We start with introductions – how people are feeling as they arrive in the room. The formal meeting starts with a land acknowledgement recognizing the indigenous caretakers that came millennia before and who are with us today. Then the assigned facilitator (rotated each month) takes us through the agenda. Deconstructing racism…
Europe is betting… No. Europe is planning on making hydrogen fuel a central part of their renewable energy infrastructure. And here in the States? Domestic companies, who have withstood the outlandish US investment shortfall in hydrogen fuel cell technology, no longer care. Recent momentum experienced by Plug Powered Inc., Fuelcell Energy, Ballard Power…
As the profound Anand Giridharadas has asked from us all, “not to just to play by the rules, but make the rules.” Make policy that works for people and the planet. That is what has been done in Yolo County California (west of Sacramento). In the build up to the 2020 victory, the…
Camille Canon + Derek Razo “Rethinking Ownership for Long-Term Mission-Alignment and Independence:” Camille Canon is an entrepreneur who has founded and led startups in tech and real estate development and community building. Derek Razo is an entrepreneur and technologist with a passion for social change. Derek and Camille are co-founders at Purpose Network.
Women were featured in all aspects of the Slow Money Food Funded investor fair held on SF Presidio grounds. Of the three morning tracks offered, “The Future is Female” featured CEO Laura Dickinson, CEO Alison Bailey Vercruysee and Venture Manager Lauren Pappas. There they expanded on the fact…
Last month, local news outlet Sacramento News & Review featured our very own Huston Textile Co. on their weekly cover. Writer and self-professed seamstress Rebecca Huval provides the back story and describes Huston’s current operations to reveal the immense value and charm of “[this] little known textile company producing some of the…
The Eco Farm conference promotes sustainable agriculture and soil draw-down with attendees ranging from Idaho commercial farms to Northern California urban farm projects. Organic regenerative farming is steadily bringing in more industry adhearants. At the conference, Patagonia featured their recently launched line of food products, Patagonia Provisions. Provisions foods…
Part Walden, part Silent Spring, part Kerouac. Doniga Markegard from wild child becomes a teacher, permaculturist, accomplished rancher and mother sharing the lessons of her gift for natural emersion all along the way. Bravely raised by her mother in the great Northwest, Doniga’s early and accurate assessment of…
October 1st, 2017 — Entrepreneurs made gains at this years’ Slow Money FarmFest, demonstrating their profitability and positive carbon impact. Ultimately, the success and profitability of a business that draws down carbon emissions depends on consumer preference. There are plenty of reasons to prefer everything from coffee to construction…
September 23, 2017 — Last month, the local Fibershed community gathered in beautiful Bolinas, California for the annual Climate Beneficial Fashion Gala. The Gala showcased eighteen unique, collaborative outfits manufactured by national and local fashion designers. The wool for the Gala was produced by Bare Ranch, and manufactured by…