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Change is a word that is thrown around A LOT! But what is actually changing…? Gas guzzling cars are still being produced and sold, the amount of garbage we produce through consumption is still on the rise and clean drinking water that isn’t out of a branded plastic bottle is getting harder to find.

A quiet revolution is happening in small pockets around the world. Around the world young people (at the tender age of 24 I guess I’d fall into that category) are beginning to rethink the way they work. The shift is not only about WHAT we’re working on (industrial chores to social innovative) but also HOW we’re working (9 to 5 ivory tower to virtual and sustainable spaces).

One such pocket of social innovation is Green Spaces in New York. Roberto Rhett, director and eco-entrepreneur, has spent the last 18 months building ‘work spaces to launch green entrepreneurs’. These spaces are generally used by 1-3 person eco-companies that see the immense value in working side by side with other creative thinking environmental start-ups. Simply put, the main value of this space to many is the ability to bounce ideas off each other, solve problems ‘out-loud’ and grow together. Here the days are numbered for the dreaded cubicals and silos of solitude that so many companies continue to build around each other. Instead these are replaced with vintage/reused desks, communal work benches and rooftop gardens.