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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. According to author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Black Swans are unexpected, hard-to-predict events that result in extreme, unintended consequences. Tom Baruch.

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WCS Event: More Women on Corporate Boards | February 20, 2020

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

About this Event. Become a WCS Member for 30% off this and all events. Join Women in Cleantech & Sustainability for the kickoff event of our 2020 Executive Leadership Workshop series: More Women on Corporate Boards. Our organization is inclusive and events are open to people of all genders. 425 Market Street.

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Event - SRI 30

Green Market Oracle

Forward thinking companies : CEOs, treasurers, sustainability officers, and HR professionals come to learn how to apply SRI across an enterprise, to improve profitability, enhance shareowner value, and attract and retain employees.

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Lamps by Biohm are made from coffee and orange peel

AGreenLiving

Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup, has created a line of sustainable lampshades called Obscure that are made of 100% coffee chaff and orange peel. And, therefore, to create ethically-sourced and locally-fabricated high-performance sustainable products.

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A Climate Change Fashion Show and Tell

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

“If you experience something, it stays with you forever,” she proclaimed at the speaker panel and fashion show event “ Apocalypse Project: Ideas for a Hotter Planet.” Young and her collaborators are working on a version of the future where we live sustainability and in harmony with nature. And her weapon of choice?

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

AGreenLiving

Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan Tom Baruch Tue, 06/23/2020 – 01:30 The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. The coronavirus pandemic is a classic Black Swan.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

AGreenLiving

Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan Tom Baruch Tue, 06/23/2020 – 01:30 The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. The coronavirus pandemic is a classic Black Swan.