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Environment & Sustainability
Transforming personal commitment into public leadership that results in a healthy, just, and competitive society is essential to sustaining robust economic development in a global setting. Reconciling economic development and wise environmental management remains a challenge to many government and corporate leaders.
Environmental protection and natural resource conservation are increasingly drawing the attention of governments, citizens and corporations. As a result, many are now recognizing a collective responsibility to maintain sustainable economic vitality while encouraging environmental accountability.
PODER events focused on the environment and sustainability presenting a setting propitious to the exchange of ideas, to discussing untapped economic opportunities and to showcasing profitable businesses that have benefited from a sustainable economic model. |
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Above: Commonly known as Her Deepness, former chief scientist of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and currently explorer-in-residence for the National Geographic Society, Dr. Sylvia Earle has gone on at least 50 diving expeditions and spent more than 6,000 hours under the sea. She is a writer for National Geographic, documentary filmmaker, author, creator of Deep Ocean Engineering and Deep Ocean Technologies, companies that design undersea vehicles.
Left:The head of the environmental think tank the World Resources Institute for the past 10 years, Jonathan Lash has had a direct hand in advancements in solutions to environmental problems. During his tenure he helped the organization develop techniques for the application of digital technology to environmental problems. |
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