Events
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Sharing the BetterWorld Journey at Evergreen State College
Last week we had a great opportunity to speak to the Sustainable Business Leadership class at Evergreen State College in Olympia. To say that Evergreen is a special place is a true understatement, an icon of free thinking and creativity in education, Evergreen has a storied history that we were able to take part in for almost three hours.... -
The Dream is Alive Fundraiser, Van Jones in the House
We were fortunate to catch the Art in Action – Oakland Green Youth Art and Media Center Dream is Alive fundraiser at the BetterWorld East Bay home, the Brower Center in Berkeley, a few days back. The turnout was amazing and the event raised over $20,000 for the new Oakland center.... -
We Can Lead!
Yes, we can lead. BetterWorld was fortunate this past week to be invited and, attend for the second time in the past six months, the Business Advocacy Day for Jobs, Climate & New Energy Leadership. The advocacy day was hosted by a number of organizations including our partner and customer, the Clean Economy Network (CEN).... -
Praxis Peace Institute Hosts Jeremy Rifkin
Wow. This past Sunday in Sonoma, Jeremy Rifkin had a packed house organized by the Praxis Peace Institute in the palm of his hand, providing a summary of his new book, The Empathetic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World Crisis. I have rarely, if ever, seen someone put all the social and environmental pieces together in such a concise and achievable framework.... -
Sustainability Up and Down the Left Coast
This past week, the BetterWorld team was fortunate to attend some great events and meetings up and down the west coast, seeing many familiar faces as well as many new ones. Here are some quick highlights of all the great customers, partners and new orgs that we met and saw: B Corp Portland and San Francisco Events: PremGroup’s hip HQ office was the scene last week where many existing Portland-area B Corp companies and some prospective B Corps gathered to share their own stories and learn more about the history and foundation of B Corp from co-founder, Jay Coen Gilbert.... -
Criterion’s Joy Anderson on Shaping Markets
BetterWorld customer and friend, Dr. Joy Anderson, was the featured speaker at the latest Hanson Bridgett Sustainable Business Leadership Forum, held this past Thursday in San Francisco. Joy is President and Founder of Criterion Ventures and a co-founder of Good Capital and had a full room considering the process and dynamics on how firms/organizations can move and shape markets, from a historical, modern and post-modern perspective.... -
Art in Action Launches New Youth Center in Oakland
As featured in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, BetterWorld customer and donation recipient Art in Action will be opening the doors next Thursday the 14th in downtown Oakland on its latest project, the Green Youth Arts and Media Center. An excerpt from today’s Chronicle: “The walls are freshly painted in blues, browns and whites, the bamboo dance floor is polished, and the sound equipment has been tested again and again.... -
Sustainable Industries Economic Forum – San Francisco
The BetterWorld team was out in force at the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum in San Francisco. JP, Jim, and Jacob represented at the BetterWorld sponsored table, alongside our guest representatives from Care2, Sun Light & Power, RSF Social Finance, Mother Jones Magazine, Social Venture Network, Give Something Back, and Hanson Bridgett.... -
Green Festival – San Francisco
This was my second year attending the Green Festival in San Francisco. As a fledgling in 2002, San Francisco started with only 50 speakers and a handful of special events. Last year, the San Francisco Green Festival boasted 3 days filled with the best in green, and continues to expand in size and scope.... -
Environment as Economic Engine Summit
We were fortunate this week to participate at the Nokia Siemens Networks' Environment as Economic Engine Summit, which was held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. November 9-10. Speaking at the event were leading academics, trend analysts, as well as government and communications industry experts who were discuss and debating the wealth of opportunities offered by a sustainable business approach in the Information & Communications Technologies (ICT) sector.... -
Kiva turns 4!
The incredibly inspiring micro-loan organization Kiva celebrated 4 years and $100 million in donations this past week and BetterWorld was there to help celebrate their extraordinary accomplishments. Kiva “connects people through lending to help alleviate poverty” and has blazed a trail of widespread success for similar organizations with the micro-lending model.... -
Goodwill and Levi Strauss Partnership Launch
Demonstrating the power of for profit and non profit partnerships, we were at a great event a few days back where Levi Strauss and BetterWorld Telecom customer Goodwill International announced their new initiative to lower the life cycle impacts of jeans by giving consumers advice on how to care for them and what to do with them when they are no longer wanted.... -
Bioneers Conference 2009
The BetterWorld train is making its way through beautiful San Rafael, CA today as the Bioneers 2009 is in full swing. With thousands here at the Marin Center and thousands more joining via live satellite from almost 20 sites across North America, from Anchorage to Portland, ME. Highlights so far have been talks from Amazonian Chief Almir, Brock Dolman, Kari Fulton, Jack Hidary, Sarah James, Jensine Larsen, Joanna Macy, Mari Margil, Jason McClennan, Michael Pollan, Jerome Ringo, Arturo Sandoval, Dr.... -
Washington D.C. GreenFest a Hit Again
The BetterWorld team was out in force this past weekend to visit with friends, customers and partners at the 6th Annual D.C. GreenFest – there were over 120 speakers, 350 exhibitors and tens of thousands in attendance again! We saw so many great folks, including our friends from Theo Chocolate (see pic of Dana from Theo, Ali and Asya to the left).... -
West Coast Green 2009 Wrapup
West Coast Green was the place to be last Thursday through Saturday, and Matt and I were sure to be there. We connect with many current and met many new friends, partners, and customers at the largest conference on green innovation for the built environment. Held at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, 14,000 thought leaders and forward thinkers convened to engage in dynamic, big-picture, systems-thinking to reinvent business, laugh, make connections, affect policy, and create meaningful and lasting positive change.... -
Sacramento Sustainability Forum – September
We had another successful forum last week with Cecilia Jensen, Sacramento County’s Sustainability Program Manager, as our speaker. We’re continuing to grow our supporter base and bring in lots of new faces, agencies, businesses, and organizations. The venue this month was wild! We held it at Jon Affonzo’s Railbridge Cellars, and his second daughter had just been born that morning.... -
Sustainable Industries Seattle with Paul Hawken
As he usually does, Paul Hawken captivated another packed house this past Thursday at the Sustainable Industries Economic Forum held at the beautiful Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle. Most that we talked to afterward agreed that it was one of the best events we had been to in recent memory. Paul Hawken is an expert at knowing and speaking to his audiences, and was spot on with his long and detailed speech geared towards an advanced group of sustainability professionals – who came out in force to hear his latest take on developments in social and environmental progress.... -
Green Your Theme Seattle
Fresh off a great meeting with EcoTextiles this afternoon, the BetterWorld train is tonight at Seattle’s eco-friendly indoor venue, Sodo Park — It’s a party, a fashion show and a B2B event sharing local resources for greening events. We’ve been sampling great organic, local food and wine from the Seattle and western WA area – all with the main goal of kicking off the necessary conversations to produce the greenest events in the United States.... -
Community Leadership – 2 New BetterWorld Forums
California has been feeling the BetterWorld wave in a big way as we launched two new monthly community forums back-to-back in August. The Sacramento Sustainability Forum is a monthly venue for connecting businesses, non-profits, government and interested citizens in the Sacramento region in order to promote sustainability, share insights and resources, and support movement towards a more sustainable future.... -
Sustainability Forum Featured in Sacramento Press
BetterWorld’s upcoming Sacramento Sustainability Forum was featured in the Sacramento Press yesterday. About 50 people are expected to attend the first forum, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane in Sacramento. They include local residents, environmentally friendly business owners, museum staff, architects, environmental engineers, developers and government employees.... -
BetterWork in DC w FCC � The Wilderness Society
Yesterday we had great meetings with both the Federal Communications Commission and The Wilderness Society, discussing BetterWork concepts and benefits for both the greater good and for individual organizations. We have been invited to participate in the FCC’s ongoing Workshop Series , which is bringing forward information and specific areas of focus, culminating in the National Broadband Plan.... -
Adam Werbach at Hanson Bridgett
We had the pleasure of visiting our friends over at Hanson Bridgett LLP for one of their on-going Sustainable Business Leadership Forums this past Thursday to hear BetterWorld customer Adam Werbach, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S, talk about the future of sustainability. Hanson Bridgett is a fellow Founding B Corporation and green certified firm providing legal counsel to purpose-driven businesses.... -
Sustainable and Social Visits in Sacramento
We have been spending more time and energy in Sacramento lately, and are particularly excited about the Sacramento Sustainability Forum that we have put together with Rick Noss of Greenvision and Sacramento Green Drinks. We’ve got a great line up of speakers for the next four months, with David Mogavero, Senior Principal Mogavero Notestine Associates kicking it off for us.... -
AIRS Conference – Local 2-1-1 for all
BetterWorld was up at Reno’s Silver Legacy hotel and casino at the 2009 AIRS Conference. The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems is the driving force behind the development of clear and consistent professional standards that benchmark every aspect of quality I&R. I was there to learn more about 2-1-1, a partner of AIRS and United Way that provides free and confidential information and referrals for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more.... -
Telecom Should be Green Leaders
President Matt Bauer at Light Reading BetterWorld President Matt Bauer gives key note presentation at Light Reading event: Green Telecom East- Transition to a Conference, reinforcing the opportunity and responsibility of Telecom to pave the way towards greater sustainability. Touching on the various industries that will be affected by a true shift towards sustainabililty and effective implementation of telecom technologies, Matt reinforces this necessity for a shift by everyone, with the Telecom industry leading the way....
