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SUMMARY:Newton Needham Chamber Spring Business Breakfast - Future of Transportation with Robin Chase
DESCRIPTION:There are still a few tickets left for the May 3rd Newton Needham Chamber Spring Business Breakfast.   \nThe changing face of transportation will be in the spotlight when transportation entrepreneur Robin Chase addresses the  Newton-Needham Regional Chamber’s annual Spring Business Breakfast on Friday May 3 at the Needham Sheraton Hotel. \nRobin Chase is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar\, the largest carsharing company in the world; as well as co-founder of Veniam\, a network company that moves terabytes of data between vehicles and the cloud. Her recent book is “Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism.” Her current passion is working with cities to maximize the transformation possible with the introduction of self-driving cars. \nChase has received many awards in the areas of innovation\, design\, and environment\, including Time 100 Most Influential People\, Fast Company Fast 50 Innovators\, and BusinessWeek Top 10 Designers. Robin graduated from Wellesley College and MIT’s Sloan School of Management\, was a Harvard University Loeb Fellow\, and received an honorary Doctorate of Design from the Illinois Institute of Technology.  \nAlso speaking at the breakfast will be Mike Kennealy\, Massachusetts secretary of Housing and Economic Development.  Mike served as co-chair of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center in his previous role as Assistant Secretary for Business Growth.  He also served two years as Special Advisor to the Receiver at Lawrence Public Schools\, where he worked with the state-appointed superintendent/receiver on strategic and financial initiatives to support the school district’s turnaround plan.  Before entering government service\, Mike was with private equity firm Spectrum Equity\, which he helped grow to $5 billion in investments in 100 high-growth firms.   \nBreakfast will be served at 7:30 am; the program will begin begin promptly at 8:00 am. \nRegister here.
URL:https://www.greenneedham.org/blog/event/newton-needham-chamber-spring-business-breakfast-future-of-transportation-with-robin-chase/
LOCATION:Sheraton Needham Hotel\, 100 Cabot St.\, Needham\, MA\, 02494\, United States
CATEGORIES:Newton-Needham Chamber
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SUMMARY:WBUR "Business In The Era Of Climate Change" Series: Part 4: The Road Map Of The Future: Transportation
DESCRIPTION:A five-part WBUR series in collaboration with Harvard Business School and Boston University Questrom School of Business \nBusiness is the main source of the greenhouse gases that are causing the Earth’s climate to change. Business is also the main source of new products\, services and business models that may save us from wholesale climate calamity. This 5-part series\, featuring leading thinkers from business\, environmental advocacy groups and area universities\, will explore what businesses are doing\, can do and should do to confront climate change. \nPart 4: The Roadmap of the Future: Transportation \nIn Massachusetts\, the transportation sector generated more greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector\, and the pressure is on to make improvements. The specter of climate change is shaking up the business strategies of traditional automakers and giving a big boost to alternatives like peer-to-peer car sharing\, biking\, and scooters. What will the transportation system of the future look like? What are the barriers and how are upstart companies tackling them? How are big car companies responding? \nPanelists: \n\nAdam Gromis\, Public Policy Manager\, Sustainability & Environmental Impact\, Uber\nKevin Butt\, General Manager – Regional Environmental Sustainability Director\, Toyota North America\nCaroline Samponaro\, Head of Bike\, Scooter & Pedestrian Policy at Lyft\nModerator\, WBUR Environmental Reporter Bruce Gellerman
URL:https://www.greenneedham.org/blog/event/wbur-business-in-the-era-of-climate-change-series-part-4-the-road-map-of-the-future-transportation/
LOCATION:WBUR CitySpace\, 890 Commonwealth Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Volunteer Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Tag Gas Leaks with Needham's New Mothers Out Front Chapter
DESCRIPTION:Are you concerned about gas leaks in Needham? The newly formed Needham chapter of Mothers Out Front is organizing a Tag Gas Leaks event in Needham on Saturday\, May 11 at 1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.  Participants will meet at the Town Center. RSVP here. \n\nMothers Out Front points out that Needham has 61 sites\, in and around our homes and businesses\, where natural gas is leaking through the ground into our air. These leaks emit methane\, a powerful greenhouse gas\, 86 times worse for the environment than CO2 in its first 20 years in the atmosphere. Gas leaks can cause explosions\, pollute our air\, kill trees\, harm our health\, AND residents are paying for the lost gas. \nTeams of volunteers will get fact sheets\, maps and tags to place near gas leak sites. You’ll have fun and learn more about Mothers Out Front’s campaign to advocate for a livable future for our children. \n 
URL:https://www.greenneedham.org/blog/event/tag-gas-leaks-with-needhams-new-mothers-out-front-chapter/
LOCATION:Needham Town Common\, 1471 Highland Ave.\, Needham\, MA\, 02492\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activism
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