Reflecting on the Launch of Our New Website
Many in the Seattle environmental community know me as “the Seattle Greendrinks guy.” I’ve long worn that mantle happily; it’s been an amazing experience to see the organization I started as an email to 25 people in 2003 blossom into a community of over 3300 people working to make a positive difference for the environment in Seattle and beyond. That community has nurtured me and taught me innumerable lessons.
During the first years of convening Greendrinks, I was in graduate school; for the next three, my day job was with Flexcar (which became Zipcar). Somehow Greendrinks kept growing, taking increasing amounts of time from my nights and weekends, and giving me entre into the lives of ever more fascinating people doing incredible work, from activists to businesspeople to policymakers, students, and providers of goods and services. Following the awesome Greendrinks 5 gathering, I set out to pursue my desire to make a big, positive impact in the world – a far bigger impact than I could possibly make on my own.
To that end, I brought together a group of others with the same intention, and with an incredible collective resume, and we began to explore ideas and dreams. We quickly realized that we shared a common understanding: the world is changing quickly, with the flow of information enabled by new technologies facilitating dialogue between people and organizations as never before in ways that can add tremendous value to both sides. We also realized that to truly address the challenges of today – whether poverty, global health, better governance, the education of future generations, or climate change – we will have to tap the collective intelligence like never before.
From this instinct was born Re-Vision Labs. In February 2009 we launched our first website, a decent piece of brochure-ware that provided a window into our collective philosophical underpinnings. However, it told precious little of what we do, and for whom.
Today we launch the new Re-Vision Labs website. It has been the work – and more importantly, represents the work and collective dreams – of a number of incredible people. We are blossoming into an amazing organization of which I remain humbled and proud to be part. I’m surrounded daily with incredible people working tirelessly to make a difference in the world, passing up far more lucrative opportunities, struggling to grow a successful business while accomplishing world-changing projects with amazing partners. They are, in short, letting their passions drive their actions, and it is my firm belief that the world will be better for it. We’re doing business our way, and it feels great.
Come with us. Connect with us via social media. Join us tomorrow night as, with our partner Oikocredit USA, we host Seattle Greendrinks. We look forward to connecting and becoming part of your community.
And, because it’s been oddly stuck in my head of late, I’ll end with this little bit of randomness:
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