How the Office Sustainability is helping Miami go green At Sustainatopia the other day, Angela Sager, an Energy Management Specialist in the Office of Sustainability at Miami-Dade County, describes how her office works with companies devoted to energy efficiency, renewable energy and community energy campaigns. While the federal government may be at the forefront […]
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The Hub Bay Area launches
This week marks the launch of the Hub Bay Area, a co-working space that’s part of a global networks of Hubs. If you’re not familiar with the Hub, you should be. In places like Toronto, London, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Cairo, Madrid, Stockholm, Bombay and elsewhere, social entrepreneurs, nonprofits and innovators have come together in 18 […]
How the National Wildlife Federation uses social media
National Wildlife Federation from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Recently I had the chance to sit down with Danielle Brigida, social media outreach coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation, the enormously important nonprofit organization that inspires Americans to protect wildlife for our children’s future. They do that by combating global warming, protecting wildlife and wildlife habitats […]
Reduce your carbon footprint
Interview with ZeroFootprint from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s a 4 1/2-minute video interview with Deborah Kaplan, executive director of Zerofootprint.net, an amazing organization based in Toronto and devoted to help organizations, cities and individuals recognize their carbon footprint and take specific measures to help reduce climate change. The interview was conducted at the Stanford […]