voice of bainbridge

Electric car: ZAP

It's in the PI. The company that manufactures them is called ZAP, Zero Air Pollution.

Winning the oil end game, by Amory Lovins

We are happy to be back with this recording of the conference given by Amory Lovins this Friday at Islandwood.
Amory who comes to the island to teach at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute created by Gifford Pinchot explained to a full house the argument of his most recent book, Winning the oil end game.
He showed how super-efficient cars could be built very rapidly, how alternate bio-fuels could be economically developed and energy wastes eliminated to the extent this country's oil dependency would disappear.
A very compelling argument.   Listen  (57 min)
Thanks to radioa4all.net for hosting the recording.
The book can be downloaded for free.
We recommend a visit to the site of the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Blog business summit in Seattle

Blog business summit in Seattle on January 24-25.
Read the article in the PI.

Sara Cramer-Sherbina and Emil McCulloch about the Bainbridge Ballet

October 4: Sara Cramer-Sherbina and Emil McCulloch talk about the Bainbridge Ballet, where 230 Islanders of all ages enjoy and practice dancing (12 min).
Soon a open house session where you can try a free lesson.
Check their website: Bainbridge Ballet

Stampp Corbin about what to do with our "old" computers

September 28: What to do with our "old" computers?
Stampp Corbin CEO of Retrobox, a company he founded talks about the risks involved with the mismanagement of electronic products and how to reuse/recycle them.(8 min).
More info: www.retrobox.com

Gifford Pinchot about sustainable forestry

September 28: What is sustainable forestry? Gifford Pinchot introduced this session.
A few leafes for thought (6 min).

Hunter Lovins about profitable sustainability

September 27: Hunter Lovins President, Natural Capitalism, delivers the luncheon plenary presentation at the Profitable Sustainability Conference in Seattle(36 min): Natural capitalism, the key to competitiveness and prosperity.
Luncheon means forks, knifes and plates noises since she did not wear a lapel mike (our fault).
But this is (as usual with Hunter) a powerful speech.
The presentation was followed by a 2 minutes wrap up
and a questions and answers sessions(9 min).

More info: www.natcapinc.com
Hunter recommended Janine Benyus's book Biomimicry: innovation ispired by nature
The whole program of the conference

Michelle Costenaro about the TREE program

September 27: Michelle Costenaro talks about the Technical Resources for Engineering Efficiency (TREE), a free program of the Department of Ecology to help companies generate less waste and save money.(5 min).
More info: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/hwtr/tree

interview with John Eisenhauer

August 3: Interview with John Eisenhauer (29 min).
John is President and CEO of Mercury Online Solutions. Started in a garage in 1996 it is now a multinational operation with 34 staff and growing. They specialize in digital signage and interactive kiosk technologies.
More information:
www.mercuryonline.com

Kim Sorenson

July 29: Interview with Kim Sorenson, project manager for Bainbridge Island Commons LLC, the corporation developing the Island Commons project on High School Road (12 min).
Kim explains how the project was initiated by Ken Wakazuru who lives on Bainbridge. She gives the point of view of the developer about the building height, the traffic issues, the signs on the site, etc.

Rick Bunch

July 27: Interview with Rick Bunch, Executive Director of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (13 min).
Rick talks about their original curriculum for the MBA in sustainable business and the triple bottom line concept.
More information: www.bgiedu.org

Keith Brofsky

July 12: Interview with commercial photographer Keith Brofsky (12mn).
Keith has been a professional photographer for 20+ years. We talk about the evolution of his art/craft, from the dark room to digital everything.
Visit his website to look at his selection of pictures and admire his touch: www.brofsky.com