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Professor Cynthia Scott, PhD will be presenting at the 15th Annual International Leadership Association Global Conference in Montreal, Canada on October 31st. The presentation “Leadership for Local and Global Resilience: The Challenges of a Shifting Planet” is based on a newly published book by Cynthia and fellow PGS Professor Tammy Esteves, PhD, entitled Leadership for …

On October 24-26, thousands of sustainable business professionals and students will descend upon Silicon Valley for the 2013 Net Impact conference. Our PGS Net Impact chapter is a co-host this year, curating 6 conference tracks, and bringing the most members of any Net Impact chapter in the country.  We’re also up for Chapter of the …

In a Presidio blog post earlier this year, I described my work with The Green Ninja Project, a climate-change education initiative for kids. With funding from NASA, NSF and PG&E, a successful Kickstarter campaign, and other sources, our collaboration of climate scientists, animators, filmmakers, and educators have come together to create the Green Ninja, a …

It takes just one idea and one person to change everything. Soon approaching this week from October 24-26, nearly 3,000 thinkers and doers will converge in California’s hub of innovation, Silicon Valley, for the 2013 Net Impact Conference. Fortunately, I was asked to put together a panel on the topic of sustainable investing.  As a …

Sonen Capital published a report this week detailing the financial performance of the KL Felicitas Foundation’s investment portfolio.  Josh Newman (PA2) was one of the co-authors. The report, titled Evolution of an Impact Portfolio: From Implementation to Results, demonstrates that impact investments can financially compete with, and at times outperform, traditional asset class strategies, while …

Presidio Professor Dwight Collins, PhD, and MBA Candidate Meghna Tare will be presenting together at the  2013 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Conference & Expo in Nashville, Tennessee today. The AASHE conference convenes more than 2000 people from over 200 colleges and universities, and is North America’s largest higher education …

Let’s say at the suggestion of a trusted colleague you’ve reached out to someone he or she knows to request an informational interview.  Or perhaps you’ve reached out to someone you don’t know to see if they’re willing to give you some of their time to learn more about an industry, job, or related professional …

So you’ve had an informational interview. Congratulations on taking this action to learn more about an industry, organization, and/or type of work. But now what should you do? Should you stay in contact with the individual you’ve just met, and how? How can you be persistent in communicating without becoming a pest? Presidians frequently raise …

As we learn at Presidio, there are individuals and companies that are pushing boundaries and norms to reach smarter, more sustainable solutions, and in the process are implementing exemplary cultures, products and business models that support values-driven success. This summer, I had the opportunity to intern at such a company, Pangea Organics, based in Boulder, …

A strong advocate of extracurricular activity, Seth Rosenberg is attending Presidio Graduate School part-time next semester so he can devote more of his time to his role as a student representative and club leader. “I think the more connected the Presidio community is to the work that students and faculty are doing outside of the …