WHEN: Tuesday, October 19th at 12PM EDT WHAT: Sometimes we just learn best by example. In our Career Conversations series, we engage with impact + sustainability professionals to illustrate through example what working in impact and sustainability looks like, break down the intentional and …
CAREER CONVERSATIONS: How Did You Get That Job? Featuring Simon Fischweicher Read More »
WHEN: Tuesday, October 12th at 12:00 PM EDT WHAT: No one theory can possibly show the way to halt the seemingly irrevocable path we’re on to over-consume our way to the destruction of the planet. Overcoming the devastation of overconsumption constitutes a “wicked problem” …
Consumption and the Common Good: Academic Perspectives Read More »
WHEN: Tuesday, October 5th at 12:00 PM EDT WHAT: The critical reappraisal of the role and impact of business in society at the core of GCNYC’s mission challenges power, sees through male domination and white supremacy, and conceives of humanity in nature as an interconnected system, replete with meaning and vulnerable to the feedback loops of …
Strategy Frameworks Meet Critical Theories — For the Common Good Read More »
WHEN: Thursday, September 30th at 12:00 PM EDT WHAT: As we continue to be transformed by the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 virus, we have the opportunity and the imperative to build back differently to create a better world, departing from practices which have gotten us to the challenging place we now find ourselves. Whereas the …
Building Back Better: The Role of Social Innovation Read More »
WHEN: Thursday, September 23rd at 12:00 PM EDT WHAT: The “growth at all costs” mindset that permeates global business today results in a litany of negative outcomes for people, communities, and the planet. To fuel economic growth, businesses continue to drive higher consumption rates among existing and new consumers, often utilizing tactics such as marketing to …
Consumption and the Common Good: Rental, Resale, Repair and Recycle Read More »
Congratulations, Lindsay Cousins on being the recipient of the GCNYC Eva Haller Scholarship! This prestigious need-based scholarship is awarded to one incoming student per term in the amount of $5,000. Eva Haller is a Hungarian-American philanthropist, activist, and executive. Born in 1930 in Budapest, Hungary, in 1942, she joined her older brother underground in the …
WHEN: Thursday, September 16th at 6PM EDT WHAT: In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to enhance content material (particularly, elevator pitches) in order to deliver a compelling presentation of your ideas. You will be given tools that make your presentations more engaging with a focus on brevity, clarity, novelty, and the structure of your …
WHEN: Monday, September 13th at 12PM EDT WHAT: Fashion Revolution and GCNYC will bring together journalists, activists, advocates, experts, and educators to discuss some of the global fashion industry’s most challenging issues at Sustainable Fashion Week 2021 September 9, 10, and 11, 2021. To make sense of the numerous and complex issues addressed by Sustainable Fashion …
WHEN: Thursday, September 9th to September 11th WHAT: GCNYC is proud to partner with Fashion Revolution USA to be the official lounge and host for three evenings of live panels for Sustainable Fashion Week 2021, bringing together journalists, activists, advocates, experts, and educators to discuss some of the global fashion industry’s most challenging issues. Stop in …
GCNYC + Fashion Revolution USA Sustainability Fashion Week Read More »
After graduating, Kiki served as the Digital Director for the Center for Humane Technology where she focused on mobilizing people to take action and reimagine 21st-century digital infrastructure that supports wellbeing, democracy, and our shared information environment after the release of the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. She’s now writing the rules of advertising as the …
