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Book Launch: Andrew Heinztman on "New Entrepreneurs"
Thursday, July 8, 8:00am - 9:00am
Ground Floor, 215 Spadina Ave
Toronto
$20 Admission Fee
In "The New Entrepreneurs," author and venture capitalist Andrew Heintzman introduces us to a burgeoning class of entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of the green-tech economy. From forestry to water to agriculture and oil, he maps out the leading enterprises that are developing cutting-edge, high-profit, clean-tech products and systems for export to a vast and rapidly expanding global market. "The New Entrepreneurs" offers a fresh and visionary approach to redesigning our current economic system, one that uses the powerful forces within capitalism to act as a catalyst for change -- and profit.
WORKSHOP LEADER
Andrew Heintzman is a co-founder of Investeco. Andrew is also the Chair of the Premier's Climate Change Advisory Panel. He sits on a number of corporate boards including Lotek Wireless, Triton Logging and Horizon Distributors. In addition, he is on the board of directors of the Tides Canada Foundation, the Steering Committee of Sustainable Prosperity and was the Chair of the Sustainability Network. Andrew is coeditor of a number of books about sustainability.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Andrew will be interviewed by Alternatives’ Executive Editor Nicola Ross. Nicola is an award winning writer and author.
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Public Forum - Using Sumac to Enhance Non-Profit Effectiveness
A Public Forum with Peter Turk
We presented a seminar to help non-profit organizations choose data
management software. It identified two over-arching reasons for managing your data:
• enhance your relationship with your constituents
• build and maintain organizational memory.
Sumac supports these objectives, contributing to organizational effectiveness and efficiency. This presentation will demonstrate how Sumac integrates data about many aspects of non-profit operations to enhance communications, fundraising, case management, and mission-specific activities, while decreasing administrative burden.
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Public Forum - Janine Benyus: Science Writer,
Innovator, Biomimicry Guru
Janine Benyus' concept of biomimicry has galvanized scientists, architects, designers and engineers into exploring new ways in which nature's successes can inspire humanity.
In the world envisioned by science author Janine Benyus, a locust's ability to avoid collision within a roiling cloud of its brethren informs the design of a crash-resistant car; a self-cleaning leaf inspires a new kind of paint, one that dries in a pattern that enables simple rainwater to wash away dirt; and organisms capable of living without water open the way for vaccines that maintain potency even without refrigeration -- a hurdle that can prevent life-saving drugs from reaching disease-torn communities. Most important, these cool tools from nature pull off their tricks while still managing to preserve the environment that sustains them, a life-or-death lesson that humankind is in need of learning.
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Public Forum - Pollster Angus McAllister: EM 2009 -2
A briefing associated with the Environmental Monitor Report published by Angus McAllister for Environment Monitor subscribers (2009-2).
This webcast is confidential and NOT for distribution electronically outside client organizations, and not to be released to media without Angus' express permission in writing or by email.
