Program - Sxsw

Eco Connect
St. Edward’s University is a nationally-ranked,
liberal arts university in Austin, Texas, known
for inspiring and empowering students to
embrace the opportunities and challenges of
an interconnected world. St. Edward’s
University offers a Professional Science
Master’s in Environmental Management and
Sustainability. Students gain valuable
international experience and tackle ecological
issues through the combined disciplines of
environmental science and project
management.
The CleanTX Foundation provides educational
and networking opportunities for professionals
interested in clean energy through panel
discussions and content dissemination in
order to promote Texas as a cohesive clean
technology leader, to unify the clean
technology community, and to promote
entrepreneurship with the aim of economic
development in Texas and widespread
adoption of clean technology worldwide.
ORIGIN is the new national Conscious Culture
Print Magazine bringing Sustainability, Health,
Yoga, Art and Humanitarianism together on
one platform. ORIGIN is founded by female
Environmentalists, Yogis and Artists who want
to shift the planet for good.
Environment Texas is a statewide, citizenfunded
advocate for clean, air, clean water and
open spaces. Combining independent
research, tough-minded advocacy and spirited
grassroots action, we win tangible results for
our environment.
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most
influential grassroots environmental
organization with more than 1.4 million
members and supporters nationwide. The
Sierra Club works to safeguard the health of
our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve
our remaining wild places through grassroots
activism, public education, lobbying and
litigation.
Earth Day Dallas (EDD) is an annual, outdoor
festival seeking to elevate environmental
awareness and influence the way North Texans
think, live and work. The family-friendly and
free-admission event allows leaders in the
corporate, academic and non-profit worlds to
unite and show North Texans how green
lifestyle choices can lower their cost of living,
improve their health and help save the
environment.
Rainforest Partnership is an international
non-profit enterprise committed to protecting
tropical rain forests. The Rainforest
Partnership partners with forest communities
to help them make an income that allows them
to protect their forests.
CLEAResult harnesses the world’s most
innovative thinking in energy management and
delivers the insight and technology to unleash
the value of energy. We work with utility clients
to design, implement and evaluate cost-effective
optimization programs. By promoting
efficient usage and placing a stronger focus on
holistic organizational strategies, we help
customers drive lower costs and get the most
from energy.
Momentum is a magazine and event series that’s
out to change the world. Cutting across
disciplines, ideologies, sectors and continents,
we connect global leaders with new information,
new inspiration and new tools they can use to
create sustainable solutions to complex
environmental challenges.
Presidio Graduate School educates and
inspires a new generation of skilled, visionary
and enterprising leaders to transform
business and public policy and create a more
just, prosperous and sustainable world.
BSR works with its global network of nearly
300 member companies to build a just and
sustainable world. From its offices in Asia,
Europe, and North and South America, BSR
develops sustainable business strategies and
solutions through consulting, research and
cross-sector collaboration.
With world attention focused on the
environment and the economy, the
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) helps
develop win-win solutions that can benefit
both. EDF creates transformational solutions
to the most serious environmental problems
by linking science, economics, law and
innovative private-sector partnerships.
Aerotek is an engineering services and staff
augmentation company. Aerotek Energy
Services focuses on providing workforce
solutions to clean technology, renewable
energy, traditional power and oil and gas
companies.
14
SXSW Eco | October 3-5, 2012 | sxsweco.com