Farewell transmission

Forward Print HTML Share on Facebook Google Plus One Linkedin Share Button The end of 2013 marks the end of one very full decade producing Sustainable Industries in all of its iterations: over 125 print and digital magazines, some 750 editions of our email newsletters, a few dozen webinars, and more than 30 live events including most prominently the inspirational Sustainable Industries Economic Forums.By the end of this year Sustainable Industries will be closing its doors. It was a good run, and for me personally, an incredible learning experience I could have found nowhere else.Sustainability has evolved into a formidable professional practice, one that is in many ways owned in this post-recession era by large corporations motivated by branding, competitiveness, efficiency and risk management. So much has been …

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The end of 2013 marks the end of one very full decade producing Sustainable Industries in all of its iterations: over 125 print and digital magazines, some 750 editions of our email newsletters, a few dozen webinars, and more than 30 live events including most prominently the inspirational Sustainable Industries Economic Forums.

By the end of this year Sustainable Industries will be closing its doors. It was a good run, and for me personally, an incredible learning experience I could have found nowhere else.

Sustainability has evolved into a formidable professional practice, one that is in many ways owned in this post-recession era by large corporations motivated by branding, competitiveness, efficiency and risk management. So much has been accomplished, yet so much of the story remains compromised, bubbling below the surface, as it always has been and always will be. The mounting challenges are formidable, yet the important work ahead is increasingly outside the nomenclature of green and sustainable.

When we launched Sustainable Industries at the start of 2003, there were very few media outlets covering sustainability, especially from a business experience. That is no longer true, a phenomenon that is both humbling and impressive. Media is a notoriously challenging enterprise, particularly for those of the independent, for-profit and bootstrapped variety. There are so many beeps, blinking lights, shocking images and reptilian-brain headlines competing for our curiosity and our clicks each day, with only so much time to absorb that which we filter through the barrage, until alas we fold down our laptops, hide away our mobile devices, and focus on the amazing people and landscapes right in front of us.

Through this work I have encountered so many bright and skilled mission-driven individuals, thought leaders whose dedication and sincerity can only be described as remarkable. Perhaps one of them is you. I am proud to have been a part of this movement, to have had the opportunity to serve you. There are also those who I had the honor to work alongside, who mightily contributed to those efforts over the years, many of whom are listed here. I thank everyone who crossed paths with Sustainable Industries for their support, their encouragement and their influence.

As for me, I will be setting out in 2014 on some exciting new projects that inspire me for offering direct and tangible opportunities to make the world a better place; I would have it no other way. It’s my hope that I will have the good fortune to cross paths with many of you again down this windy, wondrous road. Should you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line at contact@sustainableindustries.com.

Happy holidays, and best wishes in all you do in the new year.

Brian Back

Founding Editor & Publisher

Sustainable Industries

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