On Saturday, February 4^th, about 130 people came through East End Wines for the Net Impact Sustainable (Blind) Wine Tasting.

The challenge of the evening – can you pick out the wine that was originally packaged in the glass bottle?
84 ballots were turned in; each ballot was allowed 2 guesses.

The results – not so much… or at least not consistently.

As you can see, the Net Impact Austin Professional Chapter website is looking a little different (and yes, we still have a little more work to do) and we want to let you know why!

2012 is Net Impact's 20th anniversary and Net Impact used their 20th anniversary as an opportunity to update the Net Impact look. As an indpendent but affiliated chapter, we wanted to jump on board with the new look and logo so we've updated our site as well.

Learn more about the logo in Liz Maw's, Net Impact's Executive Director, blog post:
http://netimpact.org/learn/blog/new-year-new-look-for-net-impact

Shelton Green is turning his passion into a reality - right here in Austin.

'Please buy my paper bags! I will take half the money you pay others. My son is sick and I really need the money', yelled one of the participants, as the clock ticked away and we had five seconds left in our simulation. Playing a shopkeeper, I paid Rupees 50, which is roughly $1.00 for a set of 10 paper bags.

We’ve all heard the phrase “be the change you want to see” – and since I wanted to see more innovative and, shall I even say, crazy topics at the Annual Net Impact Conference (Oct 27-29, 2011 in Portland, Oregon), I realized it was up to me to make it happen.

Our new Board kicks off this Novemeber. We have several board members staying on and a host of great new board members joining. We would love your participation to make this the best Net Impact Austin year ever.

Fresh off my summer fellowship with Environmental Defense Fund and PNC Financial Services, I came back to Austin just in time for Net Impact Austin Professional Chapter’s first post-summer event: Black Star Co-op Brewery. But what does beer have to do with sustainability? What I encountered was a phenomenal story!

Our own Amber Sprague originally published this blog on Green Biz

With both the EDF Climate Corps training and my first week onsite with PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) behind me, there are three things that have stood out about my experience thus far: community, conversation and knowing the lingo.

Stacy McCoy, the CEO of Give to Get Jobs recently reached out to Net Impact Austin to announce their job boards have expanded to Texas. We asked her to author a guest blog, and she accepted.

Truth Be Told, a local non-profit, provides transformational tools for women behind bars. Chair of the Board, Laura Strausberg, talked to Net Impact Austin about the organization and their search for a Grant Writer.