Official press release announcing the Feast Impact East in Brooklyn 2015 and Feast Impact West in San Francisco 2016!

“If you’re doing what you should in the world, then what you do for yourself and what you do for others are one and the same…in the end, doing what I feel like I’m meant to do in this life is inherently part of something greater.”

James Bowthorpe, an artist, activist, filmmaker, furniture maker, and father, flew from the UK to New York last week to take part in The Feast, a two-day summit focused on creativity and social impact. Bowthorpe had a goal: to build a boat made from the waste of the conference, and then paddle it from Red Hook (where The Feast took place) to Battery Park and back again.

The Feast was as good as social good gets, with a quality group of speakers, staff, and attendees who pride themselves on not just being do-gooders, but actual doers in making a positive impact and their communities and on global issues.

By bringing together experts from public and private sectors, each of the participants were able to strengthen their innovations for disaster relief.

The Feast team is humble in their aspiration to build a better world, but their approach is clear and focused.

This invite-only gathering for innovative do-gooders has matured into the kind of event where you see people before they get a TED talk.

Starting a business is hard. Starting a business that attempts to solve large-scale social problems is even harder. But that hasn’t stopped the most idealistic and ambitious entrepreneurs from trying.

Over 20 million veterans are underserved thanks to insufficient attention from the tech community, but a partnership between entrepreneurs and veterans could be the perfect recipe for success.

Through their conference and public events they foster a community of social entrepreneurs working together to make their vision real.

The Feast is an inspiring open dialogue about social innovation.

A deliciously thought-provoking culinary ideation experience.

Yesterday we participated in the Feast Conference in New York, where we laughed, we cried, we became passionate about changing the world, we met amazing people and we learnt a thing or two about good decision making and playing poker!

What impressed me the most were the participants; every person I spoke to was a “Doer.”

A very important part of getting smarter is learning about your own abilities and the fact that you can absolutely do what you want to do.

It was an incredible forum for sharing interests, setting the stage for collaboration, and expanding possibilities for world-changing ideas.

We left with our minds blown at the quality and diversity of innovation happening across industries.