Yesterday was the inaugural TEDxAustin. It was a daylong event at the famed Austin City Limits Studio at KLRU including speakers, artistic performances and a carefully selected audience – with mission to connect a network of thought-leaders in Austin and PLAY BIG.

With today’s baby boomers set to retire or move on from their nonprofit management roles, who will lead the nonprofit sector tomorrow?

Making Your Impact at Work: A Practical Guide to Changing the World From Inside Any Company, is designed to empower current and aspiring social intrapreneurs to find ways to integrate sustainability into their day jobs.  

Join hundreds of social entrepreneurs and sustainability, corporate responsibility, and social sector leaders November 13-14 in Ithaca, New York.

The Green Business Unconference is a series of dynamic events - held in Washington, D.C., Boston, Silicon Valley and culminating in Austin on September 16th - where participants engage, discuss, and innovate around how to do good business with a reduced environmental impact. Early bird registration and discounts for Net Impact Austin members available now!

July is the start of summer and this year it's in full force, driving a lot of us to seek mindless distractions. Sometimes you’ve gotta go with the flow, so here’s a few things that I’ve learned recently that you might find interesting but not too heavy for consumption on a 100 degree day.

Twitter, Dell, and Mother Nature Network have partnered for an eco-themed photo contest in honor of World Environment Day. Deadline is June 22.

Local non-profit engages students at under-performing schools to inspire and educate on environmental stewardship through hands-on, curriculum-integrated site improvement projects.

Have you been to Bar Camp, Startup Weekend, or another of the seemingly self-propagating “unconferences”? Be an “unspeaker” and lead a discussion with fellow green business entrepreneurs at the San Francisco area Green Business Camp!

Have you been confused about the terms “green” and “sustainable”? I have. Even when I'm clear on what I think they mean, I’m never quite sure what someone else thinks they mean. Have we reached a point where these words have become such a cliché that they don’t mean anything at all?