ioby brings environmental projects to life, block by block.
Hurricane Sandy reminded us all that we need to be prepared for extreme weather events. Currently New York, New Jersey and many states along the east coast are doing some hard thinking about how to make us less vulnerable to storms. But another thing that Sandy reminded us of is the importance of neighborhood cohesion [...]
At ioby, we often support emerging leaders with new ideas. And although many ioby projects are innovative, totally fresh ideas or use leading edge technology, many of the concepts of doing ioby work are quite old. The tools for building community–talking to your neighbors, supporting local businesses, volunteering–haven’t changed much in centuries. Our case in [...]
That’s right! All day today, all New York City Whole Foods stores are donating 5% of sales to ioby! We’re so excited about this great partnership for healthier communities, we could shout it from the rooftops and we would love for you to join us. So, stock up on groceries and know that 5% of [...]
This past weekend we officially launched our Miami office. Despite the city-stopping thunderous downpour of Friday evening over 50 people made it out to celebrate with us on Friday night at The LAB Miami where we showcased our inaugural cohort of 12 projects. These projects highlight the gumption, excitement and accomplishment that is coalescing here. Leaders [...]
This Thursday, 5% of sales from Whole Foods in NYC will be donated to ioby. When you shop at a Whole Foods store on April 11, you are helping ioby to support the innovators across the country that are making our neighborhoods stronger and more sustainable. At ioby, we are particularly excited about this day [...]
Last night, ioby’s cofounders — Brandon Whitney, Cassie Flynn and Erin Barnes — were awarded the 2012 Jane Jacobs Medal in a new category, New Technology and Innovation. To ioby, the Jane Jacobs Medal is a huge honor for a number of reasons. First of all, it is very humbling to be counted among great [...]
We are so happy to see the Next American City Forefront piece by Nate Berg this morning on the Los Angeles River. Since 2008, George Wolfe has been at the helm of a massive coalition of organizations working to ensure that the L.A. River keeps its federal designation as a protected waterway by proving that [...]
Since arriving in Miami, I’ve known that it was a city somewhat implacably hostile to change that didn’t stem from big shot developers or “world-class” starchitects (groan). Like many of us, I hear it in passing–the comments about how things will never change, how the corruption is too entrenched, how citizens are too set in [...]
ioby is a finalist in the Feast’s Rev Up Change! The Feast, in partnership with NBC Universal is awarding a $25,000 prize and speaking opportunity at the 2013 Feast Conference to an innovative project that creates social change in the community. We really, really want to win. The prize will help even more ioby project leaders [...]
We loved the Design Observer piece on Container Urbanism. In addition, to activating public space, providing a home to the burgeoning urban locavore movement, supporting new startup clothiers and temporary boutiques for makers and craftspeople of all types, containers can also be a community space for great new civic ideas to come to life. Velo [...]
We’re pleased to announce that ioby is a contributor to Philanthrogeek, the new blog dedicated to exploring all the new vehicles for giving, from crowdfunding to SOUPs. Experts from the Awesome Foundation, Pollination Project, and many many more are all joining in the conversation. ioby has kicked off the conversation around crowdfunding and foundation philanthropy [...]
