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Beyond the Green Team: Aligning Internal and External Communication to Advance Corporate Sustainability
Beyond the Green Team: Aligning Internal and External Communication to Advance Corporate Sustainability

Does your workplace reflect your values? Beyond the Green Team shows how honest communication about sustainability enhances employee engagement, corpo

2022

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Julia L. F. Goldstein
Julia L. F. Goldstein

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Aug 11

Greenwashing and Other Common Mistakes

I recently ran a workshop on how organizations communicate about sustainability. My working title for that workshop was “Greenwashing and other common mistakes.” That looked more like the title of a blog post than a workshop. Here’s the blog post. I realized that my audience might or might not be…

Greenwashing

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Greenwashing and Other Common Mistakes
Greenwashing and Other Common Mistakes
Greenwashing

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Jul 11

The Truth Behind Award-Winning Author Status

My bio often includes the phrase “award-winning author.” For a hint about what that means, I want to take you back a few years to when I first earned that title. San Francisco, February 2019 My heart suddenly started pounding in my chest. I was sitting in a banquet room at the Hyatt Embarcadero…

Books

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The Truth Behind Award-Winning Author Status
The Truth Behind Award-Winning Author Status
Books

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What is the circular economy?

Some people think the circular economy is about making a product or packaging recyclable. (I’ve also heard some completely absurd answers, but I won’t share them here.) Recyclability is related to the circular economy. It’s also far from the whole story. …

Circulareconomy

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What is the circular economy?
What is the circular economy?
Circulareconomy

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May 23

Three Problems with Compostable Packaging

Compostable packaging sounds like a great idea. Instead of packaging food in plastic that lasts for hundreds of years, stores and restaurants are offering compostable packaging that will decompose in weeks. That’s a lovely promise. Unfortunately, the reality is often quite different. Three problems make compostable packaging less than ideal. 1. Lack of composting infrastructure …

Composting

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Three Problems with Compostable Packaging
Three Problems with Compostable Packaging
Composting

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Apr 23

Happy Earth Day!

April 22 is Earth Day. It’s an opportunity to revisit our relationship with the natural world. In 2022, I took that opportunity to a new level. I went on a multi-day nature retreat. What follows comes from a blog post I wrote shortly before that retreat. The inspiration for this…

Earth Day

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Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
Earth Day

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Mar 31

REPURPOSING BATTERIES — RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RECYCLING, PART 2

I wrote another article about solar panels. This month’s topic is batteries, in particular those used to power electric vehicles (EVs). “I believe there will be a battery economy.” — Dan Schwartz Dan Schwarz and I first met when I toured the Clean Energy Testbeds at the University of Washington…

Electric Vehicles

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REPURPOSING BATTERIES — RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RECYCLING, PART 2
REPURPOSING BATTERIES — RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RECYCLING, PART 2
Electric Vehicles

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Mar 6

What Can We Do With Old Solar Panels? — Renewable Energy and Recycling, Part 1

I have a Google alert for the phrase “Material Value,” the title of my 2019 book. It turned up an article called “Can We Recycle Spent Renewable Energy Infrastructure?” Spent infrastructure is stuff in the built environment that is no longer useful in its original form. That might come from…

Solar Power

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What Can We Do With Old Solar Panels? — Renewable Energy and Recycling, Part 1
What Can We Do With Old Solar Panels? — Renewable Energy and Recycling, Part 1
Solar Power

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Feb 20

SHOES, PAJAMAS, AND SAYING GOODBYE

As I strode across the parking lot and into the performing arts center in the pouring rain, my footing didn’t feel quite right. A few steps into the building, my left shoe stuck to the floor. I lifted my foot and bent my knee to see what I had stepped…

Reuse

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SHOES, PAJAMAS, AND SAYING GOODBYE
SHOES, PAJAMAS, AND SAYING GOODBYE
Reuse

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Feb 3

One Percent, 100 Percent, or Somewhere In Between?

The news from Patagonia flooded my inbox and social media feeds last fall. In case you haven’t heard, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard announced his intention to give away the company to support climate action. The home page of the Patagonia website states, “Earth is now our only shareholder.” A New…

Profit

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One Percent, 100 Percent, or Somewhere In Between?
One Percent, 100 Percent, or Somewhere In Between?
Profit

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Jan 20

PAPER BADGES AND MISSING COMPOST BINS

I visited San Francisco and Moscone Center for the first time in over a decade to speak at the FLEX Conference, co-located with SEMICON West. On the surface, Moscone looked much the same as I remember it. …

Recycling

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PAPER BADGES AND MISSING COMPOST BINS
PAPER BADGES AND MISSING COMPOST BINS
Recycling

3 min read

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Julia Goldstein

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I’m a consultant and the award-winning author of three books. My beat is materials and sustainability. https://www.juliagoldsteinauthor.com

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