Champions of Change Blog
Green Jobs Make the Renewable Energy World Go Round
Posted byon April 19, 2012 at 10:18 AM EDTVernice Creese is being recognized as a Champion of Change for her work advancing new ideas that are leading the way to a clean energy future and an economy that’s built to last.
This is a great honor for Unlimited Energy Solar Solutions, Inc. (UESS, Inc.) to be recognized as a "Champion of Change" for Innovations in Renewable Energy. It has been an incredible venture for my organization over the last 28 years. Even though there have been so many changes within the industry, Unlimited Energy Solar Solutions, Inc. has stayed the course. UESS Inc. is currently a minority women owned solar company that: employs the leading solar industry contractors, engineers and specialists; has installed over 20 million watts and completed 8,000 projects since its inception. We are also licensed C-46 Solar and B-General contractors.
As one of the leading companies in design and implementation, other solar companies often contact us for assistance because we use advanced industry-specific computer technology to engineer each system we build. All key personnel are factory certified by every major equipment manufacturer we represent. We specialize in the design, sales and installation of solar equipment and systems for residential, commercial, municipal and agricultural customers.
Paving the Way for Clean Tech Innovations
Posted byon April 19, 2012 at 10:15 AM EDTErin Geegan is being recognized as a Champion of Change for her work advancing new ideas that are leading the way to a clean energy future and an economy that’s built to last.
It is a great honor to receive recognition as a Champion of Change for Renewable Energy as part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” initiative. It is my hope to capture the imagination of America by conveying the vital progress of clean tech innovation in the industries of energy and transportation. Now solar power can be delivered as a transportation fuel for all modes of travel including personal vehicles, motorbikes, and truck fleets. Innovation is the hallmark of the clean tech industry. It is very exciting to be here telling you all about the possibilities for change that will make futuregenerations proud that America had the courage to make a necessary transition at a time when it was needed.
I hope you will join me to make that change to benefit many generations ahead, now. Join me in your workplace and community and by contacting your congressional representatives to champion a vision where electric cars, parking lots, buildings and renewable energy sources enable collaborative communities. A new vision supporting rewired ecosystems of people, devices, and electric cars, into a social network space interacting with sustainable sources of energy.
Seeking Energy-Efficient Solutions for Military Operations
Posted byon April 19, 2012 at 10:07 AM EDTAlan Samuels is being recognized as a Champion of Change for his work advancing new ideas that are leading the way to a clean energy future and an economy that’s built to last.
I am humbled to be recognized as a White House Champion of Change on behalf of a dedicated community within the Department of Defense, whose focus is to improve our efficiencies in expeditionary energy. The logistics associated with transporting military power to remote areas across the globe are extraordinary and can lend themselves to inefficiencies, and therefore present an excellent opportunity for the Army and joint research and development communities. During my recent deployment to Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, I had the opportunity to study our operational energy practices and technology and to learn where we can improve our power generation and usage techniques, training and material to make our forces effective across the full range of military operations -- from combat missions in Afghanistan, to humanitarian assistance/disaster relief missions anywhere in the world. History, and my own experience at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command’s (RDECOM) Chemical-Biological center, shows that once the military develops these methods and technologies they transfer to the public and even more uses are found for them.
Learn more about Defense, Economy, Innovations, Energy and Environment, Rural, Service, Working FamiliesPreserving Our Natural Resources for the Future
Posted byon April 13, 2012 at 1:16 PM EDTHarold "Gus" Frank is being recognized as a Champion of Change for his work demonstrating that corporate environmental leadership makes sense, both for business and for American communities.
The Forest County Potawatomi Community (”FCPC” or the “Tribe”) is guided by a fundamental belief in protecting Mother Earth and ensuring that future generations will have access to clean air, water and land. This philosophy has led FCPC to become an environmentally proactive tribe and take a pragmatic approach to ecological stewardship.
Over the past several years, FCPC has implemented a number of energy efficiency initiatives to significantly lower its energy usage and reduce its carbon emissions. Since 2007, the Tribe has reduced its energy usage per gross square foot by 12 percent and reduced their corresponding carbon emissions by more than 20 percent. These efficiencies have significantly lowered both the Tribe’s energy costs and its environmental footprint. It has eliminated more than 14,400 tons of emitted carbon dioxide per year, equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 2,560 passenger vehicles, or the CO2 emissions from the electricity use of 1,630 homes for one year.
Sustainable Farming for Global and National Food Security
Posted byon April 12, 2012 at 12:14 PM EDTChad and Jodi Ray are being recognized as Champions of Change for their work demonstrating that corporate environmental leadership makes sense, both for business and for American communities.
You want children and their parents to value the family farm lifestyle and farmers? We must educate, educate, and educate some more why sustainable farming is so important to our world food supply.
Ray Family Farms of Bunn, NC markets their products directly to the consumer. We produce Animal Welfare Approved beef, pork and eggs. We also grow vegetables and raise poultry. The only family farmer poultry processor in our state is not AWA approved -- that is the only reason our poultry is not. We raise delicious, healthy, and nutritious food from “conception to consumption.” Other than animal welfare, our farm is very committed to educating our customers and community, promoting environmental stewardship, and utilizing wildlife enhanced farmland.
The history of our family’s roots here in Franklin County, NC are as deep as a 200’ pine tree. The history of our farm however is not. It is less than 35 years old. Our parents' generation was really the first to ever accumulate land assets. We come from a long line of “dirt” farmers -- dirt farmers were all the people around here who lived off the land. All of their income and the food they ate came from the patch of land they were working. Most of the time that involved working other peoples' land -- sharecropping. My mother and her family moved 14 times in 16 years while she grew up as a sharecropper. Our parents will leave us our farm that was purchased in our lifetime. That is a very powerful responsibility knowing our ancestors worked hundreds of years to give us the opportunity to make something great out of a farm handed down to us.
Creating Sustainable Practices that Change the Way the World Does Business
Posted byon April 12, 2012 at 12:07 PM EDTFrank Hugelmeyer is being recognized as a Champion of Change for their work demonstrating that corporate environmental leadership makes sense, both for business and for American communities.
This award is a great honor for the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Sustainability Working Group as well as for the outdoor industry as a whole. The OIA Sustainability Working Group (SWG) is comprised of outdoor apparel, footwear and gear companies — large and small — that are working together to establish leading business practices in environmental and social responsibility.
Outdoor industry companies have been quietly plugging away on this work for years, recognizing that an internal focus on improving practices and performance within their supply chains would provide the most significant opportunity for scalable, measurable change. Today the work of the OIA SWG includes establishing responsible chemicals management practices, improving materials traceability methods, and addressing social responsibility and fair labor challenges.
One of the group’s most notable accomplishments is creation of the OIA Eco Index, an open-source shared product sustainability indexing tool that OIA member companies began developing in 2007. In 2011, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition — a broader group of companies representing approximately 30 percent of the global apparel and footwear supply chains — adopted and expanded this tool so brands, retailers and suppliers worldwide would have a standardized, credible framework and language to assess the sustainability of their products.
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