Sustainovation: In Great Company
business for the world we share Sustainovation and our co-sponsors, Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, Continuing the Conversation, PLANT!, and World Centric welcome you to
In Great Company
-growing a great company-what you can do today-case example with Veritable Vegetable A conversation with Patti Lee-Hoffmann, author of In Great Company and Bu Nygrens, co-owner of Veritable Vegetable. Event Summary Join us for a conversation with Patti Lee-Hoffmann, author of the new business book In Great Company and Bu Nygrens, co–owner of Veritable Vegetable, one of the great companies highlighted in the book. Patti will share her insights from her research with companies that thrived during times of great recession. Learn more about their leadership, culture, environment, community that enabled them to thrive. Along with Patti, industry pioneer in the organic foods business Bu Nygrens will talk about Veritable Vegetable, the company mission, way of work, and opportunities and challenges that face the organics movement. The evening will include time for networking, presentation, and dialogue among participants.
Monday April 25, 2011 About the Speakers
Location: World Centric, 2121 Staunton Court,Palo Alto, CA 94306
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Sustainovation: B Corporations
business for the world we share Sustainovation and our co-sponsors: Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, Continuing the Conversation, Sustainable Silicon Valley, and World Centric welcome you to B Corporations—Changing the DNA of Business for Good!An In-depth Dialogue with:
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Monday March 21, 2011
Sustainovation (a project of Plant!--formerly Conexions--a non-profit organization) is dedicated to inspiring environmentally and socially sustainable business practices. Our mission is to promote sustainability as the driver of business innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond. We envision a new industrial revolution led by the principles of sustainable design and development. Through educational events, we form and inspire networks of innovators who share the belief that sustainable practices are essential to business success and the future of the world we share. |
Resilience Circles
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An Introduction to Resilience Circles September 15, 2011 6:30pm The Great Recession is a scary time. Debt, foreclosure, unemployment, anxious employment, evaporating savings, rising costs, job insecurity, and environmental uncertainties. |
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Resilience circles are a positive way forward. A resilience
circle is a small group of people that comes together to:
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| For those already involved in local Transition activities, resilience circles are a natural way to tie in our concerns about peak oil and climate change with the real economic and personal challenges that we face. It's all part of the same picture! | |
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Join us for an introduction to
Resilience Circles We'll learn about the resilience circle movement and how resilience circles are helping people turn hardship into strengthened relationships and mutual support. We'll also plan follow-on sessions for those who want to get involved. |
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September 15 6:30 meet and greet 7:00-9:00 Intro to Resilience Circles World Centric 2121 Staunton Court Palo Alto, CA 94306 Hosted by Transition Palto Alto book group 4 For more information, email thomas@thomasatwood.net or dmytels@batnet.com, and visit http://localcircles.org/ |
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Community Building
Conversation, Community, and Calling
Tuesdays, Dec 14th, 21st, and Jan 4th 7-9
World Centric, 2121 Staunton Court
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Free!
Based on the practice of good, effective conversation, in this three session series we'll examine how you can use conversation and community to advance your vision of cultural change. Among other things, we'll explore Jeremy Rifkin's idea of the empathic civilization, the new gross national happiness movement, and ongoing efforts for wealth equality.
The presenter is Cecile Andrews, author of Circle of Simplicity, Slow is Beautiful, and Less is More
Sponsored by Transition Palo Alto and World Centric.
http://www.cecileandrews.com
Haiti Update
Thursday, March 3rd, 7PM
You're invited to a special event on Thursday, March 3 to hear about some inspiring projects in Haiti.
Kelly Kobza, has been living in Haiti for the past year and doing amazing work. She has led the organization and implementation of a watershed habitat restoration project. She has also worked with Haitian educators to begin a remedial education school and feeding program for some of the village's poorest children. Kelly and the Greater Good Haiti board members are now planning to build a community center with classrooms for additional education programs.
Please join us for Kelly's presentation on Thursday, March 3 at 7pm at World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct.
Kelly would like to connect more folks from the Palo Alto area (her hometown) with the people of Haiti. She offers opportunities to visit and to experience Haiti first hand. Her website is http://www.greatergoodhaiti.org
Sustainovation: Windowfarms
business for the world we share Sustainovation and our co-sponsors Bay Area Society for Organizational Learning, Continuing the Conversation, and World Centric welcome you to the first dialogue to explore the theme Changing the World Through Food Windowfarms—Reimagining Urban Agriculture An In-depth Dialogue with Shivani Ganguly, Windowfarms CFO 
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Join us to learn more about Windowfarms and the R&D-I-Ymovement! This is our first discussion on a theme we will be exploring together over the coming months: Changing the World though Food. The evening will include time for networking, presentation, and dialogue among participants. Monday February 28, 2011 About the speaker
Shivani received a BA in Science, Technology,and Society from Stanford University. She is currently pursuing an MBA in Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School. Location: World Centric, 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto, CA 94306 Sustainovation (a project of Plant!--formerly Conexions--a non-profit organization) is dedicated to inspiring environmentally and socially sustainable business practices. Our mission is to promote sustainability as the driver of business innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond. We envision a new industrial revolution led by the principles of sustainable design and development. Through educational events, we form and inspire networks of innovators who share the belief that sustainable practices are essential to business success and the future of the world we share. |
Palo Alto Movie Night: Peace Through Music
Saturday, April 23rd, 7:30PM
You are invited to an unforgettable musical journey around the world...Using a mobile recording studio, Playing for Change (PFC) records over 30 street musicians from New Orleans to Russia to South Africa, resulting in a delightful, soulful journey through world music at its most grassroots and finest. This film proves music has the power to break down boundaries and unite us as one human race. (73 min)
Stand By Me * One Love * Don’t Worry * Biko * plus much more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM
After the film we clear the chairs and hit the dance floor(!) featuring the Playing for Change CD
Presented by community members Aseem, Tomas, and Karen reuniting for one more remarkable Palo Alto movie night
http://playingforchange.com/
TEDx Changing the Way We Eat
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Individual Sustainability Commitment
Create your ISC: Individual Sustainability Commitment
Daily Personal Choices for a Better World
Come attend a free workshop at World Centric, and discuss the impact of your daily choices on the environment. We will look at where our daily actions fall in the economic, ecological and social spectrum, learn how small actions we make each day can add up to have significant positive impacts on the planet, and create your own ISC: Individual Sustainability Commitment. Your ISC is one thing you can do each day that contributes to a healthier environment. Interactive group activities and exercises make this fun evening both informative and productive. A reading will be emailed to all participants beforehand to be discussed at the workshop. You will leave with your own ISC and a tracking sheet; a follow up 1 hour workshop will be held a month later to check in on your ISC execution. Space is limited to the first 30 to RSVP.
When: Thursday, January 6th 7-9:30pm and Thursday February 3rd 7-8pm
Where: World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct, Palo Alto, 94306
Presented by: Shadan Mirabedi, Sustainability Program Manager at World Centric
Please RSVP to Shadan directly to sign up by Jan 3rd: shadan(at)worldcentric.org
