Join us for the kick-off of the What’s Next Lecture Series five part Innovation program. The panel will feature Peter Meehan, CEO of Newman’s Own Organics, KoAnn Skrzyniarz, CEO of Sustainable Life Media, and Joshua Levine, Vice President of Socially Responsible Investing at RBC Wealth Management. Sandy Skees, CEO of Communications4Good, will moderate the panel as it explores trends and success factors in companies with a social and environmental mission.

Former Pacific Grove Mayor Dan Cort has made a career of revitalizing historic downtowns across California. Now he has collected his experiences and insights in a new book, Downtown Turnaround, to be published very soon.

Dan will be our featured speaker at the first Imagination Coast breakfast of 2010, this time at the Santa Lucia Cafe at 484 Washington St, Monterey.

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Daniel Robin of In3 Biorenewables has kindly made available his notes from the excellent talk he gave us on Investors' View of Sustainability, covering market drivers, stakeholder demands, risk assessment and mitigation, and more.

Click to download an info-packed, one-page PDF.

At this week's breakfast we'll look ahead to 2010, identifying the most important challenges and opportunities for Imagination Coast to focus on throughout the coming year. Spencer Critchley will lead the discussion.

From buildingproducts.com: Hayward Lumber, Monterey, Ca., has won the first Green Public-Private Partnership Award from the Monterey County Business Council.

About 15 years ago, when Hayward started getting calls from architects seeking advice on sustainable building materials, the company hired staff to research and develop a green program and to compile a list of sustainable products that would be available on a special-order basis.