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institute of design/iit

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Chicago, United States

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About karen:	am a strategist/planner finishing a design degree, combined with an environmental management concentration. have worked in the marketing/advertising/design industries forever. hope to be able to leverage that experience to help promote social and environmentally responsible businesses and practices.
Networks:	Chicago, United States
Gender:	Female
Birthday:	August 19, 1955
Current Organisation:	institute of design/iit
What kind of positive change do you want to create in the world over the next 12 months?:	would love to dimensionalize the highly complicated issue of sustainability for consumers -- who are more than pretty overwhelmed by it all...and would love to document the recovery of this economy as we move into a new yet to be defined one.

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Employer:	institute of design/iit
Time Period:	- Present

College:

institute of design/iit
master's of design methods

College:

university of illinois urbana
master's of science, advertising

College:

marquette university
bachelor of arts

College:

archeworks
nondegree program

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The second annual National Sweater Day - a WWF-Canada campaign, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) - will t

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The Meaning of Responsibility

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Part 1 of 13 in Wayne Visser's "Age of Responsibility" Blog Series for 3BL Media. Do you sigh when you hear the word r

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IBM Supports Socially Responsible Internet Initiative

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Today is Safer Internet Day 2012 (#SID2012) and the initiative has attracted the support from technology giant IBM. The

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Social Enterprise Supports Global Education Efforts

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Social enterprise is an effective tool to help meet the challenges of global education. This is the finding of a recent

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Guest Post: A National Vision of a Sustainable Future

In less than a generation, Qatar has experienced huge economic and social transformation.

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Sustainable Paper Is Part and Parcel of a Green Magazine

By: Antonio Pasolini

When the internet became a mass phenomenon, sometime in the mid-1990s, futurologists on duty started throwing around th

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Justmeans Announces 2012 Social Innovation Awards Finalists

Since their inception in 2009, the Social Innovation Awards have become a barometer for innovation

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David Connor 04pm February 03

A great line-up indeed - the cream of a very rich crop, from the entries I was lucky enough to judge. The winners are going to have to hav...

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India Takes a New Step in Social Innovation with Cheap Tablet PC

By: Vikas Vij

India has introduced the world's cheapest tablet PC: the "Aakash," priced at $35. The tablet is the result of a collect

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eugenez davis 01am February 06

i am so hungary for that tablet so pls inform me fast i want to purchese that gadat .. http://jm.ly/aYEkER .

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Sustainable Energy Challenge Kicks Off in the UK

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The Co-Operative, a pioneer of social responsibility in the UK and in business since1844, has launched a challenge wher

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Social Innovation Launches Solar Ships

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There has been a lot said and written about social innovation in cars and aeroplanes, but what about the sea vessels

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