Net Impact

Our awesome board members, Maribel, Max, and Jenna had an awesome time talking with everyone at @cpgreencampus AC/DC kickoff at the Red Bricks today! Thanks to everyone who stopped by, we hope to see you at next weeks meeting/social

We hope you are doing well this week, we are halfway through the quarter! The Net Impact team knows we are all busy and stressed with midterms at this point in the quarter so this week's meeting will be an open-ended presentation and discussion on capitalism. Wewould love for you to join us in diving into living in a capitalist society means, at this week's general meeting. There is no background in the subject needed, everyone is welcome no matter your major, previous exposure to the topic, etc. Come learn + engage in conversation with us! It will be thisThursday, January 20th at 11:10 amat the same location as last week, Building 2 Room 203!

Join us at the College of Business’ Club Fair tomorrow in the breezeway near the central stairway from 11-1pm! Our general meeting with guest speaker Anastasia Nicole is from 11:10-12 pm so come stop by after to chat with our awesome board members and to learn more about our club (and our wonderful committees!). We can’t wait to see you there

MEETING THIS WEEK! Cal Poly Zero Waste Coordinator Anastasia Nicole will be joining us this Thursday at 11:10. We are so excited for this awesome speaker and can't wait to see you there

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This week Net Impact would love for you to join us in hearing from fellow Cal Poly students and the founder and CEO of Harvestly.co, Walter Lafky. Harvestly.co is an online marketplace for local goods connecting people to makers and farmers in their area. Learn about the impact this Cal Poly startup is trying to make on our community and what it takes to reimagine the food supply chain system. Our general meeting and guest speaker appearance with be thisThursday, January 2...0th at 11:10 am! This meeting will be in the same location as last quarter, Building 2 Room 203! We would love to see you all in person but out of extra caution, we are also offering a virtual option to hear from our speaker! ZOOM ID:825 5689 0032

It’s time for Cal Poly’s 5th Annual Social Justice Teach In! In honor of this event we have postponed this weeks general meeting to next Thursday, and instead decided to encourage everyone to attend one of these interesting virtual talks and workshops! Our Net Impact Board will be attending different events and want to welcome anyone to attend along with us! Linnea, Max, Grace: Climate change, social justice, and the search for solutions: A new hope? 9-10 am Emily: Art ...and Social Change 2-3 pm Aydon: Organizational Strategies to Create Inclusive Organizations 9-10 am Jess, Katriana: Improving Gender and Power Based Violence Campus Climate: Be That Mustang Social Marketing as an Example 12-1 pm Nicole: Womxn and Infants Mobile Health: Reducing Health Disparities in the Central Coast 2-3 pm Ali: Menstrual Health Management in Low resource countries 2- 3 pm We are also available for coffee chats or on Slack to discuss following the event. We hope everyone is able to learn from these talks centered around equity and social justice and we look forward to meeting again next week!

Net Impact is excited to hear from energy and emissions research associate Anna Yee at this Thursday’s general meeting! Anna is a Net Impact University of Oregon alum who has worked in climate finance innovation. She received a certificate in energy innovation and emerging technologies from Stanford University. Currently, she is a research associate at Momentum, a company working to commercialize advanced energy solutions. We hope to see you this Thursday, January 14th at 11am PST! Zoom link in our bio.

Last Thursday’s meeting was extra special as we welcomed back founding member and president of Net Impact Cal Poly chapter, Christine Liu. Christine is a former Cisco employee where she turned her data driven job into a Packaging Sustainability role (a brand new position!). She is now a blogger/YouTuber/baker running the blog simply by christine and the organic cookie business @christinescookieco! She left us with her #1 for sustainable living: her 30 day rule! Write ...down all the things you need or are thinking of buying, and then set it aside to see if you truly cannot live without those items for 30 days. If after the 30 days you know it is a product you need you can purchase it from a sustainable source, but more often than not you will find the item is not a necessity! We hope you’ll join us next Thursday and at all our Net Impact meetings this quarter to hear from all our incredible speakers! Thank you @simplybychristine for being an example of how to drive your mission wherever you are!

Welcome back everyone! Hope you are all having a great start to winter quarter! This Thursday’s meeting features guest speaker Christine Liu, a Cal Poly Industrial Technology and Packaging alum, former Net Impact president, former sustainable packaging manager and current creative freelancer and e-commerce manager. Whew! We are excited to have her talk with you all. Join us at 11:10am using the Zoom linkfound via the link in our Instagram bio.

The holidays season is upon us, and Net Impact’s Fair Trade committee created an incredible shopping guide! This Saturday November 28th is Small Business Saturday and we want to encourage everyone to shop small throughout the holidays. Now more than ever these businesses need our support. Here’s our Fair Trade committee’s small business suggestions: @slofoodcoop @humankindft @sloyogacenter ... @mamaganachechocolate @thefutureisgood.co @themountainair Happy holidays and happy shopping!