interlinked.
Thanks.
Carey
