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ISC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to developing the next generation of communication and media leaders required to create green jobs, foster environmental restoration and improve quality of life in the communities they touch.

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Sustainable Print and Digital Media

Sustainable Print and Digital Media

The COP15 Copenhagen Summit and the Climate Risks Associated with Media Supply Chains. Join a group of marketing and media thought leaders at a free breakfast panel discussion on December 9th presente...

Sustainable Advertising Partnership

Sustainable Advertising Partnership

Demonstrate your company’s leadership in addressing climate change and sustainability! Foster the widespread growth of sustainable business practices and transform the ways in which energy, m...

Taming the Paper Jungle

Taming the Paper Jungle

How to increase the sustainability of your workplace with eco-effective communication and collaboration workflows. Improve operational efficiency and effectiveness — while enhancing your susta...

Hopenhagen

Outreach and Education

ISC actively develops and participates in conferences, seminars, workshops and publications focused on the media supply chain practices of public and private sector organizations. ISC staff, advisors and fellows also develop curricula and conduct training focused on sustainable communication in partnership with academic organizations, government agencies and business enterprises.

COP15

Research and Analysis

We provide research and analysis for organizations of all types and sizes. ISC staff, advisors and fellows have decades of experience in sustainability, environmental management, lifecycle analysis, carbon footprinting, total cost accounting, lean six sigma, value stream mapping, opinion research, supply chain management, operations management, training and education.

ECO360

Fellowship and Mentoring

ISC supports the career development of young scholars and professionals through programs providing mentoring, internships, scholarships and fellowships that build capacity and essential human capital for the widespread adoption of sustainable communication media technology and business practices.

Articles

Are you prepared to fight for the future of print media, digital media or both?

Sustainability, energy security and climate change are challenging issues that are compelling every business, every government and every individual to rethink the ways in which they employ energy, source materials, manage waste and to redefine what it means to be “greener.” As printing sales continue their record breaking declines, it's a natural inclination to want to fight back against claims that print is a "dead medium" that "kills trees" and that somehow going paperless is "automagically" doing your part to save the planet.

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Factoids

Since 2006 the forest products industry has lost more than 181,000 jobs, or roughly 14% of its workforce.

100 million Americans read a daily print paper, and 115 million on Sundays.

Climate change lobbyists now outnumber members of Congress by more than a 4 to 1 margin.

Blogroll

  • Nuclear Power Giant Buys Solar Firm
    Areva, French nuclear power company, has bought Ausra, a small manufacturer of solar thermal systems that can be used for electricity production or industrial steam.
  • De-Industrializing the City
    Alex Steffen: One of my favorite quotes by Bjarke Ingels: "Engineering without engines. We should use contemporary technology and computation capacity to make our buildings independent...