| Dear Friends, SVN's upcoming fall conference is just five weeks away... I hope you can join SVN members and guests, and inspiring speakers such as Arianna Huffington, Amy Goodman, Jeffrey Hollender, Margot Fraser, Lisa Lorimer, Mallika Chopra, Chid Liberty, Evan Shapiro, Judy Wicks and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins.To review the conference agenda or register online, please visit www.svn.org/fall2009registration. Early bird registration ends September 22nd. For more frequent updates on what's happening in the world of SVN, be sure to check out SVN's blog at impact.svn.org. Our new social media and marketing manager, Craig Rubens, will be updating our blog on a regular basis. Feel free to send him suggestions for content at craigr@svn.org. Our love and support goes out to long-time SVN member Van Jones. If you have a message you'd like us to send to Van, feel free to contact me at debn@svn.org. We hope to see you soon - at our fall conference or one of our upcoming events in LA, DC and Chicago. Warm regards,
Deborah Nelson
Executive Director
| | Network Updates |  |  SVN Washington D.C. Local Gathering
Join your fellow SVN members for a night of connection and collaboration at Andy Shallal's new southern cuisine restaurant, Eatonville, in Washington D.C. on Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 pm. RSVP is required online. Please visit: www.svndc.eventbrite.com for complete details.  Investing in Urban Redevelopment Areas to Benefit your Business and the Community
On Tuesday, September 22 at 11am PST, O-H Community Partners' Chinwe Onyeagoro will be hosting an SVN Peer-to-Peer Call entitled 'Investing in Urban Redevelopment Areas to Benefit your Business and the Community.' SVN members interested in or currently investing in real estate and/or businesses based in inner city areas, as well as those working with city authorities or economic development groups on urban redevelopment are encouraged to participate. To register, click here.  SVN Los Angeles Local Gathering
Join members of the SVN community on September 22 for an intimate, informal gathering of socially responsible entrepreneurs and investors in the LA area. Co-hosted by SVN, Investors' Circle, and RSF Social Finance, you'll connect with members of all three communities in an evening of facilitated conversation and networking that will help you share your work and explore opportunities to collaborate and build relationships for greater impact. The gathering will be nourished by appetizers, wine, and beverages provided by the talented AKASHA kitchen. For complete details and to RSVP click here.  SVN Chicago Local Gathering
Please join SVN member and host, David Baum, as well as SVN's deputy director, Tina Sciabica, and your fellow SVN members at the Baum Realty Group offices, for an evening of connection and collaboration. Appetizers and drinks will be provided. SVN members are encouraged to bring significant others, colleagues and prospective SVN members to the event. We look forward to seeing you there! To RSVP click here. | | Members in Action | |  Keeping the Cameras Rolling
Bianca and Michael Alexander of Conscious Planet Media were recently awarded two fellowships to continue producing stories about sustainable living and the state of health care in the U.S: CEO Bianca Alexander was named a 2009 Ethnic Media Fellow for the Association of American Health Care Journalists, and both Bianca and her partner Michael were named California Broadcast Journalism Fellows at the University of Southern California/Annenberg School of Communication. As part of these fellowships, they will be producing a documentary entitled "The Color of Health: African Americans and Diabetes" and exploring the correlation between ethnicity, socio-economic status, and degenerative disease in the United States. Conscious Planet Media is a full service green TV, video and media production company. It helps to shape some of the stories that are changing the world through cutting edge story telling, innovative distribution platforms, and the latest technology in sustainable film making. To learn more about some of our recent projects, visit www.consciousplanetnedia.com.  B Stimulated
The Nation has recently published B Corp's Andrew Kassoy's 10 recommendations on how to stimulate the economy. Kassoy, a former private equity investor, offers a perspective developed from B Corporations that will help entrepreneurs, consumers, community members and voters learn how they can use the financial crisis as a one-time opportunity to build a new economy. Some of his suggestions include buying supplies from companies that create benefit for the community, ensuring that your purchasing policy supports 'good' companies, and being aware of the 'social return' on your investments. Click here, to read them all.
 Give Something Back, Like Electronic Waste!
For those of you looking for an e-waste recycling solution for your small or medium size business, Give Something Back is your answer! Previously, e-waste recycling was only convenient and cost-efficient for bigger corporations who made arrangements with collectors, but times have changed. Give Something Back has launched its own e-waste take-back program for its customers in the Bay Area and Sacramento. Triplepundit.com recently featured an article about the program. To read it click, here.  Riding the Biodiesel Wave
SVN Members Orly and Steven Salsberg (CEO of Salsberg Group and Vice Chairman of the Council on the Environment of New York City appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg) have launched numerous green and CSR business initiatives in the Northeast. Salsberg Group was featured in the media last week for fueling their passenger ships with biodiesel fuel sourced from SVN member company, Tri-State Biodiesel, which collects used restaurant oil and converts it to biodiesel blends. The Salsbergs plan to build the greenest US passenger ship and a biodiesel fuel boat in the near future and will be frequent hosts of local SVN gatherings. To watch the footage on NBC, click here and on Fox, here.  Don't Catch the Flu, Track It
Recently featured on Forbes.com, Josh Knauer's FluTracker is tracking a lot of attention. A joint effort between Dr. Henry Niman, a biomedical researcher, and Rhiza Labs' software, the FluTracker web site is globally tracking the H1N1 swine flu outbreak. Rhiza and Dr. Niman are now working with AT&T to integrate data on the flu's progress into its human resources management system so the carrier can alert employees about flu outbreaks happening near them. They are also working with a drug store chain to use the 'Tracker' to help them anticipate when they need to stock their stores with flu remedies and flu prevention supplies. Forbes, however, has a different plan in mind for Knauer's software. Click here to read the full article.  Pomp & Circumstance
Two weeks ago, over 30 Graduates of the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) green job training program received their diplomas on stage at the Lincoln Park Music Festival. The goal of the program is to stimulate green jobs in New Jersey in response to the state's aggressive plan for energy efficiency. A central focus of the program is energy efficiency assessment, fundamental building science, and weatherization. The graduates are prepared for jobs such as Building Analyst, Air Sealer, Home Energy Rater, Field Energy Consultant, and Home Improvement Retrofit Trainee. For more information on LPCCD, visit www.lpccd.org.  Vote in Green America's 2009 People's Choice Award
Green America has announced the ten finalists in its 2009 People's Choice Award for Green Business of the Year and SVN is well represented among the nominated businesses. Care2, founded by SVN member Randy Paynter, is a socially conscious social networking site that is designed to bring together individuals, organizations and businesses for positive change. ReusableBags.com, founded by SVN member Vincent Cobb, is fighting the disposable nature of our consumer society by offering a huge array of reusable bags and containers. To-Go Ware, founded by SVN affiliate Stephanie Bernstein, designs and makes reusable food containers and utensils. Go vote for your favorite green business before October 8th. The winner will be announced at November's Green Festival in San Francisco. To vote, click here.  Hannigan Joins 'The Club'
National nonprofit organization Bolder Giving's '50 percent league' highlights those givers who are notorious for giving away at least half their income, profit or personal wealth. Currently, there are 125 individuals or families that have made the 50 percent club list, including Give Something Back's Cofounder and President, Mike Hannigan. The 59-year-old businessman doesn't consider himself a philanthropist, but an activist who lives a comfortable life. He is quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle article saying "I do my community work during business hours, I get paid to do it. I give at the office." To read the article click here. | | Welcome New Members | | | | Upcoming Events | |  HB Sustainable Leadership Forum: Cleantech Investment Opportunity Mixer
October 1. 5:30-8:30 PM
San Francisco, CA Hanson Bridgett will host leading Bay Area investment funds focused on cleantech and infrastructure to talk about what they are doing and the opportunities in this area. Speakers include Rob Robinson, a Partner with C Change, Peter Luchetti, a Partner with Table Rock Capital, Rodrigo Prudencio, a Partner with Nth Power and Kjartan Jansen, a Principal with Expansion Capital. Audience members will have the opportunity to network with each other and the presenters. Attendance will be limited to accredited investors and their advisors only. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. To register and for more info, click here.  Governors' Global Climate Summit
September 30 - October 2
Los Angeles, CA Join Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Governors' Global Climate Summit 2 in Los Angeles, California at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel. The event will take place September 30-October 2, 2009 and will bring together global leaders, businesspeople and environmentalists with a passion for global change and a thirst for innovation. Last year, it attracted more than 1,000 participants from 53 different states, provinces and nations around the world. Successful alliances were formed when 31 government officials from eight countries signed a declaration acknowledging the threat of climate change and committing to collaboration on deforestation, technology transfer and information sharing. For more information on the summit, visit www.ggcs2.org. aaaa |
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