The Business School is a member of an initiative begun by Michael Naughton (St. Thomas University, Minnesota) exploring what it means to teach business at a Catholic University. In August 2010, our Business School hosted the conference for the third phase of this initiative--the curricular phase. About 35 academics, primarily from business disciplines, attended and several presented papers about how to incorporate the tenets of Catholic Social Teachings into discipline specific courses. This meeting focused on Finance, Marketing and Economics. Laura Steffen, Coordinator for the Sustainable Entrepreneurship program, participated in the January 21, 2011 webinar on Women’s Empowerment Principles. Professor Howard Feldman participated in the May 26, 2010 webinar on “Climate Change and Business School Curricula in the Era of Sustainable Leadership” hosted by Copenhagen Business School. Some action highlights, in no particular order Bought a smallish, easily heated house in the city, with sidewalks, a grocery store nearby, and my favorite: a hardware store within two blocks! Signed up for Sold our second car, and when I absolutely have to have another car, I use - incredibly easy to use. - gets 40-45 (actual) miles per gallon (and fixed up my Mt bike) Car pooling, busing, and biking to work (wife gets car) Offsetting my air travel. and companies devoted to sustainability Using a mug for coffee and drinks, bring mug everywhere No paper, no plastic - use a cloth bag when shopping Recycling all plastic, bottles, etc Cloth diapers (they are more high tech than the image), European no pthalate/ BPA toys, no flame retardant mattress and clothes for ! Baby food? Yeah, like mom's milk, avocados, apples, peas (have never bought a manufactured baby food can/ jar - there is no need!) No paper bills, no paper statements, no paper banking - I do it all online. Eliminated 90% of my home junk mail using Dropped weekly garbage pickup - now down to once a month garbage pickup and the cheaper rates that go with it (now down to half a can a month) , cosmetics, detergents, etc, Buying organic and local food at Portland's awesome farmer's markets and elsewhere. home delivery from a - easier to do than you think. No bovine growth hormone in milk, etc.
The Business School is a member of an initiative begun by Michael Naughton (St. Thomas University, Minnesota) exploring what it means to teach business at a Catholic University. In August 2010, our Business School hosted the conference for the third phase of this initiative--the curricular phase. About 35 academics, primarily from business disciplines, attended and several presented papers about how to incorporate the tenets of Catholic Social Teachings into discipline specific courses. This meeting focused on Finance, Marketing and Economics. Laura Steffen, Coordinator for the Sustainable Entrepreneurship program, participated in the January 21, 2011 webinar on Women’s Empowerment Principles. Professor Howard Feldman participated in the May 26, 2010 webinar on “Climate Change and Business School Curricula in the Era of Sustainable Leadership” hosted by Copenhagen Business School. Some action highlights, in no particular order Bought a smallish, easily heated house in the city, with sidewalks, a grocery store nearby, and my favorite: a hardware store within two blocks! Signed up for Sold our second car, and when I absolutely have to have another car, I use - incredibly easy to use. - gets 40-45 (actual) miles per gallon (and fixed up my Mt bike) Car pooling, busing, and biking to work (wife gets car) Offsetting my air travel. and companies devoted to sustainability Using a mug for coffee and drinks, bring mug everywhere No paper, no plastic - use a cloth bag when shopping Recycling all plastic, bottles, etc Cloth diapers (they are more high tech than the image), European no pthalate/ BPA toys, no flame retardant mattress and clothes for ! Baby food? Yeah, like mom's milk, avocados, apples, peas (have never bought a manufactured baby food can/ jar - there is no need!) No paper bills, no paper statements, no paper banking - I do it all online. Eliminated 90% of my home junk mail using Dropped weekly garbage pickup - now down to once a month garbage pickup and the cheaper rates that go with it (now down to half a can a month) , cosmetics, detergents, etc, Buying organic and local food at Portland's awesome farmer's markets and elsewhere. home delivery from a - easier to do than you think. No bovine growth hormone in milk, etc.