You still have time to read the book! Deep Economy promises to provide plenty to talk about. Book club is this Thursday from 6:30 – 9:00. Contact Melissa for more info.
Check out a summary of the book on the original post here.
If you’d like to join the conversation another way, we just started a LinkedIn group. If you aren’t involved in any of LinkedIn’s groups, they are a great way to engage and get the discussion going. You can post and answer questions, and email with other group members. LinkedIn has expanded their groups capabilities significantly recently; join our little piece of the LinkedIn world to check it out for yourself!
The yearly chapter rankings were just released and the Seattle Professional Chapter achieved Gold Status for the first time! We’re pretty excited about it, and have to give a big thanks to our members and volunteers – you make it happen!
Gold chapters are the most outstanding chapters in the Net Impact network. They are characterized by energetic members, dynamic leadership, and excellence in all that they do. They also go above and beyond minimum requirements to actively give back to the network by sharing best practices, mentoring other chapters, and working with Net Impact Central to improve chapter offerings.
To see the full list of Gold and Silver Standard Chapters, visit Net Impact National’s website.
A special thanks to the entire Leadership Group!
Here are some pictures from last week’s fantastic Summer Networking Happy Hour Event.
We’re reading Deep Economy by Bill McKibben and will have a fascinating discussion about whether more really is better, and how more impacts communities, the environment, and the world. RSVP for the event by emailing Melissa at mblair76@me.com. Hope to see you there!
More about the book: (From Publishers Week)
Challenging the prevailing wisdom that the goal of economies should be unlimited growth, McKibben (The End of Nature) argues that the world doesn’t have enough natural resources to sustain endless economic expansion. For example, if the Chinese owned cars in the same numbers as Americans, there would be 1.1 billion more vehicles on the road—untenable in a world that is rapidly running out of oil and clean [...]
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