Auden Schendler

Auden Schendler is an American climate activist, businessman and author of Getting Green Done.[1] He is the Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company.[2]

Schendler has written extensively about the difficulties of enacting sustainability initiatives in the business world and the ineffectiveness of conventional green business practices in the face of climate change.[3] He has been featured in Men's Journal, [4] Businessweek,[5] Outside,[6] Fast Company [7] Harvard Business Review,[8] Slate,[9] and Scientific American's Earth 3.0.[10]

He has published numerous essays on climate change, politics, parenting, and the outdoors [11] and speaks regularly about climate change and what constitutes meaningful action.[12] At Aspen Skiing Company Schendler is part of a team that has developed several innovative utility-scale clean energy systems, including a microhydroelectric plant, a solar photovoltaic farm, and a coal mine methane-to-electricity project, the first of its kind west of the Mississippi.

References

  1. ↑ "Getting Green Done". Getting Green Done. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  2. ↑ "/ Company Information / Environmental Commitment / More About Us / Staff Bios". Aspensnowmass.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  3. ↑ http://grist.org/climate-energy/corporate-sustainability-is-not-sustainable/
  4. ↑ http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/aspen-and-the-end-of-snow-20140117
  5. ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-10-28/little-green-lies
  6. ↑ http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/Snow-Job-.html
  7. ↑ http://www.fastcompany.com/58478/degree-difficulty
  8. ↑ "Climate Change: Too Many Visionaries, Too Few Grunts - Auden Schendler - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review". Blogs.hbr.org. 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  9. ↑ Thompson, Clive (2010-04-19). "Is the planet really warming up? Just ask the corporations that stand to make—or lose—billions because of "climate exposure." - By Clive Thompson - Slate Magazine". Slate.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  10. ↑ Schendler, Auden (2009-03-18). "How Business Can Influence Climate Policy". Scientific American. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  11. ↑ http://www.gettinggreendone.com/Book_Preface.html
  12. ↑ http://www.gettinggreendone.com/learning.html
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