Social Impact Design

“Working water is not wasted water. How healthy, flowing rivers benefit people and the environment” sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

"The narrative around art-making in the Bay Area is almost always about crisis and displacement, but a grassroots-driven nonprofit dedicated to avant-garde performance residencies now has a forever home." - @PeterAstridKane for @sfstandard sfstandard.com/business/count…

“While we’re doing our best to address the environmental crisis, it’s not enough. We needed to find a way to put more money into fighting the crisis while keeping the company’s values intact. Truth be told, there were no good options available. So, we created our own.”

@SPUR_Urbanist recently launched a virtual exhibition — featuring @citiesforpeople work — that celebrates the promise, challenges, and future of San José’s Guadalupe River Park. Explore what we learned: spur.org/guadalupe

The association between color and political party (Red-Republican/Blue-Democrat) polarizes voting predictions! Our study psyarxiv.com/p4cth provides insight into what's driving this polarization With @kbschloss @glupyan @PaulaNiedenthal & the exceptional PI-@adriennerwood

Onward.

For months, we investigated how wealthy towns keep themselves exclusive. They speak in what many see as code: - frail public infrastructure - clogged streets - a lack of sidewalks - concerns over “neighborhood character” propub.li/35qAxZc

Our family-of-3 shares a <500 sqft home, and space-saving strategic infrastructure improvements have helped us thrive - I designed & built this flip-down changing table (Murphy Table?), and it is an innovation that has served us well.

CONFIRMED: WOW! ⁦@unileverusa⁩ has joined the #StopHateForProfit campaign and will stop advertising on Facebook platforms through the end of 2020. wsj.com/articles/unile…

HeadsUp: Starting next Wednesday, 1/29, private vehicles will be prohibited from turning onto or using Market in the car free area: westbound from Steuart to VN and eastbound from 10th to Main. sfmta.com/blog/car-free-…

Our alcove project is complete! Thanks to Please Touch Community Garden, @socialimpactd, and @DowntownStreets for transforming our front entrance into a beautiful green space 💚

If you’re part of a population that’s underrepresented in tech and would get excited about a #scholarship to @HackReactor and a 3-month #internship with us, check out the I/Own It program! optimize.ly/IOwnIt

Last year, we piloted a stormwater management project at RL Stevenson Elementary. This project will help remove 475,000 gallons of stormwater from our sewers each year & is a great educational learning tool for students to see first hand the importance of green infrastructure.

Thank you @SFWater for hosting #adoptadrain participants today.

Good to see ⁦@BartSkorupa⁩ at the #PublicGoodAppHouse demo, showing how Mobile Pathways uses ⁦@salesforce⁩ & mobile phones to help undocumented & under-documented immigrants gain access to reliable legal info - thanks ⁦@caravanstudios⁩ & ⁦@TechSoup⁩

Hey ⁦@Lyft⁩ - here’s a new social impact opportunity for ⁦@baywheels⁩ - also collect data on how the *route* the rider took could improve...did they feel safe, were bike lanes unblocked, etc? Share w ⁦@sfmta_muni⁩ ⁦@sfbike⁩ & others...wadayasay?!

Latest news from #PleaseTouchGarden - including a resource-sharing event on Sun, Aug 21 - bit.ly/2Gk4cXm