Good session today! Lots of good questions. Through our guests, I thought we accomplished our goal of learning how to better critically think about and spot sustainability issues at the macro 10,000 feet level.

What were some of your helpful takeaways from today’s session? What made you rethink some things about sustainability, the US, China, etc.?

Here’s the Center for Clean Air Policy website and CCAP’s posted report (”Developing Country Green House Gas Emissions Mitigation Analysis” — addresses in part the George Will Op-Ed piece that Patrick asked about in today’s session), which Mike Jencks suggested you take a look at, and the website to the California Renewable Energy Center that Neil Lahey also suggested you peruse.

Mike Jencks (attorney at law), Kate Lancaster (Cal Poly Professor of Accounting), Neil Lahey (Owner/CEO www.deventec.com) and Rob Pena (Cal Poly Professor of Architecture) … great job. Thank you for your time!

In Parts I and II of my Spanish versus Mandarin posts we had some great discussions and debate (click here and here). This is also a good follow up to Steve Feng’s recent post and kind offer to lead getting some of you together to learn some Mandarin.

I just can’t seem to let a sleeping dog lie:

Per this Wall Street Journal article, “Mexico’s Case Study: Looking to China, and Away From It,” Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was asked by a Mexican MBA student at Tsinghua University (an elite school in China) while Paulson was recently visiting Beijing, “How will countries like Mexico, who are still emerging markets, compete with this monster that is China?” Paulson replied to the effect of, “See China’s growth as an opportunity.”

I.e., look for ways to do business with these folks and no more whining about how China is kicking your butts.

Per this article, and as I alluded to in Parts I and II of this discussion thread, think of the professional opportunities here for those students armed with a Cal Poly MBA who speak English (as you all do), Spanish (some do) and Mandarin (??). In my view, with some more hard work, continued networking, talent (see/refer to my earlier post on skills needed for successful expats in China) and yes, a little luck along the way, the world would be your oyster if you spoke or took some time off to learn to speak all three languages reasonably well.

Ah, if only I were in my 20s again …