With the third quarter and the previous editions of TBL, we believe we’ve assembled the premier publication on sustainability in West Michigan. In addition, we launched this Web site, www.MiSustainable.com, an online community serving sustainability practitioners statewide with information, an interactive calendar of events, resources, this blogs and much more.
Both of these resources have gained an intensely loyal following and we thus plan to step up our efforts to cover this dynamic movement.
As you’ll read in the TBL cover story profiling the sustainable business program at Aquinas College, the institution relied on an advisory board of local business leaders in crafting the program to make sure its graduates had skills employers wanted. The individual members — constructive critics serving as a sounding board for ideas – helped shape the program into the success it is today.
Likewise, we’ve assembled our own advisory group to help ensure we’re delivering content that’s relevant, useful and continues our long tradition at MiBiz of walking the bleeding edge of the sustainability movement. The TBL/www.MiSustainable.com advisory board is a team of experts whose work in the trenches has helped craft what will likely become our region’s transformational identity.
It’s our honor to introduce them to you:
• Bill Stough, CEO of Sustainable Research Group, director of the Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and a founder of the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
• John Berry, director of Design West Michigan, senior consultant at Greystone Global, and former executive at Herman Miller
• Marylu Dykstra, principal at Sirius Resources, chair of the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
• Mark Bauer, owner and president of Bauer Power Inc., entrepreneur, and energy educator
• Mary Ellen Mika, supply chain manager in the department of energy and the environment and leader of the Green Suppliers Network at Steelcase Inc.
• Renae Hesselink, VP of sustainability at Nichols, vice chair of the U.S. Green Building Council West Michigan and LEED for Schools Advocate
• Arn Boezaart, interim director of Grand Valley State University Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center, co-founder of Muskegon Area Sustainability Coalition, and member of Great Lakes Wind Council
• Paul Murray, director of environmental affairs and safety at Herman Miller
• Linda Frey, executive director of the West Michigan Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council
• Bill Foley, innovation director at The Right Place Inc. and board member of West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum.
Now that’s some serious knowledge capital!
Thus far, we’ve talked openly and they’ve provided some forward-reaching suggestions aimed at helping us provide you the best content possible to help drive the discussion ahead.
Per one of their recommendations – that we find ways in TBL and www.MiSustainable.com to connect the sustainable business groups across Michigan – we’ve started a new feature for this issue called State of Sustainability. It appears on page 20 in the print edition and at this link.
Look for more enhancements next quarter. In the meantime, please send us your thoughts and ideas. We’ll look for them at: editor@mibiz.com.
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