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Photo by Salem Kimble By Salem Kimble East Bay Green Tours Earlier this month, amid the picturesque backdrop of the Cavallo Lodge in Sausalito, Calif., a flurry of venture capitalists and industry innovators came together at the GoingGreen Conference from AlwaysOn. There were all manner of industries represented, from cement that absorbs carbon (Novacem) to […]
Public interest
10 new ways to take social actions
Nathan Freitas, Jacob Colker and Ben Rigby of the Extraordinaries at NetSquared 2009. The Bay Area-based Extraordinaires are among the social causes highlighted in the current issue of Time magazine in an article titled New Ways to Make a Difference. Time identified three new trends in doing good: Put your time to work 1The Extraordinaries: […]
Socialbrite’s night at NetTuesday
Last night was the coming-out party for Socialbrite at the monthly NetTuesday gathering in San Francisco. About 40 people turned out for the event at PariSoMa, the coworking space at Howard and Tenth. Here are a half-dozen shots snapped by organizer Sarah Kennon and me. And here is what the NetTuesday Meetup members had to […]
How the government can help spur social innovation
White House push for social innovation from JD Lasica on Vimeo. By JD Lasica At the Social Capital Markets conference this week, one highlight came in the opening keynote and panel discussion with Sonal Shah, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, who spoke about the […]
Citizens as government watchdogs
You don’t need to be a card-carrying member of the press corps to serve as a public watchdog over the government and elected officials. First, the Freedom of Information Act applies to U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, not just members of the Fourth Estate. Since its passage, countless examples of government waste, fraud and mismanagement […]
