scientist; Sustainable Business & Innovation @ Nike; Co-founder @GunByGun; formerly @usaid @globaldevlab and @UCberkeley; chronic optimist
Portland, OR
Joined February 2011
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For those of us who worked the Ebola crisis in 2014+ the return of the elbow bump is a reminder that what was old is new again.
That many things we did then have built a foundation for a stronger response now.
And as with many things, great crisis did inspire great art.
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BREAKING: House approves expanded background checks on private gun sales by vote of 240-190 ajc.com/blog/jamie-dupree/ho…
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Racism doesn’t just look like a white man in blackface or a Klan hood. Sometimes, it looks like a @senatemajldr calling increased ballot access a “power grab.” My latest for @RollingStone, on Mitch McConnell, persisting nevertheless with voter suppression. trib.al/RToiqQS
“The timing of [this report’s] release, at 2 p.m. the day after Thanksgiving, appeared designed to minimize its public impact.”
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Alright y’all, we’ve wrapped the Nike Circular Innovation Challenge - and the winners are pretty amazing
sustainability.nike.com/circ…
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Only one week left! Calling all thinkers, makers, designers and engineers – help us create a #sustainable future by submitting a proposal for the @Nike #Circular #Innovation Challenge nikeinnovationchallenge.com
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Have you seen the #DesignWithGrind Challenge Ideas Phase? Join the OpenIDEO global community & find ways to reduce waste by designing with @Nike Grind materials: ideo.pn/2Gb3FG3
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Today we’re going global with the @Nike #Circular #Innovation Challenge. Join us to help create the future! nikeinnovationchallenge.com
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We can do more than #thoughtsandprayers. American citizens are taking real action on #gunviolence where our representatives have failed.
gunxgun.org/
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We’re partnering with students, doctors, and law enforcement to take action on gun violence, because “there can be more to the gun safety issue than the monolithic standoff in Washington.”
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Engineers: "#NetNeutrality is core to the fundamental architecture of the Internet." All American business will suffer from @FCC Chair Ajit Pai's reckless hubris... he probably would have argued w/Einstein, Edison, Curie, Tesla, Carver in their day. commondreams.org/news/2017/1…
Eric King retweeted
Why am I raising my kids to be feminists? I answered this question for #DayoftheGirl in @marieclaire: marieclaire.com/politics/a12…
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Amid all of this, let's please not forget the 3 million ppl in Puerto Rico who are still w/o power & need our help: hispanicfederation.org/donat…
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"We already have one nuclear crisis with North Korea. We don’t need a second one." nyti.ms/2jNJzd8
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We have ten days or less to defeat the Graham-Cassidy repeal bill. Let that sink in: Ten days.
Keep dialing. (202) 224-3121.
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Momentum building today as @Nike joins 300+ global brands in support of #sciencebasedtargets @ #climateweeknyc 2 combat #climatechange teapawt.org/sciencetargets/status/…
BREAKING: 300+companies are now committed to #ScienceBasedTargets to tackle climate change bit.ly/2wpv9pP #CWNYC
Great new @gatesfoundation report. Bottom line: we really can defeat global poverty if we invest well in the future globalgoals.org/goalkeepers/…
"refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenues over the past decade than they cost" -HHS study nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/po…
Huge shoutout to @cnwadia @hjones_nike & @Nike sustainability team on bringing low-impact super-leather to the world wired.com/story/nikes-flylea…
