by Amy Seidman | Agriculture, Consumer Brands, SB, Sustainability, Video
For the first time we are seeing healthy fast food chains, such as Chipotle, rise up in the stock market. In this interview, PR Director Christopher Arnold describes how Chipotle is impacting the growth of organic family farms by making simple purchasing...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
In the public square of social change, rejection is intensely personal. If you believe in your mission, and if you are giving it your all, then it’s always personal. Let’s admit that every dedicated social entrepreneur takes rejection personally! Every...
by Shana Rappaport | Energy, Highlights, Impact, Solar, Sustainability, Verge, Water
It’s no surprise that this VERGE Accelerate startup pitch competition was the most highly rated keynote session at our VERGE SF 2014 event in October. Who doesn’t love gaining insight into the innovation surging from the entrepreneurial community and the great promise...
by Shana Rappaport | Energy, Sustainability, Verge
When looking at sustainability and environmental policies, it’s easy to think the worst. “It’s easy to get bummed out about ongoing coal plants and U.S. opposition to action on climate change,” Matthew Nordan, managing partner of MNL Partners,...
by Amy Seidman | Highlights
Gotta love the new video by Puma’s creative use of animated pieces of old fabrics demonstrating the life cycle their Cradle to Cradle Incycle program. Even their opening “Warning” was a clever guffaw at PETA knowing full well they are in alignment...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn, SoCap
Every social entrepreneur knows there if is a huge difference between burnout and bummed out. Some days, indeed most days, we in the social sector are grieving over deplorable income inequality, the pathology of poverty, grinding gender discrimination and the talent...