by Shana Rappaport | Resilient Cities, Sustainability, Verge
The new word from City Hall is coopetition. In a world where metropolises are vying to be seen as climate (or cleantech or green) leaders, some mayors are concluding that they can move further, faster by cooperating as well as competing. It’s a new chapter in the...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
Fighting the good fight means big challenges, big ideas, big solutions. In humble contrast, the menial and mind-numbing grunt work required of the social change-maker is tiring and tedious. Accurately and also arrogantly, you know grunt work is below your station,...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
This year, a mentor died. A friend moved on. A social enterprise started sinking. Each loss leaves its unique echo of disappointment and the haunting inner voices of recrimination: I wish I had spent more time with my mentor. I wish I had said this, or not said that,...
by Jonathan Lewis | Cafe Impact, Impact, Learn
Fulfilling, meaningful work doesn’t start with a big idea. It starts with a small voice hiding inside you. “One of the first things to do is to identify what really matters to you. Try to be very specific. Make sure you choose a mission you really care...
by Shana Rappaport | Highlights, Verge
SAN FRANCISCO — GreenBiz Group will turn the switch on the first-ever ballroom-size microgrid, a functional and replicable system that heralds the future of distributed energy production. Called VERGE Interconnect, the microgrid will be a centerpiece of VERGE...