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Lived it Lecture with Geoff Cape
MaRS Centre Auditorium 101 College Street Toronto, ON
Geoff Cape is one of Canada’s best known social entrepreneurs. He’s the founder of Evergreen, a charitable organization that encourages Canadians to take a hands-on approach to improving the health of their cities. Evergreen focuses on integrating nature into urban design through sustainable greening projects in schoolyards, parks, communities and at Evergreen Brick Works, a unique environmental community centre in Toronto. Since its inception in 1990, Evergreen has grown to over 115 employees and several locations across Canada.
Come hear Geoff speak about his experiences in the world of social entrepreneurship.
This is part of a series of “Lived It” lectures in the program, sessions that offer a great opportunity to hear firsthand and ask questions about the experience of starting up an innovative company – from people who have seen it and done it.
Series includes:
October 13th, 2010 – ICE
January 5th, 2011 - Murray Hogarth
March 2nd, 2011 – Life Sciences
May 5th, 2011 - Cleantech
Part of the Entrepreneurship 101 Series
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About the speaker
Geoff Cape is the co-founder and Executive Director of Evergreen, a Canadian charity that focuses on integrating nature into urban design. Under Geoff’s leadership, Evergreen has grown to 115 employees with several offices across Canada. Geoff is also an author and public speaker on urban space planning and topics surrounding social innovation.
