Sustainlane’s Government Resources Taking Shape

Hey Nick,
Thanks for the mention. We actually just got mentioned on World Changing as well re: the SL Govt site. Just wanted to clarify that it is not a database but rather a knowledgebase that is created and generated by those govt officials working in sustainability departments across the country. We've created a user generated social networking site for govt officials to exchange ideas, facts, and documents about their sustainability initiatives happening in their cities and states. Ultimatley, this will only make their jobs easier so that they will not have to re-invent the wheel, per-se, when tackling complex sustainability issues like converting waste water treatment plants to extract waste oil that could then be made into Biodiesel. We know that Treehugger mentioned Bloomberg's new sustainability department of Long Term Planning, and they have already joined our site to begin uploading their Best Practices. Many officials are excited, and many will join, we look forward towards making sustainabilty become more of a part of all city and state governments. Thanks for you support!
Cheers,

We see efforts such as our own (alonovo.com), Idealswork, sustainlane, the emerging Wiser Business and others having a profound impact on the economic, environmental and social landscape.
Presently, society is not adequately informed to readily assess Corporate Behavioral issues withinthe scope of their purchases. Our challenge (from an emerging industry segment) is to make the data readily available in methods that do not impose barriers for use. When the data about Corporate Behavior (or Corporate Social Responsibility as it is incorrectly termed)is an easy to read, trusted and seamless part of a purchase transaction we will have successfully connected corporate behavior to the profit motive.
This means that the visionary business leadership that have moved ahead of the demand curve (such as Jeffrey Hollander at Seventh Generation and Ray Anderson at Interface) will have their companies well positioned for the next release of the (theoretical) free market economy which, by scaling an informed marketforce demand will make corporate behavior a competitive factor for society.
This creates a business landscape that treats workers well, reduces environmental footprint, has reasonable compensation ratios, doesn't undermine the political landscape, uses clean and renewable energy sources and overall balances people, planet and profit.
There are many amazing people working to make this happen, many of whom I've had the honor of working with or meeting over the last few years and they are all unsung heroes.
George
founder, alonovo.com