Green Options » James Hanusa http://greenoptions.com/author/jameshanusa/ Post archive of James Hanusa Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://greenoptions.com/author/jameshanusa/ http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/622d376b76d9dcd2eb7b74cfff011ff3?s=65&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32 Green Options » James Hanusa EcoTuesday - Sustainability Network Growing http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/02/23/ecotuesday-sustainability-network-growing/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/02/23/ecotuesday-sustainability-network-growing/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:50:23 +0000 James Hanusa http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/02/23/ecotuesday-sustainability-network-growing/

EcoTuesday, the sustainable business leaders networking forum, is celebrating it’s two-year anniversary this Tuesday, Feb. 24th at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. The featured speaker is Dave Rochlin, CEO of Climate Path and former COO of TransFair USA. Climate Path is applying transparency principles to carbon markets.

From it’s start in San Francisco in 2007, EcoTuesday has grown to a multi-city network of convenings, now including Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Seattle, Silicon Valley, and Washington DC.

Growth formula:

Unique format + thought leaders + passion

Read more of this story »

]]> http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/02/23/ecotuesday-sustainability-network-growing/feed/ Our New Agenda: Opportunity Green and the Emerging Movement http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/12/09/our-new-agenda-opportunity-green-and-the-emerging-movement/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/12/09/our-new-agenda-opportunity-green-and-the-emerging-movement/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:49:00 +0000 James Hanusa http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/12/09/our-new-agenda-opportunity-green-and-the-emerging-movement/ In it’s second year, the Opportunity Green conference, hosted at UCLA, was a big success. Kudos to Karen Solomon and her team! This year was amplified in many ways over last, including major brand name sponsors, media partners and speakers. It was a very progressive sustainability event; mingling movement building, innovation and collaborative culture.

Opportunity Green:

Having attended Opportunity Green last year, I believe the conference has some very unique qualities. As opposed to other sustainability conferences, Opportunity Green’s DNA is L.A.  - A little more style and flash, as well as a concentration on the business upside in going green.

From a crowd perspective, you also see more students involved, which is very valuable. As the dominant industries of L.A., Media and celebrities are well represented as well. I like that Opportunity Green also includes Clean Tech and Venture Capital as core concentration areas. If you are an entrepreneur, this is probably the best conference for exploring the potential to rapidly move from idea to wide scale market penetration.

Manifesto:

Opportunity Green issued a manifesto that resonated with me, framed in the power of coming together. The manifesto speaks to Opportunity Green serving a movement to transform business for good; advancing change and market transformation. It goes on to establish itself as a gathering to create a collaborative, positive culture of change with a focus on innovation and inspiration. An experience acting as catalyst for sustainable, profitable and responsible business. I encourage other corporations to follow suit and position themselves as participating in the movement for positive change.

Read more of this story »

]]> http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/12/09/our-new-agenda-opportunity-green-and-the-emerging-movement/feed/