Blog Real Change http://blog.realchange.com/us Real Change Network Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:27:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Video: Changing the World is the Secret Ingredient of Innovation in Silicon Valley http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/02/20/changing-the-world-is-the-secret-ingredient-of-innovation-in-silicon-valley/ http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/02/20/changing-the-world-is-the-secret-ingredient-of-innovation-in-silicon-valley/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:46:38 +0000 Christian Forthomme http://blog.realchange.com/us/?p=866 What happens when senior executives of large French companies participate in a RealChange Expedition with young Web entrepreneurs and share the same learning focus on the best of innovation, social media and green business in Northern California?

They discover that innovation in Silicon Valley is very much a function of bringing to business the same passion, insights and organization than the best activist organizations exhibit. This recent RealChange expedition, masterfully filmed by Romain Saillet,conveys the discovery of these explorers of the new frontiers of business. A video you shouldn’t miss.

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]]> http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/02/20/changing-the-world-is-the-secret-ingredient-of-innovation-in-silicon-valley/feed/ 0 Video: The best of Green Building Innovation in Northern California http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/02/20/the-best-of-green-building-innovation-in-northern-california/ http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/02/20/the-best-of-green-building-innovation-in-northern-california/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:22:04 +0000 Christian Forthomme http://blog.realchange.com/us/?p=853 Our friends of  Gesec  an organization gathering the most dynamic green building entrepreneurs in France  just sent us a powerful video of their RealChange Expedition in the Bay Area.

Click on the following link to experience a part of their discovery: RealChange Green Building Expedition Video http://vimeo.com/36482009

A colorful visual report about the best green building innovations at the Academy of Sciences, Crissy Field Center, Project Frog,  Google, Serious Energy, Nasa Ames Research Center, Ecohaus Green Depot, PG&E, the San Francisco department of the Environment and Delancey Street Foundation. Most of all you’ll appreciate the studious, warm, productive atmosphere of this expedition which led to major initatives for the French building and construction companies upon return to their native country.

Great photos and more details (in French) on the Expedition blog at: http://californie.gesec.fr/

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]]> http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/02/20/the-best-of-green-building-innovation-in-northern-california/feed/ 0 1% Can Create Big Change http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/01/28/1-can-create-big-change/ http://blog.realchange.com/us/2012/01/28/1-can-create-big-change/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:40:47 +0000 Alana Herro http://blog.realchange.com/us/?p=837 Though 1% seems small, Salesforce.com finds donating 1% of its time, 1% of its product, and 1% of its equity to nonprofit organizations has a big impact. Goodwill Industries is a beneficiary of this model, saying, “Salesforce CRM has helped us more successfully manage our material and financial donations programs.” http://www.salesforce.com/showcase/stories/goodwill.jsp

 

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http://www.greenlodgingnews.com/what-you-need-know-about-carbon-measurement-working

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http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-business-and-opportunity-2011-10

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]]> http://blog.realchange.com/us/2011/10/19/twitter-under-the-microscope/feed/ 0 Sustainability-Flavored Social Gaming is Exploding http://blog.realchange.com/us/2011/10/10/sustainability-flavored-social-gaming-is-exploding/ http://blog.realchange.com/us/2011/10/10/sustainability-flavored-social-gaming-is-exploding/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:30:23 +0000 Yves Bergquist http://blog.realchange.com/us/?p=766 It makes perfect sense: highly engaged social gamers have become a high-value target for social games and brands, with more and more success. The smartest marketing firms are paying very close attention.

 

http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/09/marketing-games-connecting-consumers/

http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/08/how-social-gaming-can-advance-sustainability/

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/social-gaming-startup-guerillapps-launches-first-green-theme-upcycling-game-on-facebook-2011-09-06

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http://www.genconnect.com/lifestyle/melanie-nutter-how-san-francisco-became-the-greenest-city-video/

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]]> http://blog.realchange.com/us/2011/10/07/san-francisco-is-greenest/feed/ 0 Steve Jobs: Best Reactions and Commentaries http://blog.realchange.com/us/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-best-reactions-and-commentaries/ http://blog.realchange.com/us/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-best-reactions-and-commentaries/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:08:01 +0000 Yves Bergquist http://blog.realchange.com/us/?p=753 Steve Jobs’ passing filled us up with a strange sadness, he wasn’t just a CEO, he led the way in how we approach technology on a spiritual plane. Steve Jobs’ main contribution is to have seen technology through the eyes of a child, He understood what nobody else in the tech industry understood (certainly not Microsoft): people hate technology. So where all the others built instruments of techno-enslavement, he built iconic devices which we could relate to in a biological, organic way. He understood that at the heart of the computer industry is human-machine interface. (Almost) nothing else matters.

Steve is back where he came from, and like at Apple, Paradise is about to get a major revamp. It’s about to get f@$&ing awesome up there.

Best reactions and comments so far:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/05/microsofts_gates_disneys_igermore_comment_on_passing_of_steve_jobs.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/luminaries-respond-to-steve-jobs-death-2011-10

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-the-end-of-an-era/

http://byliner.com/david-sheff/stories/steve-jobs-the-playboy-interview

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-note-to-employees-on-steve-jobs-death.html

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