After walking almost the entire length of the Chelsea Market, a restored indoor industrial space turned high-quality marketplace, I found myself walking into the T Salon where the group had already gathered around listening to T Salon COO Kristi Hall explain the sustainable aspects of their operation. This was my first time to a Net Impact event after recently joining this network of leaders who are trying to the change the world through business. Continue reading
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Two weeks ago, I was at Mashable’s Summer of Social Good conference, when all of a sudden it clicked. Surrounded by an inspiring crowd of individuals using social media to create positive change, I saw the tide change. These web 2.0 tools will redefine our relationships and be the means towards improving our world. Using social networking, we can participate in a more sustainable, even restorative society.
Still time to register! The Urban Green Council is the newly re-branded NY chapter of the US Green Building Council. This event will feature a keynote by sustainability legend Amory Lovins. Not to be missed.
– Kevin Banahan
Event Reports: TckTckTck Human Countdown in Central Park – 9/20/09
Last week I mentioned meeting someone from Oxfam at GreenDrinks NYC who was here to help promote action on climate change. During the event he gave his “2 minute pitch” for an event in Central Park that would kick off the global movement all calling for an fair, ambitious, and binding climate change agreement. The idea was to create a human sculpture in the form of Earth sitting in the top of an hourglass, then pour down to form the campaign’s name Tck Tck Tck. Since I was free for the day I decided to head over to check it out. Continue reading →
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