Category Archives: Solutions Labs

Keepin' it Simple: Embracing low impact designs to motivate environmental change

By | Published: September 23, 2010

This is a guest post by Haley P. Drage, Account Manager, Social Innovation Practice, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide “You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it” – French Proverb   A few weeks ago I was driving home from the GIBN Solutions Lab event, taking one of my normal routes I use to [...]

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How Would You Redefine Growth?

By | Published: September 22, 2010

This is a guest post by Eric McNulty, a writer focused on the intersection of leadership and sustainability. He posts regularly at www.richerearth.com. I had an invigorating and engaging day at the Green Innovation in Business Network’s Boston Solutions Lab event. The event brought together about 100 people for a day of discussion and exploration [...]

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Sharing Training Materials: A Good Idea, But Will Companies Participate?

By | Published: September 17, 2010

By Jim Jubelirer, an independent management consultant working with EDF to help speed the transition to a sustainable economy. Can we accelerate the adoption of sustainable behaviors and products in business by sharing training materials? That is the question we asked a group of subject-matter experts at a meeting in EDF’s DC office on July [...]

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Solutions Lab Minneapolis: Sustainability and the aspirational lifestyle

By | Published: August 5, 2010

This is a guest post by Jamie Shea, Intern, EDF Corporate Partnerships The two greatest human motivators are aspiration and desperation. Traditional marketing has effectively used aspirational lifestyle branding to create a culture where individuals define their success and identity by what they consume. This was a popular topic of conversation on Thursday, June 17th [...]

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Where You'll Find Us in August

By | Published: August 3, 2010

Even though it is already August, the summer is not over yet and neither are the GIBN Solutions Labs! Swooshing through the Windy City this month is the next 'unconference', which will hit Chicago on August 5th. David Witzel, Jason Mathers and Rodrigo Pineda will be attending. Register here. If you're on the west coast, [...]

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Where You'll Find Us in July

By | Published: July 6, 2010

Greg Andeck will be attending the Enviropreneur Institute from June 27th to July 9th. On July 15th, the GIBN Solutions Lab is coming to eBay in San Jose, CA. Beth Trask, Dave Witzel, Emily Reyna and Andy Wunder will be attending. It's not too late to sign up for this event – we'd love to [...]

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Finding Innovative Solutions at the DC Solutions Lab

By | Published: June 7, 2010

This is a guest post by Andrew J. Moore, founder of Viable Earth On May 27, the Green Innovation in Business Network brought the Solutions Lab Series to Washington, DC. For those not in the know, the Solutions Labs are an amazing workshop that travel to multiple cities throughout the US and allow participants to [...]

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Enough Stick Already, Where's the Carrot?

By | Published: June 7, 2010

This is a guest post by Kevin Moss, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at BT Americas. I hosted a table last week at the Washington, DC GIBN Solutions Lab on the topic of corporate stakeholder relationships and whether stakeholders incent corporations to act sustainably. The breadth and quality of the discussion was impressive.  I was [...]

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Solving the equation for sustainability-focused corporate culture

By | Bio | Published: June 1, 2010

How can you shift a corporate culture so that it embodies environmental sustainability?  That was just one of the big questions explored at the recent Green Innovation in Business Solutions Lab in New York City. At these "open space" conferences, participants self-organize into working groups charged with finding solutions to specific challenges.  I spent much of [...]

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Solutions Labs Thunder through Nation's Capital

By | Published: May 26, 2010

Look out DC! An exciting, yet unconventional conference series is storming through the nation this year and the capital city is next on the target list. On May 27th, the Green Innovation in Business Network Solutions Labs come to Washington, DC! Solutions Labs are one-day, interactive events where participants help craft the agenda and spend [...]

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