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Peter Korchnak

Peter Korchnak

Sustainable marketer at Semiosis Communications, author of the Sustainable Marketing Blog, and speaker.

Renee Spears

Renee Spears

Founder, Rose City Mortgage Specialists

Beyond2020 is a brainchild of Peter Korchnak and Renee Spears, both sustainable business owners in Portland, Oregon, who wanted something different from the city’s multitude of sustainability-related networking and conference events

1) to learn from and interact with other sustainable business people,

2) to build a stronger sustainability community out of the many sector- or initiative-specific ones,

3) to bridge conversation and action by discussing what sustainable businesses can do and then do it, and

4) to enjoy themselves while at it.

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  1. [...] 2020 Sustainability Unconference took place last Thursday, January 21st. Though as one of the co-organizers I’m hardly an objective observer, I must say Beyond 2020 it turned out pretty awesome. To [...]

  2. I’m excited to attend the January UnConference on going beyond the choir. I’m looking at how to integrate sustainable business practices in an office of 40-50 real estate brokers. We have a great group of people, but I see areas where we could make great strides. I’m anxious to gather some tools for sharing my ideas and skills in that environment.

  3. I would definitely be there…if we weren’t teaching a class that night from 6 till 7:30! This is an exciting idea, though, and one that I’d be pleased to participate in next time. With a little more notice, I’ll even host a session. Lookin’ forward to it.


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