NBA Legend Bill Walton Joins Greener Dawn Team
February 25th, 2010 / 0 Comments
Solana Beach, CA (February 25th, 2010) – Greener Dawn, which focuses on sustainability, clean technology and energy efficiency, has announced an alliance with NBA legend Bill Walton. Bill Walton has joined the Greener Dawn team as their Green Ambassador to help brand and market the company on the local and national level. Bill brings his years of experience from the basketball court, the broadcast booth and the lecture circuit. He is extremely passionate towards the growing clean technology, sustainability sector and is looking to make a major impact in San Diego and beyond. Both Greener Dawn and Bill Walton believe that energy efficiency and renewable energy are the key components to sustained job growth, to reduction in carbon emissions, to economic recovery, and to reducing our foreign oil dependence.
“I’ve centered my life on sustainability and the ability to make a difference in our environment and economy,” says NBA legend Bill Walton. “Without clean air and water we have nothing. Energy production and resource management are two critical elements that touch all of our lives. We need to immediately make a better world model on these essential fronts. That future starts today. I have now found a company in San Diego that encompasses the future vision for energy efficiency, and clean technology. Greener Dawn will be a nationwide leader in this Green Revolution.”
Bill Walton is currently the Executive Director of the Sports and Entertainment division of CONNECT. He was a 3 time NCAA player of the year at UCLA while also being named a 3 time Academic All America student athlete. He is in the Hall of Fame in both basketball and academics. He was the #1 overall pick in the 1974 NBA draft and is a two time NBA MVP. He was part of 2 NBA Championship teams, Portland and Boston. Walton was also the NBA’s 6th Man of the Year in 1986. He is a member of the NBA’s All Time Team as one of the league’s 50 greatest players ever. He was also named one of the top 50 Sportscasters of all time in 2009.
“Greener Dawn is honored to have a leader of such high integrity and credibility coupled with his sensational basketball record join the team,” says Courtland Weisleder, President of Greener Dawn. “Bill’s phenomenal speaking ability and his excitement for the Green Revolution makes him a perfect fit across all of our divisions.”
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