ThriveUNL - Current Projects

THRIVE UNLIMITED EXAMPLE PROJECTS AND CLIENTS

Bite Communications
Thrive Unlimited has partnered with Bite Communications to develop a novel communications practice area in clean and green technology and green products. The idea is that green and clean often die in two places in a business: when business leaders don't know how to "get it done" in operations (the "walk" part) or don't know how to communicate the importance or economics of what they want to do to key audiences, from employees, to sales and marketing to their customers, shareholders and key stakeholders (the "talk" part). At Bite, an international communications firm with offices in the US, EU, and Asia, we have partnered to develop a team that can help people "walk the talk" creating and sharing legitimate stories about real actions. The group is working with businesses from Applied Materials and Sun Microsystems, to Sunpower, to Green Rubber Global, and many others. George recently co-authored a white paper on the deep linkage between sustainability and communications.

Sustainable Spaces
Sustainable Spaces is an emerging leader in bringing system science, sustainability, health and comfort to the residential home owner. Sustainable Spaces is a new business that helps people make their homes a thriving habitat. Thrive Unlimited serves as a senior adviser to the start-up effort.

California Clean Tech Open
CCTO is a unique contest that aims to bring the most cutting edge clean technology business ideas to the folks who can turn it into reality. Founded by successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, the contest pushes clean tech entrepreneurs and their partners to develop more sustainable clean technology businesses. Thrive Unlimited is an adviser on sustainability criteria, green and clean start up planning and business strategy.

Green Fusion Design Center
Green Fusion Design Center is a new type of retail experience. GFDC brings sustainable living and the green-home products to people in a way that they can, touch, see and feel it. Thrive Unlimited serves as an adviser to the effort helping the staff think through the science of greener and more sustainable living.

The Green MBA at Dominican University of California
The Green MBA is a unique Masters Degree in Business that teaches the fundamentals of business and economics and then extends them with systems science and critical thinking to match the emerging global challenges people and businesses face today. George is on the Faculty and has co-founded and is co-directing a new Center for Sustainability at the University.

Masters Degree in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability at Blekinge University of Technology, Sweden
This is a leading international program that matches basic science with leadership and management skills for a sustainable future. The Masters program applies a novel peer-reviewed framework for sustainability to the art of leadership and includes an international research consortium developing tools for sustainability and leadership. George is an International Advisor to the program and is co-author of the program's textbook, Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. The program brings students from around the world together to explore and address issues from a science-based, whole systems sustainability perspective.

Verdant Power
Verdant Power is a new company that is pioneering "free-flow power". Free-flow power is renewable, clean energy generated by using turbines in flowing rivers, canals or tidal zones--it's a combination of solar and lunar power! Verdant has installed the first ever underwater turbines in the East River, New York City, and are sending verdant power to businesses on Roosevelt Island. We are on the Board of Advisers for this growing business.

Blue Planet Run
BPR is a world-class event that matches the a running race around the world with a global human race for time for the over 1 Billion people who do not have access to safe or potable drinking water. George is an adviser to the founder. We think it's a project that everyone should know about. BPR just finished their inaugural run around the world and are helping people with water projects across the globe. Check out their novel "peer water exchange" network.