I was asked by several people to attend the recent Sustainability Conf in Cleveland, but alas I was not able to do that.
As I've been wading through the various cynical blog posts [1]and coverage of the event [2]- I was struck by a few things:
- the main web site for the Conference has no links in it [3]- except to the City office on Sustainability
- none of the coverage from the PD [4]has any links in it [2]
- I can't find any notes, [5] real-time blogging [6]or serious (what I would call serious) [7]coverage of the event
- though EVERYONE seems to LOVE Van Jones [8]!
So I did a little research, tracked down the folks at GreenCityBlueLake and talked to someone named David Beach [9].
He told me that the folks at CWRU (David Cooperrider) were coalating all the notes and that they'd be 'doing something' with these notes in a couple of weeks. Since I'll be teaching at Case, starting next week [10]I think I'll go on over there and offer some help.
In particular Case has all sorts of on-line tech, courseware, wikis, etc. that can easily be tasked ot help facilitate nay followup discussions, community building or communicating that needs to happen.
This is one of my first encounters into the NEO scene = and it will be educational!
One thing is for sure - I now understand where 'Apreciate Inquiry' leaves off and 'Strategic Doing' picks up. [11] Thanks Ed!
Links:
[1] http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2009/moses-comes-down-from-the-mountain
[2] http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/sustainability/
[3] http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/CityofCleveland/Home/Community/ThingsToDo/AISummit
[4] http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/08/sustainability_summit_voices_i.html
[5] http://www.wksu.org/news/story/23877
[6] http://www.clevelandrealestatenews.com/my-first-day-at-clevelands-2019-sustainability-summit/2009/08/12
[7] http://greatlakesecho.org/2009/08/10/sustainability-summit-should-help-cleveland-work-greener/
[8] http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/clnd_images/PDF/Mayor/Van-Jones.pdf
[9] http://www.gcbl.org/about/contact
[10] http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2009/08/18/technology-enhanced-classrooms/
[11] http://edmorrison.com/translating-ideas-into-action-the-cleveland-s