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About SCN Industry Columns SCN columns are written by our staff and selected experts in fields related to sustainability. The opinions expressed are strictly those of the authors, and readers are free to converse directly with the author (and other readers) in the comments section below each column.
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- Blair Barnhardt
- International Pavement Management Assoc.
www.ipma.co
E-mail Blair
- Blair J. Barnhardt, APM, founder & executive director of IPMA, (International Pavement Management Association) is an award-winning National Highway Institute Certified Instructor for FHWA, IPMA™ Academy Lead Instructor, LTAP Trainer, APWA Instructor and MTC StreetSaver® Tech Transfer Trainer. He also designed and delivered two comprehensive online pavement management certificate programs for Auburn University and the University of Kansas as well as an online webinar series for UC Berkeley’s ITS Tech Transfer Department.
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- Climate Communities
- www.climatecommunities.us
Contact Climate Communities
- Climate Communities is a national coalition of cities and counties that is educating federal policymakers about the essential role of local governments in addressing climate change and promoting a strong local-federal partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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- Waste Management, Inc.
- Think Green
www.wm.com
Contact Waste Management
- Waste Management provides comprehensive collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. Waste Management is also a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill-gas-to-energy facilities. There’s no better time than now to start making your municipality more sustainable. Call Paul Pistono, Vice President of Public Sector Solutions, at 1-888-558-6390, and let’s talk about sustainable solutions for your city. In the meantime, learn more at wm.com/partner.
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- David Gershon
- Author, Founder & CEO
Empowerment Institute
For more information visit www.empowermentinstitute.net
and www.socialchange2.com.
- David Gershon is one of the world’s foremost authorities on behavior change, community engagement and large system transformation. He is the author of 11 books including best-selling Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds and award-winning Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World, from which this column is excerpted. In subsequent weeks David will offer additional excerpts that apply the Social Change 2.0 strategies to issues of community sustainability, livability and resiliency.
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- Brad Schweikert
- Marketing Communications Specialist
Cartegraph
- Brad Schweikert is Marketing Communications Specialist for Cartegraph, a leading provider of municipal technology. Cartegraph’s emphasis on efficiency, accountability, and transparency gives Brad a unique understanding of governments and the citizens they serve. He can be reached via e-mail at: bradschweikert@cartegraph.com.
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- Daniel Call, Ph.D.
- SCN Environmental Science Writer
Environmental Research and Information Analysts, LLC
- Dr. Call is co-founder and principal of Environmental Research and Information Analysts, LLC, which assists clients in finding solutions to environmental issues based on research and data analysis. For 31 years, he taught environmental science and aquatic biology at several Midwestern colleges, retiring in 2010 as Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Dubuque. He has published numerous journal articles on aquatic toxicology. He received his B.A. degree in biology and chemistry from St. Olaf College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in biology from the University of South Dakota. He lives in Dubuque with his wife, Jacquie.
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- Randy Rodgers
- Sustainable City Network
Executive Editor
- Randy Rodgers directs editorial content and audience development initiatives for all Sustainable City Network products. With more than 25 years in the media business, Randy most recently served as director of electronic media at the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. He previously held several management positions in editorial, advertising and information technologies at the newspaper and its corporate parent, Woodward Communications, Inc., over the course of 21 years with the company. He earned his bachelor’s degree in photojournalism at Northern Illinois University.
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