Lab School Homecomming Parade Float Pictures

Kathy Mroczko took some wonderful pictures of the Lab School homecoming parade float.  They can be found at http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?T=1244991.

 

Looking for Green Technology Inventions

Thank you Andrea Schweitzer for sending me this one.

The Science Channel is producing a television series on "green technology
inventions", and they have asked the DaVinci Institute to serve as the
go-between to find these inventors.

They will be filming in Colorado between Oct 22nd and Nov 14th. They will
finish up the day before the Colorado Inventor Showcase
(http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=gwp7nfcab.0.74wg7dcab.4gdo5zbab.8343&ts=S0289&p=htt
p%3A%2F%2Fwww.davinciinstitute.com%2Fpage.php%3FID%3D185).

If you have a "green technology invention "that you would like the Science
Channel to consider,
please contact Thomas Frey at the DiVinci Institute at 303-666-4133 and he
will make the introduction.

Medieval Tech Support

As a geek and a medievalist, I enjoyed this.

System Big Play to go for Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge

The System Big Play Project will be submitting a proposal for the Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge.  The challenge will give a $100,000 cash award to a project that will help lead humanity to sustainability upon this earth.

 

“The Buckminster Fuller Challenge seeks submissions of design science solutions within a broad range of human endeavor that exemplify the trimtab principle. Trimtabs demonstrate how small amounts of energy and resources precisely applied at the right time and place can produce maximum advantageous change.

Solutions should be:

·         Comprehensive — a clear demonstration of holistic systems thinking.

·         Anticipatory — projectively tracking critical trends and needs; identifying and assessing long term consequences of proposed solutions.

·         Ecologically responsible — reflective and supportive of nature's underlying processes, patterns and principles.

·         Verifiable — able to withstand rigorous empirical testing.

·         Replicable — capable of being readily undertaken by others.

·         Achievable — likely to be implemented successfully and broadly adopted. “

The System Big Play Project is uniquely qualified to meet this challenge.

 

There is an extremely tight schedule to fulfill this goal.  The deadline for entry is October 30^th.  I am quickly assembly a team.  We will be seeking the help of The Colorado Nonprofit Association to get started quickly.  Grant writing has already begun amongst those people who already expect to be part of the team.  If anyone is interested in learning more please call me at (970) 484-4577.

Networking 101: Name Tags and More

This evening I was at the Green Drinks here in Fort Collins.  Now the Green Drinks group in Fort Collins seems to be heavily dominated by Green Builders.  I think Green Builders are great and they are promoting a new way sustainable living.  But as they talk of big development projects or wealthy people who can afford their products, I think “Aren’t we missing the point a bit here?”  Should we not be building less, reusing more, building more compact, living smaller?  I just need to realize those are my values and not necessarily others. 

 

Where was I?  Oh yea, I was in a networking delema!  How can I find the Environmental Activists here amoungst all these Green Builders.  First off, I arrived just late enough that there were no more name badges.  This put me at a serious networking disadvantage.  Then I went on a hunt to find other activists.  I scanned each persons name tag to see what they were up to.  Some people had there own corporate plastic name tags that were really easy to read with their company logos.  This made me realize how I should have brought my TheClimateProject.org reusable name tag along.  Others had written in thin pen on their adhesive name tags and I struggled to read them.  And some wrote large and clear and just put very catchy things like “Be Green” under their names.  It was this last group of people that usually caught my attention.  The learning: catchy name tag = attention.

 

This evening when I got home, I had the latest newsletter from www.TheNetworkingGurus.com (Cindy Rold and Donna Feldman).  I wished I had read it before I left.  It was a great refresher in becoming a better at networking.  This month’s newsletter featured an article from the Mark Hiatt, President of Just Networking and Colorado Business Leads.  In it he talks about his FOREST™ program that stands for Family, Origin (place-of), Recreation, Entertainment, Special interests, Talents (what are you good at doing) as the great fall back point when conversation gets dry.  It made me realize how much more networking practice I could use.

New Noonshiners Toastmaster Web Site

I am happy to announce that the Fort Collins Noonshiners Toastmaster Group has a new web site.  You can visit it at http://noonshinerstoastmasters.org/. We are looking for new members!  Improving your skills in public speaking can benefit you in work and play.  Consider joining in the fun.

 

Do-A-Deed.com supports random acts of kindness.

Patrick V. emailed me to let me know that he had gotten his Pay it Forward group going to support random acts of kindness. It is Do-A-Deed.com. Please check it out.

I also need to appologize to patrick form my ealier posting that exposed his email on the web. Hope the spam level is not too high!