[HIP] VOTE for People as an Asset; RSVP for Compelling Events in Impact Investing

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  IN THIS ISSUE: I.  Upcoming HIP and Impact Investing Events: Join These Exciting Events & Hear from the HIP experts at many of them II.   Going Fossil-Fuel Free in Your Portfolio?: More Investors are quantifying future risk, especially from the carbon inefficiency of fossil-fuel firms; learn and watch recent HIP …

A Message from Cynthia Parker

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Sustainability News

BRIDGE on the Move BRIDGE’s san francisco headquarters moves on March 31! Our new address is 600 California Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94108. The flexible, open-plan space will help us accommodate the growth goals of our five-yearStrategic Plan. To learn about BRIDGE’s strategies for the future, hear President & …

LendIt – Discounted Pricing for LendIt 2014 Ends Today

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

View this email in your browser Discounted Pricing for LendIt 2014 Ends Today The LendIt 2014 Conference is just five weeks away but more importantly for potential attendees the discounted pricing is ending today. The price will be going up from $795 to $1,195 tonight (March 31) at midnight Pacific Time. So, …

Shareable: Join the Quiet Revolution

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Beyond GDP

Weekly Newsletter  Subscribe to Shareable’s newsletter.   Join the Quiet Revolution Want to be a Quiet Revolutionary? Help map the movement! >> Read more What’s Driving Free Coworking’s Epic Growth? And what does the future hold? 4 coworking leaders share their thoughts. >> Read more Let’s Take Back Our Economies The current …

Live Video Conversation with Van Jones: Changing the Game, Rebuilding the Dream

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

A CONVERSATION WITH VAN JONES Live Video Conversation with Van Jones: Changing the Game, Rebuilding the Dream Wednesday, December 4th from 5 – 6 PM Pacific Time | 8 – 9 PM Eastern Time Register for this free event today »  “Why is that when you see a black kid in a …

Verge: Greenbuild sharpens focus on health and transparency

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  By Elaine Hsieh, Program Director & Senior Analyst – VERGE Greenbuild – the world’s largest green building conference – officially kicks off in Philadelphia today, and I’m excited to be here with about 40,000 others to take it all in. This is my eighth year attending, so it’s a reunion …

Bridge Housing breaks ground on 90 Oakland units

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

Lots of talk about the affordable housing situation these days and, as AssemblymanPhil Ting, D-San Francisco, told The Chronicle this week, the “need to bring all our stakeholders together” to address it. Let’s make sure Bridge Housing is brought to the table. On Friday, the san francisco affordable housing nonprofit is being joined by a passel …

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting, Earth Systems Science

Daily News Alert 11.11.13 Breaking Free From Our Carbon Entanglement and a Dinosaur Industry In a remarkable milestone, Mexican economist diplomat José Angel Gurría spoke out as secretary-general of the OECD – sketching a future that should have the global coal industry shaking in its boots. His message is that …

SmartPlanet Daily: Will future college degrees be based more on experience than classroom time?

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

Manage my newsletters  |  Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online.  |  Previous Edition     SmartPlanet Daily November 07, 2013 Your must-read morning briefing from SmartPlanet, delivered five days a week.   From the Desk of … Think MOOCs are disruptive? What if students could obtain degrees just by passing a series of …

Future 500 Newsletter: COME CELEBRATE FUTURE 500’S NEW DIGS

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

Join us on November 6th for our Open House in San Francisco   Future 500 Newsletter October 2013 The bridge between corporations and NGOs COME CELEBRATE FUTURE 500’S NEW DIGS   Join us on November 6th at our new San Francisco office. Cocktail with our team and board, relax with a glass of wine and …