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Intersect Good Stories!
The Intersect Crew are keen to hear of any good experiences that you've had through this networking site or through Intersect-supported events and activities.
Did you learn something new?
Did you score a job?
Did you find a cosy flat with like minded people?
Did you find true love?
Did you find the right people to create/deliver a project?
Did something give you goose-bumps or make you feel all gooey?
Did you have a profound 'Ah Ha' moment during a conversation?
Please share your stories here! This makes it easier for us to demonstrate the usefulness of this network and secure funding to grow the network offerings. Plus it makes everyone feel good about being part of this network and growing it together!
Did you learn something new?
Did you score a job?
Did you find a cosy flat with like minded people?
Did you find true love?
Did you find the right people to create/deliver a project?
Did something give you goose-bumps or make you feel all gooey?
Did you have a profound 'Ah Ha' moment during a conversation?
Please share your stories here! This makes it easier for us to demonstrate the usefulness of this network and secure funding to grow the network offerings. Plus it makes everyone feel good about being part of this network and growing it together!
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Permalink Reply by Joshua Vial on -
I managed to find a pretty sweet office space...
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In early September, 5 'Sustainability Heroes' were brought to New Zealand to present their stories and ideas at the Better by Design CEO summit. Speakers included Ray Anderson, Michael Braungart, Janine Benyus, Lee Weinstein and Alex Steffen.
We thought that it was imperative that there were some young people there, but the ticket price was very high (for young professionals embarking on their careers). So thanks to the support of Interface NZ and Better by Design, We successfully recruited 5 fantastic young people to attend the summit. They each wrote about the highlights of one of the speaker's presentations, and we have compiled them in a pdf so that you can get the best bits without having to be there. We will posting videos from the speakers in the next couple of weeks. - Attachments:
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writeups.pdf, 326 KB
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This presentation showcases the successes of the network to date!
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Presentation1.ppt, 6.6 MB
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Permalink Reply by dhyana beaumont on -
I found a new flatmate - thanks intersect
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Permalink Reply by Philip Hahn-Petersen on -
I would have been lost with out Intersect!
Back in August 2008 I initiated my search for an internship in New Zealand related to design and life cycle thinking. Today I am working for Icebreaker to help them track their environmental performence.
Through the international Green Drinks website I found Megan Hosking, checked out Altos website, found her cell number and gave her a call. Megan advised me to create a profile on Intersect and insured me that it would lead to something good. She was right!
I did not find my internship through intersect, but I got in contact with a number of people who have helped me in numerous ways during my stay in New Zealand and in my work for Icebreaker. Through intersect I found professional advice, I found friends, I attended great events, I found shelter, I found spiritual inspiration and I found love.
I wish to thank Richard Morley-Hall, Nick Potter, Megan Hosking, Anthony Hume, Carl Chenery, Freda Wells and Aaron Packard. I would have been lost with out you!
Intersect is networking changing tomorrow for the better of life on earth!
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Permalink Reply by Tara Robertson on -
cross posted to the Frocks on Bikes wall:
it was so exciting to meet some of you frock-stars at the Freeze. i recently moved here from Vancouver, Canada, and have felt quite lonley. i knew my people were here...somewhere, i just couldn't find them.
one particularly drizzly, grey, craptastically chilly day, i parked my bike on the Terrace. when i came back a few hours later, there was of the gorgeous and charming Frocks on Bikes cards tucked into my helmet. i felt elated and joyful--like when i got my first love letter.
it was rad meeting you biking ladies and bloke.
velolove to you all,
tara
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Permalink Reply by idil gaziulusoy on -
Not knowing people (let alone like-minded people) as a direct consequence of not being from around here, and in the isolation of doing a Ph.D., Intersect helped me to pin-spot some awesome people who share a similar vision for the future and a similar outlook in life. I am sure I'll be doing some collaborative projects with some of these people in the future.
Intersect also encouraged me to start a network in my home country in order to bring together professionals who work in the area of sustainable design/production/consumption, something which I wanted to do for five years but has been disheartened for several reasons. It's quite new with some 40 plus, so-far "silent/non-active/you do it and I'll watch you" members, and not very vibrant at the moment but the potential is there and it excites me heaps. So, as much as it is great for New Zealand, Intersect is also a great model which can be used in other contexts by people who'd like to bring self-organised and beautifully emergent change...
And, oh, I was also one of the five lucky people who won a discounted ticket to attend the 2008 Better by Design CEO Summit and had the great opp to listen to some giant names that I have been following in the past 8 years in sustainable design area live... So, yay to the Intersect!
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Permalink Reply by Vincent Dickie on -
Nice work Intersect team!
Grey Lynn Farmers' Market are most grateful to the Intersect team. Through the Green Drinks we got two of our most active and involved members that have been vital to our success: Guy Shrubsole and Christoph Vischer.
We also met our Engineering (Resource Consent) Consultants through the good folk at Intersect.
There are few organisations like Intersect and I have a lot of respect as I know how much work it takes.
Thanks a million guys!
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Permalink Reply by Kate Taylor on -
Hi Intersect Peeps!
I have a success story. I was invited by a friend to join intersect. Once I had joined I also joined the "Auckland" group and got a nice sunny WELCOME message from a member called Jasmine. I noticed on her profile that she, like me, was living in Grey Lynn. I also noticed she was new in town.
I messaged her back and invited her on a coffee date to chat about "sustainability stuff". It happened, we had a blast, and at the end of coffee Jasmine mentioned there was a job going at her work. I wasn't so much looking, but I certainly was interested once I found out it was at the Sustainable Business Network.
I've been Communications Manager ever since.
Thanks Jasmine! And thanks 'Intersect'. Isn't social networking great?!
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Fill on -
I found a whole new world and web of like minds - it was like a huge breath of fresh air! Intersect has - from my observations and experience - facilitated an interconnected community of ever-more active leaders and change agents, having a great time along the way.
With fellow intersecters I have championed creating and seeding the reappropriation of Queen's Birthday - www.NZLANDDay.org.nz, am currently part of the steering committee for NZ Youth Delegation- www.youthdelegation.org.nz, have been to many amazing events, seen videos posted and learnt alot from sifting through the group discussions.
It is such an exciting, significant time to be alive - and young- and it's so invaluable and important to 'intersect' with others who share these views.
Huge thanks to all the organisers.
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Slason on -
Intersect led us the way to a great community of like minded, fun loving, and progressive group of people.
New to the country and in a new city looking for things to do we luckily found Intersect. It provided us a great list of things to do in and around Auckland that we could find anywhere else - printed or online. Moving to a new place is always difficult and scary - Intersect led us to the stores, the events, and the people we wanted to find in our new community.
Since first logging on to meet up with 350.org events, now 8 months ago, we have been active within the Intersect community. Helping to start up a Youth Delegation to the Copenhagen COP 15 meeting in December and supporting online development of 350.org among other sites - all of which has been facilitated through Intersect.
Thanks for being there and I hope that others new to NZ will find Intersect just as helpful and awesome as we did.
-Jon and Sara
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Permalink Reply by idil gaziulusoy on
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A long while ago, in May last year, Nick Potter posted a notice to the Jobs&Opportunities forum about the Our Common Future Conference in Germany.
Excerpt from Nick's post:
"The Volkswagen Foundation is inviting 100 promising early career researchers from all over the world interested in and capable of contributing to the conference "Our Common Future". It will be held in November 2010 in Hanover and Essen, Germany, focusing on global challenges of the 21st Century.
In preparation for the conference, an international and inter-disciplinary self-organizing network of young researchers, the “Global Young Faculty”, will meet regularly over the course of the year 2010. The “Global Young Faculty” is initiated and funded by the Stiftung Mercator in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI). The grants offered by the Volkswagen Foundation also include travel funds for the cooperation with the “Global Young Faculty”. Joint workshops will be held in June or July 2010 in Germany."
I saw this notice by coincidence or perhaps through selective perception while checking what was new on the Intersect and having seen the relevance I applied. After a few months to my surprise, I received a letter telling me that I was accepted as a member of the Global Young Faculty!
Yay!
If it wasn't through Intersect I don't think I'd have heard about it, so thanks a lot! Now, looking forward to it while desperately trying to finish my PhD before the workshops start in mid-year.
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