Soil is mostly carbon, and the perfect place to draw and store atmospheric carbon that has escaped due to unsustainable industrial practices
Definitions of various impact/sustainable investing terms and trends
Daniel Robin of In3 Capital Partners facilitated an informal workshop at the Nov 2017 Climate Reckoning conference, at Harvard University. The workshop was held on Sun., Nov 19th, entitled “Selfless or Selfish: Fundraising for Purpose-Driven Organizations” and was very well received. Participant Eva Leung, founder of small not-for-profit Terra Cura, quoted Daniel’s comment about what it takes to…
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Doing social and environmental good in the post-Trump era By Daniel Robin Multiple recent articles (examples of EdTech in 2017 receiving $5m from the Kellogg Foundation, and many others) indicate that impact investing has reached investors of all ages and backgrounds, not just the liberal progressives on both US coasts, but hardcore angels and institutional investors…
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Santa Cruz Arts & Technology Festival PRESENTS A Panel Discussion: Water, Agriculture & Permaculture Thu., May 11, 2017 · 6:30-9:00 pm Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) Daniel Robin, Moderator – Managing Partner, In3 Group, impact investing and renewables finance Gerasimos Christoforatos – AquaBiotic Systems, aquaponics with applied permaculture design Russ Speer –…
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Why developers (should) seek to use Project Finance versus Venture Capital or other methods Impact innovators can now take advantage of quite affordable, low-cost Project Finance, which is a “method of long-term financing of infrastructure and industrial projects based upon the projected cash flows of the project rather than the balance sheets of its sponsors.” …
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Large numbers of people around the world have experienced the removal of historic constraints. Attainment of their newfound freedoms coincides with more wealth, longer life spans, better communication, and an array of [social and environmental] problems that necessitate the creation of new solutions. – From Social Entrepreneurship … what everyone needs to know, by David…
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Case Study In Brazil, there is a man who is known as the ‘electric gaucho’, his name is Fabio Rosa (see link to video below). He noticed that many rural families, especially young adults, were abandoning their past and cultural traditions, by moving to the city, in search of a better future. The cause of…
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