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Exploring Careers in Sustainability

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Submitted by Net Impact Austin on Wed, Feb 09, 2011 - 12:54 pm
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Join Net Impact Austin, the UT McCombs Net Impact Undergraduate Student Chapter, and the Texas State Net Impact Chapter for a panel discussion exploring careers in sustainability.

Spotlight Dinner: Shelton Green

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 - 06:18 pm
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In January 2012, Net Impact Austin’s Professional Chapter spoke with Shelton Green, the founder of Good and Fair Clothing – a clothing company started in Austin, TX whose business model is based on sourcing organic cotton and a sustainable and ethical clothing supply chain. (Read about this local business creating global impact right here)

We are pleased to announced that we have arranged a small-group dinner with Shelton right here in Austin.

Post "Beer Event" Thoughts

Submitted by ambermsprague on Mon, Sep 05, 2011 - 11:03 am
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Fresh off my summer fellowship with Environmental Defense Fund and PNC Financial Services, I came back to Austin just in time for Net Impact Austin Professional Chapter’s first post-summer event: Black Star Co-op Brewery. But what does beer have to do with sustainability? What I encountered was a phenomenal story!

Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship Conference 2009 - Washington DC

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Submitted by Net Impact Austin on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 - 05:06 pm
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Theme: How Technology is Knocking Down Doors & Fueling Social Innovation

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Commercialization Strategies for Green

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Submitted by Net Impact Austin on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 - 07:12 pm
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The green industry regardless of sector requires innovation and entrepreneurship strategies focused on viable commercialization opportunities.

Video: Visionaries on New Business Landscape, 2009 and Beyond

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Submitted by Sarah Cooke on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 - 03:54 pm
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With tight credit and a deepening recession, this is a complex time to be an entrepreneur. But a slowing economy hasn't slowed the pace of great ideas – it's just changed the landscape.

WebSite: 
http://poptech.org/opendialogues/

Harvard Social Enterprise Conference - Boston, MA

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Submitted by Net Impact Austin on Tue, Feb 10, 2009 - 10:20 pm
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Forbes.com has just named the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School Social Enterprise Conference one of the top 12 conferences of 2009 along with the World Economic Forum and the Clinton

Bootstrap Network: Sustainability Subgroup

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Submitted by Net Impact Austin on Sun, Jan 04, 2009 - 12:30 am
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Bootstrap Sustainability is an official Bootstrap Austin subgroup and exists to (1) identify businesses in sustainability that can be bootstrapped,

WebSite: 
http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sustainability_Subgroup

The Challenge Before Us.

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Submitted by Adam Morehead on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 - 12:02 am
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The reason I joined Net Impact Austin’s professional chapter was because it offered a venue to deliver real change.

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