2013 Clean Business Investment Summit Holds Great Promise

I just got back from a day-long session in which I mentored presenters for the 2013 production of the Clean Business Investment Summit.  CBIS is a group with a long list of greats:  intentions, sponsors, fellow volunteers, statistics (in terms of investment dollars raised — $110 million), and ideas (I saw two presentations today that left me breathless).

The concept in mentoring, of course, is to provide constructive criticism; I find a way to validate all presenters, regardless of the value of their ideas, and to push them in a productive direction.  And, as previously mentioned, some of these concepts are truly incredible.

I love everything about this annual experience other than that it’s (most ironically) led by a dyed-in-the-wool climate change denier who’s quite vociferous in his position!  He’s a smart guy in a lot of respects, but I’ve never understood how and why an intelligent person would be so radically opposed to the theory that 97+% of climate scientists support, who, collectively, are telling us that our civilization will soon lie in ruins if we’re not prepared to take action against it.

If you’re looking for a good article that sums up the picture on global warming and its ultimate effects, this is one I recommend.