Introducing the Board of Change, a not-for-profit social enterprise inaugurated by business people with the goal of integrating sustainability into business. |
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Board of Change Events
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Vertality2 - January 26! |
| Join us at Vertality2, the second annual celebration of the New Year for and by Vancouver’s change-makers community! Launch into 2012 with a flourish by connecting — and reconnecting — with the sustainability business community in a casual and celebratory enviro ...read more | |
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Change@INGDirect with Christina Page, Global Director, Sustainability & Energy Strategy, Yahoo! Inc. + Holiday Mixer! |
| Join us for the Board of Change's next Change@INGDIrect on December 13th: Join Christina Page, Global Director, Sustainability and Energy Strategy, Yahoo! at Change@INGDirect. Registration and Details About Christina Page Christina Page is Global Director of Ene ...read more | |
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Thank You to Mike Weinmaster and Green Over Grey for Change@SAP |
| Weinmaster, Chief Designer at Green Over Grey, delighted us with tales of the arduous year of R&D that he and his partner Patrick had to undergo before starting Green Over Grey: Travels to exotic lands like Costa Rica, Thailand and beyond, to find the perfect blend of rare and exotic plants th ...read more | |
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Change@INGDirect with Mayor Gregor Robertson |
| Change@INGDirect with Mayor Gregor RobertsonRegistration Details Available Here The Board of Change begins the season with a flourish! Join Gregor Robertson, Mayor of the City of Vancouver at Change@INGDirect. The City of Vancouver aims to be the greenest city in the world. Lea ...read more | |
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Change@INGDirect with Joe Thwaites |
| You are cordially invited to the Board of Change’s monthly speaker program Change@INGDirect with Joe Thwaites, co-founder and CTO of First Power. Registration details available here. Low Impact Renewable Energy can provide 100% of our needs ...read more | |
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POSTPONED — Change@INGDirect with Helen Goodland |
| Due to wonderful success of the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we have postponed the Board of Change’s monthly speaker program Change@INGDirect with Helen Goodland. Helen Goodland is Executive Director of Light House Sustaina ...read more | |
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April 12th 2011: Change@INGDirect B-LAB |
| B Lab’s vision is to create a new sector of the economy which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Comprised of a new corporate form, the B Corporation (the “B” stands for “Benefit”), meets rigorous and indepen ...read more | |
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March 10th Change@ING Direct:Thank you Peter ter Weeme |
| What’s Really Happening in Asia: Socially, Economically, and Environmentally Peter took us on a journey to the fastest developing economies in the world — China and India — and explained the sustainability challenges associated with fast growth, a ...read more | |
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Feb 17th Change@INGDirect: Thank you Rob Abbott |
| Tomorrow is Today: Strategy, Sustainability and the Next Frontier of Management view pics One hundred and nine Board Of Change guests gathered at INGDirect on February 17th to hear an informal talk by Rob Abbott of Abbott Strategies describing his work advisin ...read more | |
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What is the Change YOU want to see? |
| At our Vert-ality event, we asked Vancouver’s Changemaker community what Change they want to see… And you answered! Let’s create a progressive, unified voice for Change at the Board of Change and help make these happen. Photos by Hilary Mande ...read more | |
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January 7th, 2011: Board of Change Vertality Event Truly Revitalizes! |
| The January 18th 2011 Vertality Event blew the doors off with over 600 ‘ vert ‘ minded green attendees from all walks of business life gathering together at Club 560 to party, make new friends & build sustainable business connections for 2011. What a great group of people and great ...read more | |
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December 6th: Change@INGDirect with David Helliwell, Pulse Energy |
| What is Change@INGDirect? Once a month, a leader of the green/business/non-profit hosts an informal discussion about opportunities and innovative approaches for the business community to move towards sustainability. The great folks at ING provide delicious organic appetizers or sushi and refreshmen ...read more | |
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November 2nd 2010: Change@ING with The Natural Step |
| Join The Natural Step Canada’s Senior Advisor, Sarah Brooks, for a presentation on “An Economically Prosperous Approach for Enabling Transformational Change toward Sustainability into your Organization” Long-term value creation requires both satisfying short-term economic ...read more | |
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October 5th: “AfterHours for a Change@INGDirect” Soirée |
| “AfterHours for a Change@INGDIRECT Soirée” presented in association with Gaining Ground featuring Dr. John Robinson Please register @ http://afterhoursforachange.eventbrite.com The Board of Change is pleased to present ...read more | |
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Thanks to Sadhu Johnston - CHANGE@INGDirect |
| Thanks to Sadhu Johnston and the gc2020 team at the City of Vancouver, ING Direct, our awesome volunteers, and all of you for yet another great event. The room was abuzz and ideas and suggestions from BOC members on how to make Vancouver a greener c ...read more | |
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September 14th: Sadhu Johnston @ Change@INGDirect SOLD OUT |
| You are cordially invited to Change@INGDirect on September 14th 2010 RSVP: http://boardofchangesadhu.eventbrite.com What is Change@INGDirect? Once a month, a leader of the green/business/non-profit will host and informal discussion about opportunities and innovative approaches f ...read more |
Board of Change News
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B.C.’s Carbon Policies Under Scrutiny |
| It was brought to our attention recently that BC’s progressive carbon tax policies may soon be cut, with very little public consultation. At the Board of Change, we feel it’s important that businesses — and our members — play a role in helping to affect polici ...read more | |
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B.C. government ‘blowing hot air’ at Cancun climate talks: Wilderness Committee |
| For Immediate Release – November 30, 2010 B.C. government ‘blowing hot air’ at Cancun climate talks: Wilderness Committee “I was concerned to read Minister of State for Climate John Yap’s editorial this morning ...read more | |
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No Tanks! (video) |
| In 2007, without any public notification or discussion, tankers started exporting Tar Sands crude oil from Vancouver Harbour. The tar sands are the world’s largest and dirtiest industrial project and the largest single source of greenhouse gas pollution on the planet. Two ...read more | |
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Thanks to Sarah Brooks and The Natural Step |
| Thanks to Sarah Brooks for her inspiring presentation on the Natural Step framework at Change@ING DIRECT on November 2nd. She spoke about how it can be used for any business or organization to set a long term vision for their company, understand their impact ...read more | |
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November 9-10 2010: Sustainability for Leaders – Level 1 Course, Vancouver |
| Who is it for? This course is aimed at existing and emerging sustainability practitioners who want to gain the knowledge, skills and tools to take a strategic, systems approach to communicating, planning and managing sustainability initiatives. Graduates of this course will be able to e ...read more | |
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October 5th: After Hours Success – Great speaker, Cool Crowd, Hot Flamenco! |
| Dr. John Robinson: bringing about ''Transformative change'' not just ''MArginal Change'', a subject very close to heart at the BOC. Standard ways that are typically tried to bring about change include: do brilliant research, then communicate it ...read more | |
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October 5th: Board of Change helps unanimous pass of Bike Trial at City Council meeting! |
| At the”After Hours” event, Board of Change members Mark Pezarro and Rob Safrata collected 62 signatures on a letter in support of the Bike Lane Trial__ and delivered it that same night at a City Council meeting. Rob delivered the message and council v ...read more | |
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October 17th: “A Day for the Bay” |
| Join us in Vancouver on October 17th to celebrate A Day for the Bay! “A Day for the Bay” is a public celebration of our coastline and an opportunity to take a stand against crude oil tankers on Canada’s west coast. On Sunday October 17th a flotilla of boats and ...read more |
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