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2011 Sierra Innovation Summit Series – Part 2 of 6 Focus on Opportunities and Solutions In part 2 of the 2011 Sierra Innovation Summit Series, I want to address the theme of focusing on opportunities and solutions.  During the opening statements of the summit, the audience was reminded to "focus on the opportunities", "focus on the solutions."   This message should not be new to anyone yet it seems to surface often in light of knowing that for any industry to succeed, this set of rules must be included. As a new student entering the industry, you may very well have the solutions or even believe that you are the solution.  So what are we missing here that would prompt the reminders?  Perhaps it’s the overwhelming possibilities that come with solution generation.  But more importantly, not all possibilities are solutions. One of the common words of guidance that I've received from those who are successful in their green careers is that you must first ...

2011 Sierra Innovation Summit Series – Part 1 of 6 "How will our generation change to adjust to today’s conditions?" This was one of the questions brought up during the 2011 Sierra Innovation Summit and focuses on how our generation will respond to the current environmental state (with the “state” left open for interpretation).  As I sat in the audience and looked around at the various Sierra region organizations, I initially thought the answer was apparent.   We simply just adjust and make things happen.   Yet as I walked away from the presentation, I realized that the question started to weigh heavier on my mind.  See, the important thing for me to do was to not answer that question from my own perspective, but rather from a general societal approach, because if I compared my journey from wireless technology to the world of sustainability, my method of adjustment simply does not apply to the majority. If we look at this question from a countercultur...