Good Ideas Salons

Marc Alt is the Founder of Marc Alt + Partners, a design, research and strategy agency dedicated to sustainability and social innovation. He has spoken to audiences around the world about the power of harnessing clean technology and design to build a more sustainable future.

Marc partners with mission-driven companies and organizations on product development, brand strategy, marketing, ideation, futures forecasting, systems thinking and what is now referred to as “design thinking.” He has worked with MINI USA, The Green Electronics Council, the Consumer Electronics Association and other organizations on a wide range of projects, building awareness and engagement and delivering social, environmental and economic value and ROI on sustainability initiatives.

In 2005, he co-founded the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design as a community of practice to create focus on sustainability in the design profession. AIGA is the oldest and largest design organization in the U.S. In 2007, he co-founded the Greener Gadgets conference, the first event to look at the business case for greening the $170 billion consumer electronics industry. In 2010, he will launch a pilot project to demonstrate and promote sustainable urban vertical farming and food systems in New York City. 

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