SBI Sustainable Resource Network

SARITA FELDER, MBA
Sarita Felder & Associates, LLC
Executive Coaching · Business Development Consulting

PROFILE

For over 20 years, Sarita has directed her professional activities to achieve higher and higher levels of domestic and global responsibility. She has instituted department-wide strategic plans with milestones, metrics and budget parameters; created an in-house agency advertising and promotion division; led and directed more than 10 agency launches and re-launches; directed and managed account in excess of $15,000,000; built and preserved fiduciary responsibility for multimillion dollar budgets; and managed 75+ individuals across 7 departments. Consistently, Sarita has coached others to formulate their visions, develop strategic action plans and follow their plans with focus, discipline and tenacity.

Now, as President and CEO of her own business, Sarita helps clients achieve their next level of success by implementing the 6-step Breakthrough Process:

Step 1. Clearly articulate their vision
Step 2. Identify, crystallize and prioritize goals
Step 3. Get to the core of what is holding them back
Step 4. Transform roadblocks into opportunities
Step 5. Create, commit to and work a customized action plan
Step 6. Discover a new level of reward and satisfaction

Whether in telephone sessions, via email or in person, Sarita’s coaching approach is customized based on the nature and scope of the engagement as well as the comfort and convenience of her clients. It is consistently characterized by strategic thought partnership with the client wherein communications are candid and direct, delivered in a safe environment within which “clients can face their truths, fears and obstacles, embrace change and take risks.”* A variety of methodologies and philosophies are leveraged, including action inquiry, as well as healthy doses of creativity, consultation and humor.

*Comment from Liz Fuller, Director, Head of PMO Card Acceptance and Processing Network, American Express

SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE ISE COMMUNITY

As a professional courtesy for members of our community, Sarita offers a confidential, one-hour objective-driven coaching session. You select a specific goal, challenge or opportunity. The session focus will be on crystallizing your objective, breaking through roadblocks, creating a one-week action timeline and defining a method for remaining on point and accountable to your plan.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OFFER… CONTACT SARITA

Sarita can be contacted at:

creativeldr@optonline.net
Office: 973 366 2634
Mobile: 973 224 4981

Someone has invented a way to make fire from salt water by bombarding it with high frequency radio waves. According to an entry at Technology Expert,

Originally John Kanzius, a former broadcast executive, was trying to figure out how to bombard cancer cells with RF to fry them (he had discovered he had cancer). As a secondary experiment, he was trying to desalinate the salt water. He noticed that there was a gas given off by the water and that it could be ignited… What he really does is weaken the bonds between the salt, hydrogen and oxygen in the salt water, releasing the hydrogen, which continues to burn as long as the RF field is present.

Here’s a video explanation:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Tf4gOS8aoFk

What’s not yet clear is whether this is a viable way to produce energy. Some comments from around the net:

Do we get a net positive outflow of energy? Even if we do, is there enough harm done by the production to offset the positive effects?

How much energy did the radio-frequency generator consume compared to the chemical reaction in the water?

So maybe it’s too early to get excited about this.

See also water4gas.com, which claims to be able to convert water to HHO (2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen), also called Brown’s Gas or Hydroxy, which can be injected directly into the combustion chambers of a conventional automotive engine. Seems a little suspicious, especially because of the marketing approach, but clearly there is a growing interest in hydrogen-powered vehicles.

WOOD DALE, ILLINOIS (August 23, 2007) — AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR) announced today that it has purchased Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), equivalent to 100% of the Company’s purchased electricity used across their North American operations, through 2010. This landmark purchase of RECs is the largest to date by an aviation services company among Partners in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Green Power Partnership.An REC purchase ensures that the amount of electricity a company or an individual uses is replaced onto the power grid with renewable electricity. AAR is purchasing 27,500,000 kilowatt hours (KWh) of RECs per year from an array of clean generation sources across the United States that includes wind, biomass and low-impact hydroelectric. These clean resources generate electricity without producing carbon dioxide or other harmful pollutants.

“With the purchase of these RECs, we are taking a major step forward with our environmental initiatives and the support of cutting-edge clean power technologies,” said David P. Storch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AAR. “In addition, we are reducing the overall amount of power consumed by our North American operations and adopting a greener operating model.”

Based on a national average emissions rate, the U.S. EPA estimates that AAR’s green power purchase of more than 27 million kilowatt hours is the equivalent to avoiding the emissions of more than 3,000 passenger cars each year, or the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power 1,700 average American households annually.

“America is shifting to a ‘green culture,’ with more and more businesses understanding that environmental responsibility is everyone’s responsibility,” said Marcus Peacock, EPA’s Deputy Administrator. “The EPA commends AAR CORP. for making a long-term commitment to protecting the environment.”

By buying green power in amounts that exceed the EPA’s purchase requirements, AAR also becomes a member of the Green Power Leadership Club. This distinction is given to organizations that significantly surpass the basic purchase requirements to be included in the Green Power Partnership. AAR will also be listed on the EPA’s 100% Green Power Purchaser list, which is scheduled for its next quarterly update in October.

AAR has chosen Colorado-based Renewable Choice Energy as its supplier of RECs. Renewable Choice Energy is a leading national provider of renewable energy that is building the market for clean and renewable sources of energy.

AAR is also expanding its commitment to energy efficiency by utilizing high efficiency fluorescent lights in its U.S. facilities. Other green initiatives including reducing energy consumption, conserving water and recycling scrap material, are designed to provide long-term environmental and financial benefits. In addition, employees are encouraged to read and post on “Green Voices,” AAR’s internal green blog.

About AAR
AAR is a leading provider of products and value-added services to the worldwide aerospace and defense industry. With facilities and sales locations around the world, AAR uses its close-to-the-customer business model to serve airline and defense customers through four operating segments: Aviation Supply Chain; Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul; Structures and Systems and Aircraft Sales and Leasing. More information can be found at www.aarcorp.com.

About EPA’s Green Power Partnership
EPA’s Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with their electricity use. The Green Power Partnership currently has hundreds of Partners voluntarily purchasing billions of kilowatt hours of green power annually. For additional information please visit www.epa.gov/greenpower.

About Renewable Choice Energy
Based in Boulder, Colo., Renewable Choice Energy www.renewablechoice.com promotes the development of clean alternatives to fossil fuels. Renewable Choice connects renewable energy producers with forward-thinking consumers including Fortune 500 companies, cities, universities and residential consumers across the country. As a pioneer in wind power development, Renewable Choice Energy has helped develop many industry standards and best practices, and is the leading supplier to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified green building projects.

Original press release: http://www.aarcorp.com/news/AARCleanSource082307.htm

October 23, 2007
7:30 am ET – 6:00 pm ET
Hyatt Regency of New Brunswick, NJ
Two Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

New Jersey is a “perfect storm” for bioenergy development – urban density, abundant transportation and shipping infrastructure, land available for sighting plants, and ready access to a large market. Feedstocks from municipal and commercial wastes – such as food & fiber waste, wood, restaurant grease, even yard wastes – can provide efficient, clean-burning energy and fuels.

This full day forum will provide an overview of opportunities for biofuels & bioenergy in New Jersey. For information and registration visit www.thegreeneconomy.com or call (609) 520-0056. Sponsor and exhibitor opportunities still available – see website for more details. The Green Economy bioenergy program is produced in partnership with EBA-NY, CEEP, and Einstein’s Alley.

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