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Brooke
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- Bangkok, Thailand // San Francisco, USA
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"If you think about our world as not just a mass of problems, but as a group of individual possibilities, think of what we can do."
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Some things have no business being packed up and shipped at all, like software serial numbers. But until we learn to teleport fragile objects, we're going to have to protect them for the journey. This ambitious concept called Bacs harnesses the ...
This is awesome, thank you so much for posting it! I think this type of advice is so useful for all of us, especially the "newbies" who are trying to learn as much as they can as early as possible. Thanks, Gary!
TerraCycle makes affordable, eco-friendly products from a wide range of different non-recyclable waste materials. With over 50 products available at major retailers like Walmart, Target, The Home Depot, OfficeMax, Petco and Whole Foods Market, Ter...
Jin Hong, Sebastian Brauer, Ji In Sun, and Jackie Starker, four students at the University of the Arts in Philly, have come up with a line of "Wearable Shelter" clothing: "Three durable, watertight, and wind-resistant garments that are lightweight...
I recently came across this site and think it has great potential to connect all of us social entrepreneurs in a more efficient way than ever before. It's definitely worth checking out. Here's the info from the website:
UnLtdWorld connects you to...
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Bangkok
- Age:
- 25
- Organisation:
- Kiva, ChangeFusion and All Day Buffet
- About Me:
- I was born in a small town in Northern California. Grass Valley, California, is not known as one of the cultural, political or social centers of the world; you would not find this sleepy rural former Gold Rush town on CNN as a symbol for the new world order. But, once upon a time, it comprised my whole world, a world of predictability, stability and warmth. Small town America was all I knew and loved. But my life was to be abruptly and radically changed! Like a character in a modern fairy tale, I was plucked from my home and thrust into a new world which was to dazzle, confuse, thrill, and, ultimately, transform me for the better. I was informed that my family was moving to Bangkok, Thailand.
I spent the next 8 years of my life (from age 9-17) living in Bangkok. It was here that I developed my sense of internationalism, open-mindedness, and independence.
After being offered a scholarship to study International Relations, I moved to San Francisco where through a series of fortunate events, I became involved in a small start-up internet non-profit organization that was to be called Kiva.org. After learning and becoming involved in the world of microfinance, I became obsessed with the idea. I felt like I had found my calling, I had found "my tribe" in the San Francisco Kiva office.
I followed Muhammad Yunus to the Asian Pacific region microcredit summit in Bali and my obsession shot off into a new direction inspired by Yunus' second book, "Creating a World Without Poverty" which focused on the idea of social business.
Nothing made more sense to me than this.
So, through a series of more fortunate events, I became involved with ChangeFusion and now help them to coordinate and develop their support for seeding and start-up social businesses in the Asia region.
I'm really just want to do some good in this world. Who knows, maybe I can even make a living out of it!
- Website:
- http://www.brookeestin.com
- Favorite Social Entrepreneur:
- Muhammad Yunus, Matt Flannery and Jessica Jackley, Jed Emerson, Bill Drayton, Sunit Shrestha...
- Favorite Music:
- Acid House Kings/Aesop Rock/Air French Band/Alicia Keys/ALO/Amos Less/Amy Winehouse/Ani Difranco/Astrud Gilberto/Atmosphere/Bebo & Cigala/Ben Harper/Ben Taylor Band/Beth Orton/Beverley Knight/Billie Holiday/Billie Myers/Binocular/Black Eyes Peas/Blow/Brazilian Girls/Breaks Co-Op/Brett Dennen/Buena Vista Social Club/Cal Tjader & Michael Reinboth/Carbon Leaf/Cary Brothers/Charlotte Martin/Cheb I Sabbah/Christina Aguilera/Chuck Prophet/Citizen Cope/Colin Hay/Common/Corinne Bailey Rae/Cree Summer/Cut Chemist & Miles/Cymande/DJ Jamad/D'Angelo/Damien Rice/Dangerdoom/Day One/Decoy/Diogal/Dispatch/DJ Marky/DJ Shadow/DJ Rap/Dub FX/EBO/EMC/ENIGMA-Eligh/Ernesto/Erykah Badu/Esthero/Eyedea & Abilities/Fat Freddy's Drop/Feeling Groovies/Fiona Apple/The Fray/Frou Frou/Fugees/G Love & Special Sauce/G Tom Mac/Gavin DeGraw/Gipsy kings/Goapele/Gorillaz/Gotan Project/Groove Armada/Harry Nilsson/Hieroglyphics/Howie Day/Incubas/India Ari/ J-boogie's Dubtronic Science/ Jack Johnson/James Morrison/Jarabe De Palo/Jason Mraz/ Javalen/Jill Scott/Jimi Hendrix/John Butler Trio/John Legend/John Mayer/Joseph Arthur/Josh Kelly/Josh Rouse/Joshua Radin/Joss Stone/Juanes/Jurassic 5/Katchafire/Kelli Ali/Len/Lenny Kravitz/Lily Allen/Luscious Jackson/Mattafix/Mike Steed/MF Doom/Mos Def/Nikka Costa/Nina Simone/Postal Service/Ratatat/Rich Price/RJD2/Slum Village/Solu Music/Soul Miner's Daughter/Sublime/Sufjan Stevens/Switchfoot/Tahiti 80/Thievery Corporation/Third Eye Blind/Tracy Chapman/Typical Cats/Zero 7...+++
Comment Wall (54 comments)
- At 12:38pm on November 12, 2009,
Brooke said…
- Thank you so much for your understanding Tim! If there is anything I can do to help support your sustainable business work, please don't hesitate to reach out!
- At 11:16am on November 12, 2009,
Tim Burleigh said… - Hi Brooke! Let me know if this looks okay!
- At 8:19pm on November 11, 2009,
Tim Burleigh said…
- HI Brooke!
Thank you for the welcome. I have two networks of my own that I amtrying to get off the ground. I also have a few internet businesses I am also involved in. My full time job is in B2B business development. I originally started my networks with the idea of getting traffic to see my internet business ads. I soon found out that I had my priorities wrong and realized I enjoyed helping people more. My ads are not even posted at this time...maybe later. It is just a lot of fun meeting and helping others to be successful. I am new at this but am learning from a few good people who have reached out to help me.
It is good to meet you here.
Tim
- At 4:56pm on October 22, 2009,
Christian Vanizette said… - Hello brooke !
i've just noticed that your answer to my comment was on your wall ! ...sorry for the delay =)
Yes i do have a skype account (please don't laugh i've created it a long time ago when i was still leaving on my little island :) : My skype : tahitian_coconut
it could be very cool to have a call with you when you are available.
we can arrange this by email. Here's mine : christian.vanizette@euromed-management.net
a bientot !
- At 11:25am on October 20, 2009,
Brooke said…
- Hi Christian,
I'm so glad you made your way over to Futureshifters!
Yeah, I heard about Fat Freddy's Drop when I was in Australia a couple years back and instantly fell in love with their sound. I will definitely be checking out their new album- thanks for the heads up!
So you will have an MBA in innovation & social entrepreneurship and want to intern at Change Fusion in January? I highly doubt we'll be able to pay you much (if anything at all) but if you are interested in an unpaid internship then we should DEFINITELY continue this conversation. Do you have Skype? :)
I look forward to learning more about your project and hopefully meeting you in the future!
(also, if you're interested in seeing the conference I just helped run with my other job at All Day Buffet, check out the conference here: http://alldaybuffet.stream57.com/thefeast/ and also a really stellar article about it here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/the-feast-conference-by-all-day-buffet.php)
- At 8:12pm on October 19, 2009,
Christian Vanizette said…
- Bonjour brooke =)
i knew fat freddy's drop during a travel to new zealand a few years ago...even the sheep there are big fans of the band ! haha (btw they've release a new album a few days ago...)
What work brings me to futureshifters ?
i'm actually doing an MBA in a french business school in Innovation & social entrepreneurship
& i'm currently working in the "Business innovation Garage" of a high tech company on related innovation themes....
During these activities i've noticed that real innovations comes from social business (as describe by yunus ) ! even ideo is admitting it with their HDC toolkit ( http://www.ideo.com/work/item/human-centered-design-toolkit/ )
As the subject is closely link to my values & my start up project, i've decided to try to immerge myselft in the social buiness world.
to do so i've google for some projects in asia.
then i found change fusion,
then i found futureshifters.
and then i found you.
voila ! You know everything =)
by the way, do you know if there's any chance for an internship in january @change fusion ? =)
brgds & all the best,
christian
- At 8:39pm on September 19, 2009,
denmark tañedo said… - anything i can do..
- At 5:13am on August 28, 2009,
Akshay Surve said… - Hi Brook,
I have been following your stream of activity here on Futureshifters keenly and please keep it going.
I am the founder of Ads4Good.org and we are incubating at GoodCompany Ventures in Philadelphia. We provide ad-based widgets allow bloggers to donate to their favorite cause for free. I am in Sunnyvale this week till early Mon/Tue and I would love to meet with you and discuss social media, non-profits and brands and see your advice on our present challenges.
I can be reached at akshay.surve (at) gmail.com
- At 12:30am on August 23, 2009,
Kendra Voth said…
- Brooke! I love this site! Great Job! I wish I could say I will be around but I am here in Vancouver...any chance you will make your way out here? Let's talk you soooo have to fill me in on everything!
Our Beta will be in done in about a month I cant wait to show you.
Lets set a time to talk next week, I have so much to tell you and there may be a few things you could help us out with too.
xo
k
- At 8:36am on August 20, 2009,
denmark tañedo said…
- we don't have that yet..
Brooke's Blog
Harnessing Bacteria to Grow Custom Packaging
Some things have no business being packed up and shipped at all, like software serial numbers. But until we learn to teleport fragile objects, we're going to have to protect them for the journey. This ambitious concept called… Continue
Posted on November 25, 2009 at 3:00am —
TerraCycle makes the FIRST product ever made entirely of TRASH!
TerraCycle makes affordable, eco-friendly products from a wide range of different non-recyclable waste materials. With over 50 products available at major retailers like Walmart, Target, The Home Depot, OfficeMax, Petco and Whole Foods Market, TerraCycle is one of the fastest growing eco-friendly manufacturers in the world.
The hope is to eliminate the idea of waste by finding innovative, unique uses for materials others deem garbage.
Check out the worlds most Eco-Fr… Continue
The hope is to eliminate the idea of waste by finding innovative, unique uses for materials others deem garbage.
Check out the worlds most Eco-Fr… Continue
Posted on November 23, 2009 at 3:00am —
Upcycling Clothes to make HOMES?!
Jin Hong, Sebastian Brauer, Ji In Sun, and Jackie Starker, four students at the University of the Arts in Philly, have come up with a line of "Wearable Shelter" clothing: "Three durable, watertight, and wind-resistant garments that are lightweight enough for everyday wear yet easily convertible into tents or sleeping bags that can brave the elements." Although the clothes, which are made from used sleeping bags, workout clothing and performance jackets, were designed for post-disaster scenarios,… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 3:00am —
I-Dev International- Market-Based Sustainable Development
I-DEV designs and builds economically-viable, market-based businesses and industries at the base of the pyramid. We do this by aligning the interests of corporations and local communities to create bottom line value for both.… Continue
Posted on November 17, 2009 at 2:30am —
UpCycling? How to take non-recyclable trash and make it funtional
The Bus Shelter is made from 3 old school buses, years: 62, 72 and 77. The seat is from one of Atlanta's decommissioned city buses.
Check out how they made it here: http://www.cfennell.org/pages/bs2.html
… Continue
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 2:30am —
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