Impact Investing in Social Enterprises
On Tuesday December 7th, Hub LA Founding Members, foundation leaders, and private investors gathered at the California Endowment in Downtown Los Angeles at the invitation of Academies for Social Enterprise and Hub Los Angeles for a seminar on Impact Investing. A generally accepted definition of Impact Investing is when “investments create positive social or environmental impact beyond financial return,” …
Hub LA Lounge at Green Festival Los Angeles
This past weekend the Hub LA team hosted a pop-up Hub at the first ever Green Festival in Downtown Los Angeles and it was a blast. The Hub LA Lounge was a place where people met, worked, relaxed, and learned about Hub Los Angeles. The Hub LA Lounge was made possible with the help of …
Visit Hub LA Lounge at Green Festival Los Angeles (Oct 29-30)
Inspired by the new culinary trend, pop-up restaurants, Hub LA is putting together a “Pop-Up Hub” for festival goers at Green Festival Los Angeles . The Green Festival is the largest sustainability event in the world, hosted at the LA Convention Center in Downtown on October 29th and 30th. At the Green Festival you have the …
No Question About It, the Hub LA Community Rocks
If you haven’t yet, read about our first Founding Member Mixer. This time the magic happened at Caña Rum Bar, in Downtown Los Angeles. To quote a Hub LA Founding Member in attendance, “…walked into a room with a few dozens strangers, left a few hours later feeling I was leaving friends I’m honored to …
Recap of Social Media Week Los Angeles by speaker, Yohei Nakajima
This is a recap of Social Media Week Los Angeles by Yohei Nakajima, Hub LA Events Director, who was a speaker for the workshop “Solving Problems Using Social Media [Social Good Day]” during #SMWLA. I was working independently as a social media consultant for bars and events throughout Los Angeles during Social Media Week last …
A Promising Glimpse of The Hub Los Angeles
Last month, on a beautiful rooftop in the Downtown Art District, we saw a promising glimpse of Hub Los Angeles as 30 local change makers gathered to dine and discuss the future of LA. Amazing Oaxacan food and Mezcal cocktail was provided by one of our very own Founding Members, Bricia Lopez, of the Guelaguetza Restaurants. Mezcal …
Free High-Quality Food & Nutrition Icons Designed By the Community.
I’m proud to say that I was part of designing what will soon become the first high quality icons available for use by anyone, that signify Farmer’s Markets and Guerilla Gardening. That’s the sort of feeling that brought a smile to each of the attendees as they drove home from Saturday’s Iconathon event. Iconathon is …
Event Recap: We Did Good On the Do Good Bus
The day started as we individually arrived at the Metro Train Station, wondering where we were going to be taken on this mystery party bus. We were greeted by Rebecca and Stephen, co-founders of the Do Good Bus, who arrived on a colorful bus, covered in graffiti! If you don’t know anything about the Do Good …
Upcoming Events This Week – August 9th
Here are a list of some exciting and interesting events in Los Angeles this week, enjoy! Tuesday August 9th Green Business Networking On the second Tuesday of every month, you’re invited to the only pure networking event for owners and decision-makers of LA’s green economy. #SocEntLA Summer Tuesdays InVenture, The HUB LA and Responsibly welcomes …
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Summer Dinner Benefit
42% of school children in Los Angeles are considered overweight or obese. This shocking statistic motivated Jamie Oliver and Steven Bombet to design a campaign that worked with prominent chefs and restaurants in Los Angeles to raise money to fight childhood-obesity. Over the next few months, informational post cards will be presented to diners alongside …