Balta

Highlights in the north include the rain forest, Balta Botantical Gardens, and hiking up Mount Pelee, a 4,500 foot high active volcano that in 1902 erupted killing 30,000 people in the town of St. Pierre.

Karen Schaler: Martinique: French Flair Caribbean Style (PHOTOS) Karen Schaler 2011

Highlights in the north include the rain forest, Balta Botantical Gardens, and hiking up Mount Pelee, a 4,500 foot high active volcano that in 1902 erupted killing 30,000 people in the town of St. Pierre.

Karen Schaler: Martinique: French Flair Caribbean Style (PHOTOS) Karen Schaler 2011

Reb Yosef Leyb took his family to Balta, some 200 kilometers from Odessa, where he was a Maggid, an itinerant preacher, and from there to Brzeziny.

Menachem Rosensaft: The Past: Far More Than Prologue 2010

Reb Yosef Leyb took his family to Balta, some 200 kilometers from Odessa, where he was a Maggid, an itinerant preacher, and from there to Brzeziny.

Menachem Rosensaft: The Past: Far More Than Prologue 2010

Reb Yosef Leyb took his family to Balta, some 200 kilometers from Odessa, where he was a Maggid, an itinerant preacher, and from there to Brzeziny.

Menachem Rosensaft: The Past: Far More Than Prologue 2010

It becomes clear when talking to Balta that IBM's environmental accomplishments come from integrating the ethic of sustainability into the "fabric of the business," rather than relegating environmental responsibility to just a staff function.

Toward a Profession of Sustainability Managers: Wayne Balta and Sustainability at IBM 2008

Balta notes that the results have been very promising, showing a 25 percent reduction in peak hour traffic and a 15 percent reduction in carbon emissions, since people are driving less.

Toward a Profession of Sustainability Managers: Wayne Balta and Sustainability at IBM 2008

"It's all about ... setting aside a group of IBM technical leaders, researchers, others with greater business skills, to think about how IBM could apply the skills inside the company to innovate in areas for the environment," explains Balta.

Toward a Profession of Sustainability Managers: Wayne Balta and Sustainability at IBM 2008

The topic, according to Balta, was how IBM could "help the world innovate in areas where innovation would really matter in the coming decade."

Toward a Profession of Sustainability Managers: Wayne Balta and Sustainability at IBM 2008

In fact, when asked to name one of IBM's top environmental achievements, Balta says IBM's Environmental Management System is the most important.

Toward a Profession of Sustainability Managers: Wayne Balta and Sustainability at IBM 2008