posted Jan 20, 2012 6:22 PM by Helena Meryman
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updated Feb 2, 2012 3:51 PM
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Get your tickets here!
February 8th, 6:15PM – 9PM, The Hub, San
Francisco.
Panel from 6:30 – 7:45; including 20 – 30 minutes for
audience questions.
Panel followed by networking, a glass of wine and a toast to
winter spirit.
Event Summary:
Climate Change & Policy Update
http://climateupdate.eventbrite.com/
February 8th,
6:15PM – 9PM, The Hub, San Francisco.
Panel from
6:30 – 7:45; including 20 – 30 minutes for audience questions.
Panel followed
by networking, a glass of wine and a toast to winter spirit. This is a Net
Impact San Francisco Professionals event.
Event
Summary:
Experts from
the business, government, and advocacy sectors will address the landscape of
climate change policy. Panelist will speak to issues of social justice,
bottom-line business concerns, near-term mitigation, and adaptation.
What happened
at The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 17th
Conference of the Parties (COP17)? The discussion will use COP17 as the
backdrop for climate policy issues from international and regional vantage
points. Panelists will speak to the connections between climate policy,
business concerns and social equity. The question often arises of whether the
most effective way to “change the world” is through business or through policy.
Where is the balance point and who goes first? The agreement reached at COP17
delays action to the year 2020. This puts Earth on track for a 4°C temperature
rise; “a death sentence for Africa, small island states and the poor and
vulnerable worldwide…the richest 1% of the world have decided that it is
acceptable to sacrifice the 99%." (Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends of the
Earth International). We will also look for the bright spots, the efficacy of
advocacy and policies at the sub-national level that are forging ahead with
carbon restricting and trading instruments.
This year’s panelists are:
Kath
Rowley – US Director of the Climate Policy Initiative. Kath leads CPI’s North American Research Team and engagement with
stakeholders and policymakers. She helps guide CPI’s global work program and
development strategy. Kath came to CPI from the Australian Department of
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. She worked on industry partnership
programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advised the government on
international climate negotiations, trading and low emission technology.
Tom
Athanasiou - Co-founder and current
executive director of EcoEquity, a think tank focused on the development of fair and viable approaches
to climate stabilization. In 2004, with the Stockholm Environment Institute,
EcoEquity released Greenhouse Development Rights, a reference framework
designed to deepen our common understanding of what a fair-shares approach to
emergency climate mobilization actually means. Tom is a social ecologist ,
writer and activist.
Jamie Henn
- Co-founder and Communications
Director of the international climate campaign, 350.org. Over the last three years, 350.org has coordinated over 15,000 climate
demonstrations around the world and recently helped lead the fight against the
Keystone XL pipeline. Jamie has attended the last five UN Climate Meetings,
including the 2011 summit in Durban, South Africa.
Wade
Crowfoot - Currently the Deputy
Director at Governor Brown’s Office of Planning and Research. Former
positions include: the West Coast Political Director at Environmental
Defense Fund, the Director of Climate Protection Initiatives for
the City and County of San Francisco. Wade will address California and
regional policies.
Read about the success of last years’ event.
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posted Nov 27, 2011 9:13 PM by Adam Menter
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updated Nov 27, 2011 9:14 PM
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From Calgary Brown at the HUB-SOMA:
For those of you who are involved or heavily interested in the Occupy movement, SOCAP & The Hub will be hosting a discussion next Tuesday, Nov 29th at Hub SF. It's FREE, we'll have some food and drink! Details below! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How has Occupy shifted your perspective, position or plan forward? Join us at 6:30 for mingling and grilled cheese sandwiches provided by FeelGood. At 7pm we'll kick off with a Story of Broke screening introduced by Allison Cook, then hear from 4 influencers and activists about their experience of Occupy. The platform will then open for an occupied conversation in 'Think Club' style with rapid-fire participation from our community audience.Let's share, make sense and find ways to collaboratively harness the momentum of a global movement. Join UsDate: Tuesday, November 29thTime: 6:30pm - 8:30 pmLocation: Hub San Francisco
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posted Nov 27, 2011 9:10 PM by Adam Menter
From Jenny Hoang
Presidio Graduate School
I am writing to announce an exciting design thinking workshop that I'd love for you to share with your members.
The social innovation/design thinking workshops at the Net Impact conference this year were a huge hit, most of them had to turn people away at the door. It is clear that people are interested in learning more about this method and our interactive workshop teaches these skills.
The workshop is held at the d.school at Stanford and ends with a tour of the IDEO offices. We held the same workshop before and all the attendees thought it was a valuable workshop, especially for how low we priced the event.
The workshop is a fundraiser for our International Sustainability Club's service learning trip to Thailand this winter. ALL the money raised will go toward the building materials for a solar system at a rural school in Northern Thailand.
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posted Oct 20, 2011 12:20 PM by Ellisa F.
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updated Nov 6, 2011 8:17 PM
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011Time:
6:30pm – 8:30pmThe Hub SOMA, 901 Mission Street, San Francisco
RSVP at http://netimpactsfnov9.eventbrite.com
At this month’s Net Impact SF gathering, we will be discussing what it
really takes to start, run and grow a cleantech company. Speakers will share their
perspectives and insights, based on their experience, on how and where to get
funding (e.g. VCs, banks,friends); when to partner with other entities and what
to expect; how to build a great team & working board; setting realistic
expectations for the company; how to persevere while growing the company; and
more.
We are featuring a few inspiring and approachable speakers, including: Tushar Dave, CEO and Co-Founder, enlighted.
Prior to enlighted, Tushar was the co-founder and managing director of
New Path Ventures, a venture fund focused on seed and early stage
software and services investments. He has been a serial entrepreneur
with successful exits with Arcus, which was sold to Cypress
Semiconductor, and Armedia, which was sold to Broadcom. Tushar has an MS
degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a BS degree
from University of Mumbai.
Dave Graham, Founder, Greenstart. Dave
has been starting, building and investing in technology startups for
more than a decade as managing partner at ArizonaBay Technology
Ventures. Before that, Dave co-founded consumer Internet startup
OpenAuto in 1999. Dave is a board member at CloudSponge, TrustMe and
SpineDigital, and works with at-risk youth as a Board Member at The
Wolfe Center. Dave holds a BA from UCLA and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and Columbia Business School.
Rahul Iyer, Senior Director of Corporate Development, Siluria. Rahul
handles the company's strategy development and financing activities.
Prior to Siluria, Rahul worked in clean energy and co-founded multiple
companies, including Primafuel, a waste-to-chemicals company recognized
in 2008 by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, and a fuel
cell technology company acquired by Intelligent Energy. Rahul has his BS
from the University of California, Berkeley in mechanical engineering.
Edward West, Co-Founder & Former President, Mission Motors. Ed is an educator and entrepreneur, who co-founded Mission Motors, a manufacturer of advanced electric powertrains. In 2011, Mission Motors was named one of the Green Global 200 Top Private Companies. Edward has taught entrepreneurship at Presidio Graduate School (PGS) and California College of the Arts' Design MBA program. Edwards holds a MBA from PGS and a BS in engineering from Yale University
Moderator: Leslie Guevarra, Editor, GreenBiz.com.
Leslie has more than 20 years of experience in news and communications,
including reporting, editing and leadership roles at the San Francisco
Chronicle, working as a public affairs program host and associate
producer at KTSF-TV,and podcasting for GreenBiz and sfgate.com.
We host a
gathering for the Net Impact SF community every month, featuring a different
discussion topic each time. This offers the opportunity for informal
interaction with the invited guests and with your fellow Net Impact members, with
the discussion topic serving as a launching off point for engaging
conversations.
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posted Aug 24, 2011 9:43 PM by Adam Menter
New Door Ventures, a nonprofit in San Francisco helping at risk youth get ready for work and life, has a potential Service Corps project. They are interested in working with a Net Impact Team on a marketing project involving a survey of their donors, starting in the next few months. The team would ideally consist of people with experience in market research, fundraising or general marketing.
The project would likely be 1-2 months, and would involve some in-person meetings at New Door. Most of the work could be done at the volunteer’s location, though they could work at New Door if the team preferred. The project would involve designing the survey and the appropriate method. Most likely it would involve calling 10-20 past and current donors for their feedback. It might also involve a web-based survey.
The first step in getting a project like this kicked off is finding a project leader that can work with the client to scope the project, and pull together the team. Please get in touch with Brian Edquist via netimpactsf@gmail.com if you are interested in a great leadership opportunity and pro bono business consulting project. |
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