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Connecting like-minded businesses
Posted by ClimateNE on November 18, 2011 1:34 PM
Posted by Jen
Chatting informally face-to-face with like-minded people is probably one of the most effective ways that you can share information, build relations, collaborate and do business together.
We held the very first ConnectFriday this morning with this in mind. It was a free and informal gathering for like-minded businesses to meet and see how they can share information and intelligence on the green, climate resilient and low-carbon agenda.
Nearly 30 people came along to the event, which we held at the Settle Down café in Newcastle; the feedback was overwhelmingly positive - there is an obvious need for regular informal networking-style meetings for like-minded businesses to collaborate and share information.
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Boardroom versus classroom challenge
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Posted by ClimateNE on November 25, 2011 2:37 PM
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I've had the privilege of working on an initiative called the Boardroom v Classroom Challenge this year.
Working with Krista and Harriet, from the Climate Change Schools Project, we hooked up three businesses with students to get them to look at ways to develop commercially viable ideas relating to the low-carbon and climate resilient economy.
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How can businesses help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change?
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Posted by ClimateNE on November 30, 2011 1:16 PM
• Young people in Brazil use mobile phones and digital technology to help map areas of risk, which in turn, feed into community-level emergency response strategies, such as dealing with the effects of flooding and landslides.
• The creation of cyclone-proof schools in Madagascar with water supplies that provide access to clean, safe drinking water in times of extreme weather events.
These two examples are just some of the ways that businesses are working with UNICEF on the 'Climate Positive for Children' project, whereby companies are helping their future employees, customers and stakeholders become more resilient to a changing climate, particularly in parts of the world being hardest hit by climate change.
More locally, did you know that in the North East of England, schools and young people have been leading on collaborative, community-wide climate change adaptation projects since 2009?
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