{"id":521033,"date":"2010-04-08T14:04:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/innovation\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2010-04-08T14:04:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T18:04:26","slug":"edfix-call-10-greening-fleets-whats-the-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521033","title":{"rendered":"EDFix Call 10: Greening Fleets: What’s the Vision?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We've just finished a call sequence (which we're calling a "module") on The Commons<\/em>, with special attention on the notion of a Sustainability Commons<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Now we're turning our attention to a specific, high-impact domain for greening business: truck fleets and logistics in general. Emissions from corporate owned and operated vehicles account for about 6% of total U.S. carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

Our co-host for this module is EDF's Jason Mathers<\/a>, who over several calls will guide us through what's been done already to green corporate fleets, hybrid truck designs, ambitious future visions for logistics and trucks, mode switching (truck vs. rail vs. ship), black carbon's effects and remedies, and a few other topics. (Watch Jason<\/a> tool around in some of the new, cleaner trucks coming on the market.)<\/p>\n

We'll start this coming Monday, April 12 at 9am PT by mapping the landscape of green initiatives and the state of emission reduction efforts in corporate fleets and goods movement to set up future discussions on how to improve these efforts. Please join us, and forward this invitation to others who might be interested.<\/p>\n

One further thought about our approach here: we're going to be diving deep into transportation and logistics, but we expect to hit insights that apply to many different domains. We'll be bringing domain experts in as our guests, but we'd also like to appeal to other sustainability practitioners in very different fields. Sometimes it takes wandering far afield from your own turf to feel the spark of a great solution. We want to bring oxygen to those sparks.<\/p>\n

Please join us for this conversation April 12, 2010 at 9am PT (noon ET). Here's the dial-in info:<\/p>\n