The Kids’ Science Challenge is a nationwide competition for 3rd to 6th graders that encourages hands-on participation in science and engineering. Partially funded by the National Science Foundation, the students are presented with three topics each school year and they are invited to submit their own ideas or experiments to solve these issues. The student with the winning entry in each category then collaborates with … More
There’s been a lot of talk around the office lately about what the next decade has in store for the sustainability movement. One trend we’ve discussed is the development of new corporate structures that make it easier for businesses to pursue social and environmental good. There’s been a lot of media focus recently on Benefit Corporations (or B Corps), especially as Patagonia recently became the first … More
Over the past few months, GreenBlue has been working with a group of students from Columbia University’s M.S. in Sustainability Management program on a research project related to our work in forest products. As part of this Masters program, students are required to complete a capstone project in which they undertake a semester long research endeavor for a nonprofit or government client, and GreenBlue was … More
Last week, I attended the annual Independent Sector Conference in Chicago. The conference—which is the largest conference for the independent sector and this year was attended by over 1,000 nonprofit, foundation, and corporate giving professionals from 500 local and national organizations—addressed the pivotal issues facing the sector, as well as opportunities for improving our impact. As a relative newcomer to the nonprofit sector (I joined … More