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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today yerdle launched its web and mobile platform enabling people to give, get, and loan things among their friends. Asking the question, why shop when you can share?, yerdle.com opened its doors to the public on the biggest shopping day of the year in the U.S., Black Friday, to offer would-be shoppers an opportunity to avoid wasting money and resources on items that can be had for free from their friends. yerdle is opening its doors...
SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSTAINABLE BRANDS '12 -- Saatchi & Saatchi S, an award winning sustainability consulting and communications agency, today expanded its communication practice to include earned and social media capabilities. The agency hired PR veteran Jessica Appelgren to the role of VP, Communication. Jessica, 35, comes from Blue Practice, a public relations boutique agency devoted to sustainability. She will report to CEO Annie...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Annie Longsworth has been named CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S, North America. For the past nine years she has been President of the San Francisco office of integrated communications company Cohn & Wolfe, where she also founded the Global Sustainability Practice for Cohn & Wolfe. Annie, 42, has 18 years of communications experience and holds an Executive MBA in Sustainability. She has also held strategic marketing communications...
SAO PAULO, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Finding solutions to challenges involving economic, social and environmental sustainability through business initiatives and raising awareness of the public sector - this was the objective of the 2nd World Forum on Sustainability, which from March 24th to 26th brought together 800 business leaders, government officials, politicians and environmentalists in Manaus, Brazil. The event was produced by Seminars, a Brazilian company that organizes...
SAO PAULO, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Former US President Bill Clinton, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and filmmaker James Cameron will all speak at the 2nd INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABILITY, which is scheduled to take place March 24 through 26 in Manaus, Brazil. The event is being produced by SEMINARS, a Brazilian company that plans business seminars, and promoted by LIDE (Brazil's Business Leaders' Group), which includes 750...
WESTON, Fla., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute of Green Professionals (IGP) honored five individuals for their "extraordinary, outstanding and meritorious contributions to the sustainability sphere." The Honorary Fellow designation (Hon. FIGP) was awarded to Adam Werbach; architect R. Nicholas Loope, FAIA; Eric A. Woodroof, Ph.D.; Mark W. McElroy, Ph.D.; and Dr. Diana Balmori. According to IGP's President, Grant W. Austin, the Institute is a "global education and credentialing...
Key speakers range from Wal Mart, Coca Cola, Facebook and Starbucks executives to leading sustainability advocates from Planet Green, Natural Capital Solutions and the Natural Marketing Institute BOULDER, Colo., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) announced today the expansion of their LOHAS Forum program, featuring key speakers from Coca Cola, Wal Mart, Starbucks, BMW's DesignWorks, Method, among others. Set against the Rocky Mountains in Boulder,...
Accomplished Women Entrepreneurs Internationally Gather For Conference SAN DIEGO, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Women Presidents' Organization (WPO) will host its annual conference, entitled Sustainability: Securing the Future, on April 23-25, at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort. The WPO is the premier organization for multimillion dollar women entrepreneurs with average revenues of $13 million. The 12th annual WPO conference will host more than 500 successful women entrepreneurs...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Last year, Wal-Mart consultant Adam Werbach said, "This was exactly the conference that the community needed and I expect that it will cause the bloom of a thousand new flowers. The world can't wait." The world does not have to wait a whole year for the bi-annual Compostmodern conference Werbach refers to. Due to popular demand from the design and business community, Compostmodern (www.compostmodern.org) will again convene in San Francisco on...
