Posts Tagged ‘austin’

Green Ox, Clean Energy Systems

By on January 27, 2012 | Category: Blog,Clients | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments
Green Ox has been a part of our zero waste ecosystem since 2009.   With Green Ox Energy’s / Cooperative Financing and with all of the financial incentives that are available for the installation of a solar-electric system, not to mention the decades worth of paid for electricity, they can effectively turn your home’s or business’ rooftop into a solar powered cash machine. Read more …

Grey Eagle, Choctaw Sundance Chief

By on January 6, 2012 | Category: Advisory Board | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments
Darryl Brown, Chief Grey Eagle of the Choctaw Nation, brings a lifetime of leadership and service to his role on the Adbongo Advisory Board. His current and past work experiences include Elder Advocate for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Victims Services; Counselor providing “faith-based services for crime victims in Indian Country”; Victims Advocate; and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for natives with disabilities. Read more …

Adbongo awarded B Corp Status

By on January 4, 2012 | Category: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

This week B Lab certified Adbongo, Inc. as Texas’ newest B corporation.

Dallas, Texas, January 3, 2012 – This week Adbongo, Inc. received B Corporation certification marking it as a business that voluntarily follows environmental and social practices above and beyond those required of other businesses. Through their role as business incubator Adbongo aims to spread B certification to other businesses with the stated goal of helping Texas to become the number one state for certified B Corporations. Read more …

Official Release: Zero Waste Rally

By on December 17, 2011 | Category: Blog,News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

Dallas, Texas, January 14, 2012 -The Zero Waste Rally will celebrate the support of the community getting behind the transition to a zero waste economy following the lead of progressive cities including Austin, Texas.   Gary Liss – who has written more municipal zero waste plans than anyone in the U.S. – will keynote the rally and lead a training workshop on Saturday, January 21, 2012.   Read more …

NBIA article: Reinventing business incubation as we know it

By on December 9, 2011 | Category: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

Adbongo in Austin and Dallas, Texas, is not like other incubation programs. It’s not even close.

“I started Adbongo as an agency that beats to a different drum,” says founder John Bush. “It has developed into an incubation program. We’re committed to the ‘for benefit’ way of doing business.” This means, he says, putting people first, then the planet, and only then profit, in what he calls “the triple-P bottom line.” It also means clients agreeing to have zero-waste businesses. “We’re building the economy of the future,” he says. The program’s logo, which he designed, features a monkey and a snake dancing. “The monkey is the new economy, and the snake is the old economy. They’re both necessary for the ecosystem.” Read more …

Greg Lee, Construction Administration

By on November 11, 2011 | Category: Advisory Board | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

Greg has over 25 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry and has been a low-pressure sewer system Regional Distributor covering Mid-Western States for over 18 years.

During that time he has consistently ranked among the top Distributors in the world.  We are proud to welcome Mr. Lee to our advisory board.

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The For-Benefit Enterprise

By on November 2, 2011 | Category: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

Quiz: What do you call an entity that generates earned income (like a for-profit) but gives top priority to an explicit social or environmental mission (like a non-profit)?

Answer: A for-benefit organization. Read more …

Dr. Maria Boccalandro, On Demand Project Manager

By on September 20, 2011 | Category: Team | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments

Dr. Boccalandro is an experienced manager and organizational leader specializing in sustainable urban planning.Dr. Boccalandro has a strong academic background in urban and transportation planning and a PhD in Political Science. She has over ten years of experience in teaching postgraduate courses in urban and transportation planning in two major universities: Simon Bolivar University and the Metropolitan University in Caracas, Venezuela. Read more …

Steve Golab, Interactive Pioneer

By on September 19, 2011 | Category: Advisory Board | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments
Steve Golab began his career as a pioneer of interactive communications while still an undergraduate in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Golab piloted the university’s College of Engineering Multimedia Lab, developing interactive educational materials while demonstrating the powerful impact of multimedia and the Internet on learning complex technical subject matter.

In 1994, during the early adoption of HTML 1.0, Golab co-founded FG SQUARED (www.fg2.com). Launched as a technology consulting business, the Austin-based firm soon evolved into a multimedia design agency focused on digital video, 3D animation, motion graphics, information management, and systems. Read more …

Clean Economic Development

By on September 9, 2011 | Category: Blog,Services | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments
Zero is the number of the moment. Last month, net zero jobs were created in the United States. Friday’s news revealed the worst jobs report since September 2010. Total payrolls were unchanged, and it was the first time since 1945 that the government reported a net job change of zero.To this problem of zero, Adbongo proposes a solution of zero. The gray state of the economy needs a spark of creative genius to get it moving forward again. We think the zero waste movement is that spark. Read more …