The Oregon Natural Step Network sponsored a lunchtime talk by Randy Sadewic
in Portland a couple of weeks ago. I attended, and thought enough people in
Olympia would be interested to bring him here. (Thanks to ORTNS for the ad
copy.)
Japan's Sustainability Movement:
Insights and Experiences
featuring
Randy Sadewic, President of Cascade Microtech Japan
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Department of Ecology
ROA-34
300 Desmond Drive S.E., Lacey, WA 98503
12:00 - 1:30 pm
An annual power bill of 2,000 kilowatt hours for a household of two in Japan
is equal to one month's usage for a couple living in the US. Find out what's
behind this along with other well kept secrets on this tiny Island with the
land area only 50% larger than Oregon. Randy will describe the consumer lifestyle,
recent government enacted policy and industry practices contributing to Japan's
movement that go beyond environmental compliance and explain why Japan has
the highest adoption of ISO 14001 in the world. Randy has been working as
President of Cascade Microtech Japan and for the last 3-1/2 years has made
connections with individuals working in organizations such as the Ministry
of Environment, Toshiba's Corporate Environmental Group, and NGOs working
toward a common theme - Sustainability for the 21st Century.