About us
EcoGreen Group members share a keen interest in making positive contributions to a more sustainable future through technologies, practices, and industries in the local and global community. Members are business and technical professionals that come from a wide variety of professions and industries. The organization is characterized by the diversity of its members and the ability to span the scope of the sustainability landscape. The EcoGreen Group is an all volunteer run member organization. The Facebook page is available to members and others for posting articles on topics relevant to our mission. It is intended to be educational, provide resources, and connect people in the area. EcoGreen Group (EGG) of Silicon Valley is a Special Interest Group (SIG) of CSIX, a non-profit organization in Silicon Valley.
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Upcoming events
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Sustainable Investing That Benefits Nature and People
·OnlineOnlineAgenda:
8:00 a.m. Open networking
8:15 a.m. Meeting will start
8:30 a.m. Presentation~~~~~~~ Presentation ~~~~~~~
# Sustainable Investing That Benefits Nature and People
recorded presentation by Paul Herman, HIP Investor Inc.
published by the San Francisco Public Library (July 2025)Learn how to invest for your future, optimize taxes and allocate to funds and firms that treat people and the environment better while pursuing strong and resilient financial returns at the same time.
R. Paul Herman is a globally recognized leader in investing to pursue positive impact and profit. HIP (Human Impact + Profit) Investor licenses 140,000 impact investment ratings of stocks, bonds, and funds to investors, investment advisers, wealth advisers, fund managers, hedge funds, fiduciaries, and retirement plans, including 401(k)s.
Herman’s 2010 text-book, e-book, and audio-book The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World is published by John Wiley & Sons), and is included in 28 university, MBA and MPA curricula worldwide on finance, capital markets and impact investing.
Herman is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, advised Boards and executives while with McKinsey and Company, found and funded social entrepreneurs at Ashoka.org, and shaped and measured impact investments at eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s Network. Herman is an adviser to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Net Impact and Sustainable Brands.
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EcoGreen Group is a special interest group under CSix. (https://csix.org/)
EcoGreen Group’s mission is two-fold:
1)To create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities in sustainability and clean technologies
2)To disseminate information that promotes the well-being of People and Planet.The EcoGreen Group fulfills this mission through our
• social media,
• volunteer opportunities
• member projects,
• biweekly meetings
for raising awareness, education & networkingWould you like to volunteer to give a presentation, or suggest a recorded presentation on a sustainability topic? Would you like an attentive audience to practice your job interview presentation? Please contact: info@ecogg.org
You are welcome to join & share in our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/469870797237958
4 attendees
The Case for Optimism About the Future - Optimism as a Strategy
·OnlineOnlineAgenda:
8:00 a.m. Open networking
8:15 a.m. Meeting will start
8:30 a.m. Presentation~~~~~ Presentation ~~~~~
The Case for Optimism About the Future - Optimism as a Strategy
presented by Kimberly Wiefling
https://wiefling.com/There always seems to be someone willing to tell you why an idea won't work, offer a negative interpretation of events, or predict doom and gloom for the future. Often these well-intentioned people call this attitude being "realistic" or "practical." What's the catch? This approach ignores the influence of our attitudes and beliefs on our life experience. But it can be difficult to overcome because negative people appear to be smarter!
The way we interpret the events in our lives can have far more to do with the impact on us than the "facts" of the matter. This session explores how to use optimism as a strategy for creating a better future, and how to reframe life's challenging experiences and re-interpret the events of your life in order to find the diamonds hidden in doggie poo and the treasures hidden in tragedy.
This light-hearted presentation touches on how we can use optimism and hope as powerful ways to shape our interpretation of so-called “reality”. We will explore the difference between fact and interpretation, employ the power of commitment to reduce “learned helplessness” and create a shift in our perception, practice techniques such as "acting as if" to create the future we wish to experience, and own the contribution our perspective contribute to shape our "reality". All of this will enable us to “get out of our own way” and open up future possibilities that previously may have seemed unrealistic, like a truly sustainable future for Planet Earth!
Head knowledge alone has never been enough to change anyone, so Kimberly's sessions are highly interactive and engaging. Come prepared to enjoy yourself and explore what's possible for you.
Kimberly Wiefling’s superpower is facilitating the journey from “impossible” to INEVITABLE! She’s the author of the globally popular book “Scrappy Project Management”, the founder of Wiefling Consulting, and cofounder of Silicon Valley Alliances. Most of her work for the past 20 years has been facilitating cross-cultural workshop learning labs with global Japanese companies, and she has worked with over 50 such companies in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.
Bio:
A physicist by education, she worked at HP for 10 years in 7 different engineering and project management roles, including leading an R&D team launching a new mass spectrometer, then 3 years in Silicon Valley startups leading product development teams in hardware, software, and complex systems involving both.
Kimberly lives and works in Silicon Valley, and has helped to start, run and grow many small businesses, including several that are still alive and profitable, and one of which grew to millions in revenue with only seed funding from her and several other founders.Kimberly facilitates workSHOCK Learning Labe that turn managers into leaders and groups into true teams, who can achieve “impossible” together. She is pivoting to focus her superpower on facilitating breakthroughs in corporate sustainability that benefit Our World.
Kimberly has been described as a “force of nature”, and is determined to use that force, in partnership with the incredibly powerful AI tools that are available to humans now, to make a significant positive impact on our world and create a sustainable future for Planet Earth.
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EcoGreen Group is a special interest group under CSix. (https://csix.org/)
EcoGreen Group’s mission is two-fold:
1)To create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities in sustainability and clean technologies
2)To disseminate information that promotes the well-being of People and Planet.The EcoGreen Group fulfills this mission through our
• social media,
• volunteer opportunities
• member projects,
• biweekly meetings
for raising awareness, education & networkingWould you like to volunteer to give a presentation, or suggest a recorded presentation on a sustainability topic? Would you like an attentive audience to practice your job interview presentation? Please contact: info@ecogg.org
You are welcome to join & share in our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/469870797237958
3 attendees
Zoom meeting title TBD
·OnlineOnlineAgenda:
8:00 a.m. Open networking
8:15 a.m. Meeting will start
8:30 a.m. Presentation~~~~~~~ Presentation ~~~~~~~
Stay tuned!_______________________________________________________
EcoGreen Group is a special interest group under CSix. (https://csix.org/)
EcoGreen Group’s mission is two-fold:
1)To create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities in sustainability and clean technologies
2)To disseminate information that promotes the well-being of People and Planet.The EcoGreen Group fulfills this mission through our
• social media,
• volunteer opportunities
• member projects,
• biweekly meetings
for raising awareness, education & networkingWould you like to volunteer to give a presentation, or suggest a recorded presentation on a sustainability topic? Would you like an attentive audience to practice your job interview presentation? Please contact: info@ecogg.org
You are welcome to join & share in our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/469870797237958
1 attendeeZoom meeting program TBD
·OnlineOnlineAgenda:
8:00 a.m. Open networking
8:15 a.m. Meeting will start
8:30 a.m. PresentationStay tuned for presentation update
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EcoGreen Group is a special interest group under CSix. (https://csix.org/)
EcoGreen Group’s mission is two-fold:
1)To create professional and entrepreneurial opportunities in sustainability and clean technologies
2)To disseminate information that promotes the well-being of People and Planet.The EcoGreen Group fulfills this mission through our
• social media,
• volunteer opportunities
• member projects,
• biweekly meetings
for raising awareness, education & networkingWould you like to volunteer to give a presentation, or suggest a recorded presentation on a sustainability topic? Would you like an attentive audience to practice your job interview presentation? Please contact: info@ecogg.org
You are welcome to join & share in our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/469870797237958
2 attendees
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