Auden Schendler: Getting Green Done - Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution

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🗓️ 7 April 2009

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution Auden Schendler, Executive Director of Sustainability, Aspen Skiing Company; Author, Getting Green Done What does the mechanic say when you ask him to put french fry oil in his $250,000 tractor? How do you actually make sustainability happen? Schendler will give us a peek under the hood of the green movement – what it means, in the trenches, to implement actual solutions to climate change. This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on April 7, 2009. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to this podcast of Climate One at the Commonwealth Club.
0:05.4	I'm Greg Dalton, founder of Climate One.
0:08.2	Climate One brings together thought leaders from around the world to advance solutions to global warming.
0:14.0	The Commonwealth Club is a non-profit, nonpartisan forum open to the public.
0:18.8	Join us online at commonwealth club.org.
0:25.4	Many businesses claim they're going green, but what does that really mean?
0:29.1	How do they really do it?
0:30.5	Our guest today is Auden Schindler, the director of sustainability at the Aspen Ski
0:35.0	Company and the author of Getting Green Done.
0:38.4	Schindler was named a global warming innovator by Time magazine in 2006
0:42.9	and later testified to Congress on the impact of climate change on public lands.
0:48.2	Today he will speak about the difficulty of implementing climate solutions in the real world.
0:53.1	Are energy-efficient light bulbs just for cheap motels?
0:56.7	He found out they have a special place in one luxury hotel. His focus is on taking direct action to
1:02.5	reverse the effects of climate change. He shares some humorous and insightful anecdotes about making a
1:07.8	posh Colorado ski resort greener, as well as advice on how every one of us
1:12.6	can actively participate in the Green Revolution. Are companies such as Ford and Walmart
1:17.7	greenwashing or making real change? Now let's join Auden Schendler at Climate One at the Commonwealth
1:24.0	Club. Thanks for coming. And in return for you your taking your Tuesday night with me, I have provided you with a sexy
1:32.7	ski shot, what you expect when you come to see the guy from Aspen.
1:38.2	And if I didn't put this up, I know you'd be disappointed.
1:42.9	And Tuesday night, you worked all day. Your life is tough, you didn't get a cocktail,
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