NATURAL WORLD MUSEUM &
SF URBAN ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY PRESENT
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............ Designing Sustainable Ventures ..........
--FREE tickets to the Green Festival!
--Project Resource Wall & Project Lottery
--organic treats by Lovemore Gourmet
.................... FEATURING .......................
-- guayaki yerba mate -- social fusion -- adpsr --
urban permaculture guild -- craigslist foundation --
-- sf green festival -- off the grid consulting --
hemp industries international -- new leaf paper--
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Network, collaborate, and learn from seasoned
professionals in the for profit and nonprofit
sustainability sectors!
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Tuesday October 12, 2004
6:00PM – 10:00PM
$15 limited presale
$20 limited general
$25 at the door
Herbst International Exhibition Hall
Building 385 Moraga @ Montgomery
(south of the bowling center, off Arguello)
San Francisco Presidio
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FOR MAP: www.fortmason.org/directions
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
www.presidio.gov/Visiting/DirectionsShuttle
DRIVING DIRECTIONS:
www.naturalworldmuseum.org/download/DRIVING_DIRECTIONS.pdf
BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=73198
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www.sfuas.org
unite@sfuas.org
415.820.1456
www.naturalworldmuseum.org
info@naturalworldmuseum.org
(415)606-3467
limited scholarships are also available
CONTACT: dima@sfuas.org or
intern@naturalworldmuseum.org
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DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE VENTURES
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Natural World Museum and SFUAS join forces to launch
“Designing Sustainable Ventures”, part of the SFUAS
monthly “GreenHouse Sustainability Series”. This
event takes place under the umbrella of NWM’s
Anima Mundi ~ “Soul of the World” Exhibition and
October schedule of educational programs.
“Designing Sustainable Ventures” seeks to explore
the issues of ethics and profits through experiences
of sustainable business leaders as well as through
group interaction.
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SPEAKERS
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CHRIS MANN, CEO of Guayaki Yerba Mate.
www.guayaki.com
Guayakí works in partnership with Indigenous and
local communities in the South American rainforest
to provide healing herbal teas, whose production
generates economic, social and environmental well
being for the producing people and their countries
while providing customers with extremely beneficial,
healthy and medicinal rainforest products.
AMBER NYSTROM, Director of Social Fusion
www.wtc-sf.org
Social Fusion is a Women’s Technology Cluster
business incubator that scales nonprofit and
for-profit social ventures by merging successful
business practices and positive social impact.
Social Fusion's goal is to make innovation easier
by employing entrepreneurial strategy to build the
networks, capital and infrastructure needed to
foster financially sustainable social change.
Ms. Nystrom Co-founded two successful social
enterprises, and offers extensive domestic and
international experience in Latin America and
Europe launching and scaling for-profit and
nonprofit ventures. Her extensive experience
includes ten years of senior level nonprofit
and public policy experience launching and
directing women’s health, business and economic
development initiatives; and several years
consulting on strategy and development to small
businesses and individual entrepreneurs.
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MODERATORS
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BILL REED, General Manager of New Leaf Paper.
www.newleafpaper.com
Bill grew up in a family of passionate
environmentalists on a small farm and later studied
environmental science in college. His interests in
agriculture led him to Odwalla where he worked for
six years, two of which he was the Director of
Operations. He focused much of his time at Odwalla
on waste, including the return rate of unsold juice.
At New Leaf, Bill continues to focus on waste, and
the remaking of waste into new, usable products.
Bill handles everything from finance to marketing
at New Leaf where he has driven sales from
$5 million in 2001 to $16 million last year. Each
dollar of sales represents about one pound of
post-consumer waste. Growing sales means New Leaf
is using more waste or saving more trees.
DARIAN HEYMAN, ED Craiglist Foundation
www.craigslistfoundation.org
After co-founding and selling digital advertising
agency Beyond Interactive to Grey Global Group,
Darian made a conscious decision to dedicate his
life to philanthropy, arts, community and travel.
He created Project Pangea, which produced more
than a dozen interdisciplinary fundraising events,
bringing top DJs, musicians, artists, filmmakers,
speakers, designers, and other performers together
to help groups like Michael Franti & Spearhead,
NextAid, and the Center for Young Women’s
Development raise both awareness and capital.
Darian is responsible for launching Craigslist
Foundation's first Nonprofit Boot Camp, a
day-long event to help emerging nonprofits,
develop new skills for marketing and running
their organizations, build relationships with
potential donors & volunteers and strengthen
ties within the nonprofit community.
JOHANNA SCHULTZ, Sustainability Consultant
Johanna is a consultant with a multi-faceted
approach to social justice and sustainable
development. As the former director of
environmental and social policy for Thanksgiving
Coffee Company, she was awarded grant funding
to subsidize the use of biodiesel in the company's
delivery vehicle, making Thanksgiving Coffee the
first private fleet in the state of California
to use B100 biodiesel in delivery operations.
Johanna is currently a founding member of
Sustainable Mendocino, co-chair of Mendocino
Alliance for a Community-Based Economy,
Public Relations Director and Board Member
for the Hemp Industries Association, and a DJ
of political and conscious hip-hop on
Mendocino County community radio, KZYX&Z.
YOHAI GOLAN, Co-Founder of OTG Consulting
www.otgconsulting.com
Off The Grid Consulting (OTG) is an energy consulting
company specializing in the use of alternative
Diesels. OTG, in collaboration with Generators
Unlimited and Grease, has developed a hands-free
industrial standard Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO)
conversion system for Diesel engines. Not only is
SVO renewable, non-toxic and biodegradable but
emissions contain up to 100% less sulfur, 75% less
green house gases and 50% less soot. SVO is the
renewable fuel of the future that can be grown by
American farmers.
KARRI WINN, Green Festival Organizer
www.greenfestivals.com
The Green Festival is a two-day party with a
serious purpose: to accelerate the emergence of
a new economic paradigm that is life-affirming,
inclusive and nurturing. Together we are
cultivating a culture of sustainability and
social equity that honors our interdependence
with all life. Green Festival unites green
enterprises, social and environmental groups,
visionary thinkers and thousands of community
members in a lively exchange of ideas, commerce
and movement building fun.
KATHERINE STEELE, ADPSR & Urban Permaculture Guild
www.adpsr-norcal.org
www.urbanpermacultureguild.org
Katherine Steele is a international networker,
permaculture activist, educator and designer.
Founder of the Urban Permaculture Guild in Oakland,
CA and Administrator of the NorCal Chapter of
Architects Designers Planners for Social
Responsibility (ADPSR) in Berkeley, she facilitates
workshops on natural building and permaculture.
Trained in Ecovillage Development with Findhorn
Foundation of Scotland, Natural Building with
Kleiwerks and Permaculture from Occidental Arts
and Ecology Center and the Permaculture Institute
of Northern California she also holds an MA in
Creative Arts from San Francisco State
University.
PATRICK DOMINGUEZ, Social Fusion Marketing Guru
www.wtc-sf.org
Patrick spent 10 years as a successful entrepreneur
and marketeer in Prague, Czech Republic, where he
built Tesco, the UK's top retail company, into
the market-leading brand of department stores in the
Czech Republic and Slovakia. Patrick currently
provides strategic marketing consulting to Bay Area
social enterprises for Social Fusion, the SOcial
venture incubator for the Women's Technology
Cluster, helping them develop sustainable,
scalable business models and marketing strategies.
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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
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Green Festival
Guayaki Yerba Mate
Ithaca Fine Chocolates
Rainbow Grocery Coop
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ABOUT SFUAS
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The SFUAS is a local network of green businesses and
community members who are creating dynamic models of
sustainability within the urban environment. We have
joined forces to help transform the City into a more
harmonious social, economic & natural environment.
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ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD MUSEUM
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San Francisco’s emerging Natural World Museum is a
501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to
showcase educational art exhibitions that cultivate
environmental awareness and stimulate social
engagement in conservation.
www.naturalworldmuseum.org
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ANIMA MUNDI ~ SOUL OF THE WORLD EXHIBITION & PROGRAMS
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Showing Oct 1-31, 2004 at the SF Presidio's
Herbst International Exhibition Hall
Tues - Fri 10am -7pm, Sat & Sun 10am - 5pm
$4 general/ $2 students
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Join the Natural World Museum in launching its debut
exhibition of Environmental Art. Take a journey
through 6,000 years of art in 12 unique installations,
from ancient and indigenous objects to multimedia
visions. Featuring a special collection of nature
paintings by Robert Bateman, renowned wildlife artist
and avid naturalist. Enjoy hands-on experiences
through evocative educational contexts about
conservation and sustainability.
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EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
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- ENVIRONMENTAL PAINTINGS by Robert Bateman
- CARBON WALLS composed of five elements by Hirokazu
Kosaka
- WILD SOUNDSCAPES by Bernie Krause of Wild Sanctuary
- DIGITAL GARDEN featuring 30 eco-artists from
Greenmuseum.org
- MINERAL GARDEN from the California Academy of
Sciences
- NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART from the NW Museum of Arts
& Culture
- ANCIENT CHINESE CERAMICS from the Babka Collection
- PRESIDIO'S NATURAL TREASURES photos by Vincent
Versace
- BIODIVERSITY SHOWCASE by Costa Rica Conservation
Trust
- FIVE ELEMENTS EXPERIENCE virtual interactive
green screen by Incredible Places
and more....
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PROGRAMS
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To complement the show, we host a wide array of
lectures, workshops, and film screenings throughout
October to highlight the caliber of art and
educational programming NWM will offer as we move
forward in establishing a permanent site.
For a detailed schedule visit:
www.naturalworldmuseum.org/calendar/oct.asp#schedule
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Art is the signature of civilization and the
cornerstone of conservation. From the paintings of
Robert Bateman, to the indigenous objects of Native
Americans to the soundscapes of Bernie Krause, the
message is loud and clear
~ nature’s beauty is fragile and finite.
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Not knowing, we fall under the power of conceptual thinking... and samsara unfolds like a dream. ~ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Lorna Li |