Comments on: EPA Kicks Off Bloggers’ Roundable with Safe “Back to School” Feature http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/epa-kicks-of-bloggers-roundable-with-safe-back-to-school-offering/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EPA blogger fiesta… also on Twitter « Christopher A. Haasehttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/epa-kicks-of-bloggers-roundable-with-safe-back-to-school-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-16054 EPA blogger fiesta… also on Twitter « Christopher A. Haase Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:00:26 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=11477#comment-16054 [...] full from Jen Boynton of triplepundit Posted by EHS Director EHS News Subscribe to RSS [...] [...] full from Jen Boynton of triplepundit Posted by EHS Director EHS News Subscribe to RSS [...]

]]> By: Green Tips for Back to School Shopping « EarthSensehttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/epa-kicks-of-bloggers-roundable-with-safe-back-to-school-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-16035 Green Tips for Back to School Shopping « EarthSense Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:39:20 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=11477#comment-16035 [...] we really need to buy so much new stuff at the beginning of every school year?  The USEPA hosted a roundtable event on August 25th with bloggers to discuss strategies for greening back to school preparations.  To [...] [...] we really need to buy so much new stuff at the beginning of every school year?  The USEPA hosted a roundtable event on August 25th with bloggers to discuss strategies for greening back to school preparations.  To [...]

]]> By: Rosita Nuneshttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/epa-kicks-of-bloggers-roundable-with-safe-back-to-school-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-16007 Rosita Nunes Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:36:46 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=11477#comment-16007 I'm really glad to see the EPA start the dialogue with the community about what matters to them in sustainability. For me it's a matter of degrees of urgency as climate change creates hardships: clean air, clean water, clean energy, educating and training for a greener future, water and energy conservation, land use planning for sustainable communities...white roofs anyone? I'm looking into it myself. I’m really glad to see the EPA start the dialogue with the community about what matters to them in sustainability. For me it’s a matter of degrees of urgency as climate change creates hardships: clean air, clean water, clean energy, educating and training for a greener future, water and energy conservation, land use planning for sustainable communities…white roofs anyone? I’m looking into it myself.

]]> By: Nick Asterhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/epa-kicks-of-bloggers-roundable-with-safe-back-to-school-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-15930 Nick Aster Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:50:15 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=11477#comment-15930 I'm really glad to see that the EPA is having this kind of round-table, even if the topic isn't exactly earth shattering this time. Blogs and other forms of new media are exactly how many, many people are going to share and spread this kind of information - and bloggers often have great ideas to share, including how organizations like the EPA could communicate better.As for back to school...The worst thing I recall about those days was the implied social pressure to show up with lots of new stuff. I was lucky enough to go to a school where the pressure really wasn't that intense, but I do remember a lot of advertising on TV that was aimed at making kids feel like they really needed brand new clothes, gadgetry, backpacks, and everything else. It's probably worse today.Unless a kid is really strong, I think the best thing to do is teach kids how to teach other kids that recycled and reused stuff is "cooler" than the brand new stuff. I sense a great market here for some enterprising entrepreneur... I’m really glad to see that the EPA is having this kind of round-table, even if the topic isn’t exactly earth shattering this time. Blogs and other forms of new media are exactly how many, many people are going to share and spread this kind of information – and bloggers often have great ideas to share, including how organizations like the EPA could communicate better.

As for back to school…

The worst thing I recall about those days was the implied social pressure to show up with lots of new stuff. I was lucky enough to go to a school where the pressure really wasn’t that intense, but I do remember a lot of advertising on TV that was aimed at making kids feel like they really needed brand new clothes, gadgetry, backpacks, and everything else. It’s probably worse today.

Unless a kid is really strong, I think the best thing to do is teach kids how to teach other kids that recycled and reused stuff is “cooler” than the brand new stuff. I sense a great market here for some enterprising entrepreneur…

]]> By: Jeffrey Levyhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/08/epa-kicks-of-bloggers-roundable-with-safe-back-to-school-offering/comment-page-1/#comment-15926 Jeffrey Levy Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:31:43 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/?p=11477#comment-15926 Hi Jen.Thanks for coming yesterday. :)As you noted, we have to take it carefully. But we really do take seriously all suggestions for improvement.And Suzanne's already working on the next several.BTW, I use Twitter to discuss uses of social media in gov't, so feel free to say hi there: http://twitter.com/levyj413Thanks again!Jeffrey Levy EPA Director of Web Communications Hi Jen.

Thanks for coming yesterday. :)

As you noted, we have to take it carefully. But we really do take seriously all suggestions for improvement.

And Suzanne’s already working on the next several.

BTW, I use Twitter to discuss uses of social media in gov’t, so feel free to say hi there: http://twitter.com/levyj413

Thanks again!

Jeffrey Levy
EPA Director of Web Communications

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