sustainabilityhub
The nice people at Sustainable San Mateo have created a new Sustainability Hub to publicize and coordinate local sustainability/green issues. I think this is a really good development, in something the internet is kind of weak in to date – namely local coverage. The internet is very good for bringing together people globally on any topic large and small. Whether it’s spreading news quickly, or bringing together scattered people with specialized interests, the internet is great globally. What’s a bigger problem is neighborhood stuff. The decline of newspapers isn’t really a problem for national news — but it makes it damn hard to figure out what’s going on in your town or your county. So it’s exciting to see folks building out more of the local and regional internet.
More on topic, Sustainable San Mateo does a lot of very good work. They also produce a very thoughtful set of annual reports on indicators for sustainability for San Mateo County, which are now published on this hub. These reports are fine example of thinking globally and acting locally. These reports look at every aspect of life in the county from the environment to the economy to social factors to goverment to industry, and look at progress, problems and opportunities viewed in a holistic way, including both financial, cultural and environmental aspects. Now if we could get this level of thinking across the country, we’d be doing pretty good…..
