Comments on: Mission http://www.earthpm.com At the intersection of GREEN and PROJECT MANAGEMENT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred Barrett, PMP http://www.earthpm.com/mission/comment-page-1/#comment-45377 Fred Barrett, PMP Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:18:08 +0000 http://www.earthpm.com/?page_id=10#comment-45377 Dave and Rich, Thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate your input. Dave and Rich, Thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate your input.

]]> By: earthpm http://www.earthpm.com/mission/comment-page-1/#comment-45077 earthpm Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:23:19 +0000 http://www.earthpm.com/?page_id=10#comment-45077 Thanks, Fred. We've come to like the exceedingly simple definition given by Auden Schendler of "Getting Green Done" (a book from a couple of years back). In it, he defines sustainability as "being in business forever", or as we say, acting like one will be in business forever. That means - acting so that everything you do matters in terms of LONG TERM economic, social, and ecological effects. It's definitely not all about trees. It's about your workforce, your continued ability to generate revenue, and yes - the Earth. That's one of the reason we're even more proud and pleased that we picked the name EarthPM - not GreenPM. It's about the planet, the people on the planet, and the economic systems on the planet. Hope that helps... Dave and Rich Thanks, Fred.

We’ve come to like the exceedingly simple definition given by Auden Schendler of “Getting Green Done” (a book from a couple of years back). In it, he defines sustainability as “being in business forever”, or as we say, acting like one will be in business forever.

That means – acting so that everything you do matters in terms of LONG TERM economic, social, and ecological effects. It’s definitely not all about trees. It’s about your workforce, your continued ability to generate revenue, and yes – the Earth.

That’s one of the reason we’re even more proud and pleased that we picked the name EarthPM – not GreenPM. It’s about the planet, the people on the planet, and the economic systems on the planet.

Hope that helps…

Dave and Rich

]]> By: projworks http://www.earthpm.com/mission/comment-page-1/#comment-44595 projworks Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:37:24 +0000 http://www.earthpm.com/?page_id=10#comment-44595 Dave and Rich, thank you for your efforts to bring more visibility to Green Project Management. There is a lot of interest and discussion around the concept of "sustainability", but in my experience, it means different things to different people. I have been looking for a "standard" definition of the term, especially as it relates to projects and project management. Any information you can share with me, or point me in the right direction, would be very helpful and much appreciated. Keep up the good work! Fred Barrett, PMP Dave and Rich, thank you for your efforts to bring more visibility to Green Project Management. There is a lot of interest and discussion around the concept of “sustainability”, but in my experience, it means different things to different people. I have been looking for a “standard” definition of the term, especially as it relates to projects and project management. Any information you can share with me, or point me in the right direction, would be very helpful and much appreciated. Keep up the good work!

Fred Barrett, PMP

]]> By: Rosana Francescato http://www.earthpm.com/mission/comment-page-1/#comment-16790 Rosana Francescato Tue, 10 May 2011 03:54:40 +0000 http://www.earthpm.com/?page_id=10#comment-16790 Hi, I agree heartily with your assertions, and with what you say in general about green project management. I wrote a blog post about this and your recent webinar (http://projectgreen-a2z.com/2011/05/08/what-is-green-project-management/), which I found very helpful, as I've been wrestling with the question, What is green project management? What I'm wondering is how I can apply green project management in my current job. I'm a project manager at Adobe, working on help systems for our software. So I'm not helping create any concrete product (most of our help is no longer even available as a manual). I don't have much influence in the company either, though I've joined the Green Team. And Adobe is already doing a lot in the area of sustainability. Do you have any thoughts on what someone in my position can do to make my projects more sustainable? Thanks! Rosana Hi,

I agree heartily with your assertions, and with what you say in general about green project management. I wrote a blog post about this and your recent webinar (http://projectgreen-a2z.com/2011/05/08/what-is-green-project-management/), which I found very helpful, as I’ve been wrestling with the question, What is green project management?

What I’m wondering is how I can apply green project management in my current job. I’m a project manager at Adobe, working on help systems for our software. So I’m not helping create any concrete product (most of our help is no longer even available as a manual). I don’t have much influence in the company either, though I’ve joined the Green Team. And Adobe is already doing a lot in the area of sustainability. Do you have any thoughts on what someone in my position can do to make my projects more sustainable?

Thanks!
Rosana

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