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Leeds School of Business Sustainability Challenge Case Competition

Owen is interested in creating a team for a rapidly approaching sustainability case competition at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business.  Please visit 2010 Net Impact Case Competition for more information, and contact Megan Chavez with any questions.

Competition Sponsor: Xcel Energy
Leeds School of Business Sustainability Challenge Case Competition
Timeline:

Monday, November 16th, 2009: Entry [...]

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Speaker: Amanda Little at Owen

Amanda Little, Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 p.m. in Averbuch

Local author, Amanda Little, will be presenting a talk and taking questions on her new book, “Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells—Our Ride to the Renewable Future”.  Click here for more info.
Amanda’s work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Rolling [...]

Jarod.Pardue.2010 | November 9th, 2009 | Continued

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2009 Net Impact Conference

Conference Events and Sessions:
Networking Dinners
Connect with fellow conference attendees at one of our no-host networking dinners. Dinners will be at various restaurants in Ithaca on Thursday and Friday night.  You can sign up during registration on Thursday and Friday at the Barton Hall Information Desk.  Please note there is limited space at the dinners and [...]

Jarod.Pardue.2010 | November 6th, 2009 | Continued

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Owen Net Impact and Kiva.org

Did you know that Owen’s Net Impact chapter is a lender to a Kiva entrepreneur?

Eldar with his cow purchased using a Kiva loan

Two years ago, our Net Impact chapter contributed a small loan to help a Kiva entrepreneur work towards economic independence. Our entrepreneur is Eldar Mammadov.  He is 70 years old, married, and lives [...]

Allison.Earnhart.2010 | November 6th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

Net Impact’s mission at Owen is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of new leaders who use business to improve the world. In a network with over 150 student and professional chapters on 6 continents in 80 cities and 110 graduate schools, a central office in San Francisco, [...]

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Owen Energy Audit - Volunteer Opportunity

The initial goal would be to collect data and analyze the buildings energy flow. From there we can evaluate our carbon footprint, make recommendations, and ultimately implement some energy savings/efficiency initiatives. This could be an ongoing process, where year-by-year figures will be compared; progress can be assessed, and system improvements can be documented. It would [...]

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Net Impact/100% Owen re-leafing day, Saturday, November 21st

If you’re in Nashville for Thanksgiving Break, get in the holiday spirit and replace Christmas trees with the Nashville Tree Foundation for their 8th annual Re-leafing Day. Planting will take place in the Inglewood neighborhood of Nashville starting at 8:30 am on Saturday, Nov 21. Email Rachael Nichol if you’re interested.

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Immersion trip to Peru with a sustainable development organization

If you don’t have travel plans for winter break, check out this amazing opportunity with I-DEV International. The 2009 / 2010 Doing Development In… Program: Peru is a 10 day immersion trip to Peru’s Northern Highlands for graduate students and young professionals interested in learning first-hand how international development, social entrepreneurship and micro-finance are making [...]

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Resources for the Net Impact Job Seeker

“I want to introduce myself and my CSR and Sustainability recruiting practice that provides several resources to NI job seekers.   These resources could be valuable to your members and your chapter as a whole.  My connection to Net Impact goes way back to 1997 when I was a chapter leader at the Yale School of [...]

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Nashville Tree Foundation Re-leafing Day

Owen Net Impact and 100% Owen are sponsoring the Nashville Tree Foundation Re-leafing Event on Saturday, 11/21, 8 a.m. - Noon
Although we realize many of you will be away for Thanksgiving break, if you are in town, please come support The Tree Foundation.  They will send out teams of at least 3 people who will [...]

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Smart Printing Initiative - Reduce Wasted Paper By 25%

Net Impact believes that Owen can reduce its excessive paper consumption by using the Smart Printing practices listed below. If we can reduce our paper consumption, we can spend the saved money toward buying paper with a higher recycled content, thereby further enhancing our efforts. We can also prove to the school that we don’t [...]

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NetImpact Job Board

Don’t forget to utilize the NetImpact job board during your internship or job search.  The link is: http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=4

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