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		<title>Take our Green Training Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EcoPotential is always looking for opportunities to exceed the training needs of green building and sustainability professionals.  Our courses are taught mainly in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Whether you are an architect, engineer, contractor, educator, city planner, building owner, Walmart supplier, etc., continuing education in the areas of environmental, financial and social sustainability is [...]]]></description>
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<p>EcoPotential is always looking for opportunities to exceed the training needs of green building and sustainability professionals.  Our courses are taught mainly in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.</p>
<p>Whether you are an architect, engineer, contractor, educator, city planner, building owner, Walmart supplier, etc., continuing education in the areas of environmental, financial and social sustainability is most likely in your training goals.</p>
<p>Although we offer the most popular green training courses, we want to customize our offerings to exceed your training needs.</p>
<p>If you have 2-3 minutes, complete this <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ecopotential">5 question training surve</a>y and we&#8217;ll get busy providing the classes that you want.<br />
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		<title>The Triple Bottom Line Cost of our Fossil Fuel Addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Stewart, LEED AP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mission of EcoPotential is to improve the quality of life through green building and sustainability education and practices. Within the DNA of sustainability is the Triple Bottom Line (TBL).  What is the Triple Bottom Line?  Simply put, it is the expansion of our traditional accounting systems to include the environment and people when calculating [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mission of EcoPotential is to improve the quality of life through green building and sustainability education and practices. Within the DNA of sustainability is the Triple Bottom Line (TBL).  What is the Triple Bottom Line?  Simply put, it is the expansion of our traditional accounting systems to include the environment and people when calculating our return on investment (ROI). TBL accounting requires that we invest not only in financial, but environmental and social capital as well.  Often the TBL is referred to as Social, Economic and Environment or People, Profit and Planet.  Click  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_bottom_line">Triple Bottom Line</a> to learn more.</p>
<p>When we continue to harvest and burn fossil fuels irresponsibly, we are focused only on the financial bottom line or economic return on investment. The social impacts of environmental degradation and dependency on foreign oil should be considered in the ROI calculation.</p>
<p>The documentary, <em>Crude, c</em>onsiders the environmental and social impacts of our fossil fuel addiction.</p>
<p>The documentary is about a landmark case between 30,000 indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador and the oil giant, Chevron.<br />
&#8220;The plaintiffs allege that the pollution has created a “death zone” in an area the size of Rhode Island, resulting in increased rates of cancer, leukemia, birth defects, and a multiplicity of other health ailments.&#8221; Of course, there is much debate on both sides of the lawsuit, as there will always be when large amounts of money are at stake.</p>
<h3>Crude: Movie Trailer <br />
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