http://bloomington.carrotmob.org Just another Carrotmob weblog Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:08:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This just in - our interview with Bloom Magazine resulted in a published review of Carrotmob.  The article is really interesting!!  Please pick up the magazine at any of the dealers who have it available.  A list can be found here: http://www.magbloom.com/findbloom.html Also we are getting closer to secure a business and ... http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/bloom-magizine-interview/ So, SustainIU (www.indiana.edu/~sustain) is holding a Green Day Festival this Friday April 17th from 3-8pm in Dunn Medow.  It will be an overall celebration of sustainability and how well the Bloomington community has embraced it!  This will be the premier of this event so come check it out!  There will ... http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/green-day-festival-this-friday/ Some people are still a little confused about what CarrotMob can actually do. Well I checked out a fellow CarrotMob group from Kansas City and found some fun stats from their first attempt at changing society. They Mobbed a liquor store and here are their results: $7,015 Gross revenues $1,683 ... http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/soo-what-again-is-carrotmob/ Well, we just got funding approved by the Indiana University Student Association (IUSA-aid).  We purposely are doing this on a real small budget, or else it will pretty much defeat the entire idea/impact.  So thank IUSA next time you see those folks!  They paid for our posters! http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/funding/ So good news!  This past week I have been talking to IU's new sustainability director, Bill Brown, about Carrotmob.  He loves the idea!  Not only has he offered great advice, but Bill has volunteered to assist us in the walk-through after the day of sales.  So he will help direct ... http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/new-crew-member/ So Eric, Morgan, and I walked around today to follow up with some of the prospective cafes. We walked in around lunchtime which looking back on it was not a great time to go in. The managers didn’t really have time for us, but we got a ... http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/finding-a-good-business-to-partner-with/ Look around Bloomington for these: [caption id="attachment_66" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Teaser!"][/caption]   Please let me know if you can think of some good places to put them. http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/first-poster-drop/ So, Alana and I went to some local coffee shops around downtown this past Friday 3/6.  We included places even like the Runcible Spoon & Cafe Django for having nice espresso equipment.  In total we dropped the intial idea off at 10 total businesses.  Hopefully we will start hearing soon ... http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/44/ Welcome, Please see our about and videos pages to get started! http://bloomington.carrotmob.org/blog/33/