Oct 05
2012

Sustainability LIVE!

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by Mitch Jackson
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mitch_jackson_broadcast_crop_med.jpgI had the pleasure to participate in the Mike And Rob LIVE FedEx webcast for FedEx Services recently. They were kind enough to have me on to talk about our sustainability efforts within FedEx. Equally gratifying was the fact that we did the live webcast from the FedEx Enterprise Data Center-West (EDC-W) facility. This is a LEED Gold-certified facility. LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council’s certification of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
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Sep 05
2012

Our Future

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by Mitch Jackson
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race. - E. M. ForsterThe University of Pennsylvania has a student organization that just began an online sustainability publication called The Penn Sustainability Review (PSR). They focus on interviews around leadership, editorials, and academic papers, run by the students themselves. I had the pleasure to speak with them for an article in this review some time back.
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Aug 23
2012

Fortran Forward

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laptop iphone ipad.jpgWhen I was in college, my very first program in my Fortran computer programming class was done with punched card readers. For young readers, this was a device wherein the programmer sat at the machine, typed out each line of code on a single punched paper card, assembled the many cards in their proper order, and ran them through the compiler for the computer. And, then, did it again. And, maybe again.
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Aug 20
2012

2011 FedEx Global Citizenship Report

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by Mitch Jackson
Posted at 6:42 am in
bag1_v4.pngWe are pleased to announce that the 2011 FedEx Global Citizenship Report is now available for review and download. When we first started reporting in 2008, we envisioned an all-digital and print on demand platform. But, we were unable to do so at the time. As a result, we chose to publish our report in print, using small print runs, with a goal to transition to an all-digital and print on demand platform.
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Jul 20
2012

Having An “i” To The Future

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by Mitch Jackson
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The “i’s” have it

 Well, i took the personal plunge recently. i bought a plug-in electric vehicle for my own personal use. And, my family’s. One that runs only on electrons. One that runs my errands. Around town. Around traffic. To and fro. Everyday.
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