Emotional and Ecological Intelligence = Sustainable Travel

O.K., here is how the inspiration came along for this post. First I was reading the NY Times online on May 20^th and came upon this article about, http://www.goodguide.com/, which was started by, Dara O'Rourke, former professor at MIT, currently a professor in the Dept. of Environmental Science at UC Berkeley. Dara studies the environmental, social, and health impacts of global supply chains. His website, goodguide.com, lists all sorts of information regarding foods, household items and personal care products. It's a great resource if you are menu planning for meetings and events. On Dara's blog at goodguide he writes, "the movement towards "radical transparency" that Daniel Goleman describes in his new book, "Ecological Intelligence", is really happening."

The radical transparency that Goleman refers to is leading the push for greater responsibility taken for our travel decisions. This is what I touched upon in my previous blog. From here I moved onto the webpage for Goleman's book, "Ecological Intelligence - revealing the hidden environmental consequences of what we make and buy, and how with that knowledge we can drive the essential changes we all must make to save our planet and ourselves. "

And this brief web sojourn brings me to a favorite quote from Al Gore; "We didn't ask for it, but here it is."

It's with all the information that is available to us in a nano-twitter that we are able to make more intelligent decisions when it comes to planning meetings and events, partnering with responsible suppliers and regaining our emotional balance. With these new choices we will build our sustainable business models and lead the way to protect our environment and natural resources.

Be Well, Behave and Be Green

Kim is on the Board of Directors for the Financial and Insurance Conference Planners association (FICP) where he is Vice President of Education. He is currently an Event Marketing Specialist with Guardian Investor Services LLC, NY, NY. Kim received the award of Greenest Meeting Planner of 2009 at the Green Travel Summit in March 2009