Ketchup and Conversations: Sustainable Energy with Added Equitability
General themes for the 2024 Alaska Sustainable Energy conference included global connections, equitability, and tempered expectations.
Tag: Sustainability
International Fisheries Nonprofit Chooses Alaskan as Executive Director
An international nonprofit that supports sustainable fisheries picked an Alaskan as its next Executive Director. Ocean Outcomes selected Kelly Harrell, previously executive director of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council.
Alyeska Pipeline Releases Inaugural ESG Report
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company published its first environmental, social, and governance report, which tallies workforce diversity, emergency preparedness, and corporate citizenship activities.
Sustainable Swag
Just about any conference, convention, conclave, or convocation is littered with swag, but that doesn’t mean swag has to become litter. Attention to sustainability by event hosts and swag producers ensures that party favors won’t reflect poorly on the entities whose names are stamped on them.
Sustainable Energy: Dishing Out Food Security
The 2nd annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference included a greater emphasis on the food system as an aspect of sustainability, compared to the inaugural year.
Sustainable Energy: ‘A Model for the World’
As a former teacher, Governor Mike Dunleavy says the goal of his second Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference is for attendees to leave with ideas they didn’t know before.
Chugach Alaska Invests in CYBER Express Carwash Chain
A new carwash chain, CYBER Express, is coming to Anchorage, and Chugach Alaska Corporation is investing in the venture’s approach to sustainability.
Northline Seafoods Building New Mobile Processor
Sitka-based Northline Seafoods secured funding to build a mobile commercial salmon processing platform for the Bristol Bay fishery. The vessel is billed as the world’s most sustainable and efficient vertically integrated processor.
Alaska Science Forum: Home Insulation from Wood and Fungus
A few Alaska researchers are working to create insulation made from biological materials that removes carbon from the atmosphere.
Alternative Fuels Slowly Rolling into Alaska’s Trucking Fleets
Trucking fleets are willing to bring alternative fuels to Alaska, as soon as the technology is proven.