Strengths and vulnerabilities across and within systems are magnified during times like these. Our systems – healthcare, education, and the economy - are struggling under the weight of a virus...
Collaboratory earns LEED GOLD certification Plaque presented by Southwest Florida Branch of US Green Building Council FORT MYERS, Fla. (October 25, 2019) - The Southwest Florida Community Foundation’s Collaboratory located at 2031...
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently welcomed Katie Leone as Impact and Sustainability Manager. In her new position, Leone will work on the Social Innovation & Sustainability (SIS) Team where she...
By Abby Schultz May 1, 2019 5:39 p.m. ET As seen in Barron's, click here to read the online version. After the U.N. developed its Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, corporations and investors began...
I have always been perplexed by people who become upset with inanimate objects. Someone who stubs their toe and is mad at the table, or unattended burned cookies become the...
by Katie Leone, Impact and Sustainability Manager, Southwest Florida Community Foundation When I was little, I loved participating in our church’s charitable toy drive. My mom would let me choose the...
EnSite, Inc., released its Corporate Social Responsibility Report yesterday at Collaboratory in Fort Myers. A leading multidisciplinary consulting firm, providing landscape architecture, engineering, and planning services, has produced a data-driven report...
Sometimes I feel like I am living in a commercial for Southwest Florida complete with soundbites, video clips, campaign themes and headlines. I see it all around me as I...
Recently, my six year old son received three sheets of glow-in-the-dark star stickers. We spent an afternoon applying them to the ceiling in his bedroom while he shared everything he...
Some people like surprises, others do not. While I like the idea of surprises, not all surprises are welcome. Not too long ago, I discovered the tile floors in my 1950s...
I am the mother of two amazing little ones, a 7 year-old, compassionate, old-soul and a meticulous, thoughtful 5 year-old. They have an incredible power to rapidly change me. They...
When people I meet out and about in Southwest Florida learn I grew up here, they always express surprise because the region is made up of so many people that...
