Frakenstorm Poses Risks for Coastal Cities

As I listen to the forecast of disasterous conditions for cities in the eastern coastal areas, I am reminded of a 2008 post I wrote for emPower Magazine on why African Americans should care about climate change. What was not considered at the time was the impact of rising tides and extreme weather on nuclear facilities in those areas. The short term solution is to check in with your local officials and/or FEMA to determine the best steps to take to protect you and your family/neighbors. Once this storm has passed, I urge you to make your local, state and federal officials accountible for solutions which address, prevent and/or mitigate risks associated with climate change. To get started, read this article from Sustainable Business on politicians that vote green or not and let them know that African Americans do care about climate change and it's negative impact on our communities. Kudos to publications like emPower Magazine for trying to keep these types of issues on the forefront of conversation in the black community!

How Women Use Social Media to Practice Conscious Living

Tune in to "Sisterhood: The Blog Radio" on Monday, September 13th, 9pm EST to listen to a panel of amazing women discuss how they use social media to practice conscious living. Topics discussed will include, healthy living yoga, reiki, massage, holistic practices, physical fitness, spirituality, life coaching, vegetarianism, veganism and green living. Click here for additional details.

Wanted: Your Questions About Women and Enviromental Health

As you know, I will be blogging live from the Women's Health and Environment Conference in Pittsburgh, PA tomorrow. There will be two additional African Americans (other than distinguished Obama Administration officials, Lisa P. Jackson and Dr. Regina M. Benjamin) serving as panelists. Including:

• Will Allen of Growing Power Inc, A farm and community food center
• Beverly Wright, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, founder

Click here for the program schedule. I won't arrive until around 10am, so look for my posts at that time.

 If you were attending, what would you want to learn from the event? What questions would you really want answered? I would love to know, so that I can be your eyes and ears at the event. Tweet me up at @bn2g00.

Peace.

Guest Blogger At The Women's Health and Environment Conference

On April 21st in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hundreds of individuals will attend the annual Women's Health and Environment Conference. Lisa P. Jackson, head of the EPA and Surgeon General, Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, will be keynote speakers. There will be panel discussions throughout the day, centered on topics of environmental health. As a guest blogger, I will be posting and updating on the discussions throughout the day. I'm so excited! I'm working on my personal goals for the conference (you need to be ready for these events). My personal health experience and curiosity about possible environmental causes, were the drivers for starting this blog, so I feel as though I have come full circle. If you register before the 21st, you can participate via livestreaming.

Elite Women Regional Economic Development Trade Summit

Hello friends! I apologize for not posting for a while, but I have been busy as the co-chair of an inaugural women's economic development event that takes place on May 5th in Cleveland, Ohio, "The Elite Women's Regional Economic Development Summit". I am meeting some amazingly talented women and some pretty cool guys as well as we plan for the big day. This program could not be organized without the collective efforts, talent and passion of these experts. The goal of this event is to help women business owners to take their companies to the next level. This will be done through bringing them together to exhibit, network and promote their businesses, participate in a selection of 30+ workshops and  two panel discussions. The workshops will be facilitated by gifted speakers and practitioners and will include topics on social media, marketing, access to capital, government contracting, procurement, affordable health insurance and of course....green business. You know if I'm part of something, green is going to be on the agenda and it will be as green as possible. In fact, we are going to feature a panel discussion titled "Green Is The New Black: Growing Your Profitability In The Green Economy" it will be attended by most of the participants that day. There will also be an afternoon panel discussion which addresses the issues of developing tomorrow's leaders. Following this event, will be a Women's Global Business Summit in September, so watch out world!

One part of our green event strategy is to reduce paper and use social media to promote the event as much as possible andI am working with some marketing and technology business ladies that know their stuff! I know the attendees will realize a huge return on their investments as I am learning quite a bit just from being around these experts. I will share some of our green promotional strategies and links to the event in another post.

That's all I have time for today!

Keep it green.