The Sustainable Business Incubator

The untimely demise of the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology means that there is no longer an official “approval” for science and technology incubators in New Jersey. Nor is there — this year at least — any state funding. New Jersey’s 14 incubators, members of NJBIN, have been left to fend for themselves, [...]

In collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at Fairleigh Dickinson University, we have recently contributed to a new public policy initiative, to develop a sustainable growth strategy for New Jersey (many parts of which apply equally well elsewhere).
Download a copy of the paper here: NJSustainableEconomicStrategy23Aug2010b. If you have any comments, or want to to [...]

Matt Polsky, Research Fellow of the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Director of the Land Trust, Passaic River Coalition
Email:innovator3@hotmail.com - http://fdu.edu/ise
Mr. Polsky works on several ISE projects, including the Incubator. He is a sustainability change-agent. He has extensive sustainability and green economy experience, as well as unique cross-sector experience working in government, [...]

Paula Durand
Senior Venture Officer, Clean Technology
New Jersey Economic Development Authority

The EDA is a state financing and development agency that works to strengthen New Jersey’s economy by retaining and growing businesses through financial assistance, by renewing communities, and by promoting the State’s strategic advantages to attract domestic and international businesses. Paula focuses on working with investors [...]

(Crossposted at http://greenventuresconference.org/?p=458)
We’ve just released our March Newsletter for the Sustainable Business Incubator, updating our growing network of colleagues and friends about the May Conference, and listing a number of related events leading up to it. Here’s an expanding version, with some of the materials we could not include in the PDF version, for those [...]

September 27 & 28
Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick
This year’s conference offers information on clean energy strategies for businesses and municipalities and includes a Municipal Track, a day (9/27) devoted to providing municipalities with tools and information specific to their needs. The second day includes awards, keynote address by Ted Turner and workshops on some of the [...]

Attending this week’s Clean Energy Conference and Leadership Awards, at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, New Jersey, left me wondering if we are really ready to cope with the climate change crisis. And New Jersey is now in the lead – along with California – in mandating significant carbon reduction targets. But if there [...]