The SF Green Festival is taking place this weekend, and there will be a Twitter chat hosted at the event. There will be a good discussion about the future of sustainability, and the role of social media and social capital in helping make a green future possible. We’re interested in the overlap of green and social business. The hashtag is #GreenFest and #SOCAP, and it will take place on Fridayday, 2 PM.
Topics for you to think about and discuss:
- Placing transparency at the heart of new institutions and startups
- Creating meaning from change: make it personal, make it local
- Role of social ventures in bringing cheap, innovative, & sustainable solutions to a mass audience
- Differences in designing and funding for sustainable projects in developed vs. developing areas (awareness and appreciation, practicality, availability of metrics)
- Facilitating collaboration between startups, and the value of meetups
- Common roadblocks shared by green & social businesses
- Ways green and social business can support one another
- Current organizations supporting both green and social issues
If you’re interested, here’s the link on Tweetvite. We suggest Twitterfall as method keeping tabs on realtime tweets.
