#Jamie Korngold

[sagescented]

Perhaps the deep spirituality we find in the outdoors is inspired by the sheer magnitude of canyon and sky, river and wind; that innate connection we feel to the ravens catching thermals overhead, the wildflowers spread out across the meadow — the awareness that we are part of something so much larger than ourselves.

Perhaps the spiritual richness is precipitated by the stark beauty of the wilderness, an awesomeness that is beyond description, leaving us standing on a promontory speechless […] at a loss for words. Perhaps the spiritual door is opened by that feeling of smallness within the largeness. Out there we can no longer fool ourselves; ultimately it is not we who control the world. We wonder at the mystery of Creation, we marvel at the Creator. Or perhaps it is all of these elements building upon one another, generating a veritable cascade of spiritual opportunity.

How much easier it is for many of us to reach these spiritual heights in the wilderness than in a synagogue!

From God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi, published 2007; Jamie Korngold (My Ko-Fi Here)

[dougielombax]

Alright.

Behold my anti-sex music playlist!

For music that just won’t work when you’re planning on doing it.

Not saying any of these songs are bad. Just that they won’t be good for sex.

In my mind…

Here they are:

1. Chumbawumba - Tubthumping.

2. Blarf - Banana

3. Eric Andre & the Last Seed - Beef Patty

4. Midge Ure - The Man Who Sold the World (OH NO. NOT ME)

5. The Serbian National Anthem! (Bože pravde) - by I Don’t Fucking Know. (Yes I’m serious)

6.Geometry Dash theme tune

7. My Country ‘Tis of Thee (Boston Pops version)

8. Peaches - Fuck the Pain Away

9. That FUCKING Pina Colada song!

10. Aerosmith - I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing

11. Otis Redding - Shake

12. The Trashmen - Surfin’ Bird

13. Liberty Bell March - John Philip Sousa

14. That weird boingy Delaware version of the Dr Who theme what was only used once in the Australian broadcast of Carnival of Monsters.

15. Swans - She Loves Us

16. The Platters - My Prayer (for any David Lynch fans, if you know, YOU KNOW!)

17. Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountajn King (it HAS to be the Portsmouth sinfonia version)

18. Georg Friedrich Handel - Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (also the Portsmouth Sinfonia version, ideal for maximum awkwardness)

19. 1800 Pain - Hurt

20. Weezer - Buddy Holly

21. ANYTHING by Nickelback (especially Photograph (LOOK AT THIS FUCKEN’ SHIT!) or Rockstar)

22. The Cure - Friday I’m in Love

23. Nine Inch Nails - Mr Self Destruct (only an animal could fuck to this!)

24. Hanggai - Drinking song (this is actually a fucking banger but still)

25. Jamie Christopherson - The Stains of Time (except every single lyric is AND IT WILL COME)

26. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman

27. Suede - Filmstar

28. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (on full blast)

29. Ligeti - Lux Aeterna (may induce existential crises)

30. Korngold - Theme from King’s Row

31. AJCW - Wonderland (very loud, this is some cosmic horror shit)

32. Girl Talk - Play Your Part (Pt 1.)

33. Akira Yamaoka - Black Fairy

34. Ludvig Forssell -204863

35. Bach - Chorale BWV 645 (slow instrumental organ/trombone version)

36. Akira Yamaoka - My Heaven

37. Kikagaku Moyo - Dripping Sun (the beat drop at the end is some next level shit)

38. Carpenter Brut - Le Perv

39. Dawn of the Dead - The Gonk

40. de Wolfe music - Lubricator

41. Wizzard - I Wish it could be Christmas Every Day

42. Venetian Snares - All the Children are Dead

43. Van McCoy - Do the Hustle

44. Roy Orbison - In Dreams (look, it’s a great tune, but still).

45. Smash Mouth - Walking on the Sun

46. Mansion Basement - Resident Evil Director’s Cut Soundtrack

47. Happy Days (as in the main theme tune from Happy Days!)

48. Exhumed - As Hammer to Anvil

49. Muddy Magnolias - American Woman (David Lynch Remix) (if you fuck to this then you are legally not a human, you are a CREATURE)

50. Sonny Terry - Old Lost John

51. Hanatarash - My Dad is Car (VERY LOUD!)

52. Clubbed to Death (instrumental)

53. Jerry Manolas - Midnight Dream

54. Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks

55. Ludvig Forssell - Death Stranding theme tune

56. Glenn Miller - In the Mood

57. Venetian Snares - Winnipeg is Fucking Over

58. BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head.

59. Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff

60. Huun Huur Tu - Eerbek Aksy

61. Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight

62. Mussorgsky - The Great Gate of Kiev

63. Low Roar - Give Up

64. Ludwig Van Beethoven - Rage Over a Lost Penny

65. Neon Indian - Slumlord’s Release

66. The Caretaker - All You are Going to want to Do is Get Back There.

67. Horace Heidt - This Time It’s Real (instrumental - slowed down)

68. BluntedBeatz - I Am

69. Eddie Vedder - Out of Sand

70. Olga Wojciechowska - Remember When the Light Came (unfortunately I can’t find it ANYWHERE!)

71. Blarf - The Me in Me

72. Chuck Person - Lightning Strikes

73. Polkas y Huapangos - Los Dos Laredos. (Pretty sure you legally CANNOT fuck to this)

74. Tom Jones - What’s New Pussycat (VERY LOUDLY)

75. Merzbow - Ultramarine Blue

76. Fool’s Garden - Lemon Tree (I NEED Wes Anderson to use this song in his next film! FIND A WAY to get him to do it!)

77. Big Brother Theme Tune

78. Fanfare Vagabontu - Batuta Din Moldova

79. Lvovsky - Now the Powers of Heaven

80. Tuvan Ensemble - Arbyn Ossun

81. Weird Al - EBay song

82. Marathon 2 main theme (I mean come ON!)

83. Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky (SHUT UP!!!!)

84. My Chemical Romance- Famous Last Words

85. Van Halen - Panama

86. Powermad - Slaughterhouse

87. Bjork - It’s Oh so Quiet

88. Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla

89. Richard Strauss - Zueignung (specifically the version performed by Jessye Norman (RIP))

90. Apollo 100 - Joy (especially if you speed it up)

91. Carol Anne McGowan - Sycamore Trees (look it’s beautiful but you cannot fuck to it!)

92. Brian Eno - Weightless

93. Jean Sibelius - Symphony no 2.

94. Handel - Hallelujah Chorus (as performed by the Portsmouth Sinfonia)

95. The White Buffalo - I Know You (it’s a great piece of music but it’s really depressing)

96. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

97. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

98. Blink 182 - I Miss You. (WHERE ARE YEEEEEEEW)

99. Francis Stanfield - O Sacred Heart. (Yes I know it’s a Catholic hymn! That’s the point!)

100. Surasshu - The Penis (Eek!)

101. Non Phixion - The CIA is Trying to Kill Me

102. All-American Rejects - Move Along (SHUT UP! It’s a good song but come on)

103. Big Data - Bombs Over Brooklyn (their curiosity for learning has skyrocketed)

104. Adam & the Ants - Stand and Deliver

105. Animal Collective - Derek

106. Ludwig Van Beethoven. Symphony no. 5. Movement 1.

107. Hong Kong 97 Soundtrack - I Love Beijing Tiananmen.

108. Mr Bean animated series theme tune (piano, obviously).

109. John Williams - The Immolation Scene. (From the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith soundtrack)

110. Ludwig Van Beethoven. Again. - Ode to Joy. Symphony no 9. Movement 4.

111. Vague003 - Tonight

112. Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C Major Op. 48.

113. Old Gods of Asgard - Take Control

114. Zbigniew Preisner - Lacrimosa, Day of Tears

115. AJCW - Fog Horm

[wistaris-wares]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Sadie's Snowy Tu B'Shevat by Jamie Korngold (Trade Paperback).

[the-cat-of-the-railway-train]

Napoleonic Era/Wars CATS AU Masterpost

Hello! With the help of @demandra, I finally fleshed out this monstrosity of a masterpost. It’s technically not complete, but I really wanted to put something to paper.

To summarize: It starts during the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. Prussia is defending itself against Napoleon and his Grande Armée. Munkustrap, Tugger, and Alonzo are Prussian soldiers, who are running away from Prussia and mainland Europe to escape a charge of treason and a possible death sentence. Through the help of Munk and Tugger’s father, they manage to escape on a British warship to England.

Below the cut is a more detailed version of the premise, as well as some character descriptions. 

Not sure where to put the tag or even if I should, but thanks @skimblyshanks because your turn-of-the-century au was kinda the inspiration and basis for this... even though your au starts 86 years after mine starts.

Munk and Tugger are part of the Prussian 22nd Infantry Regiment. The two depend on each other for their sanity and safety.

At first the battle is going well, the Prussians outnumber the French. During the heat of battle, Tugger gets shot and drops to the ground, the flag he's carrying falls as he drops.

Munk is standing beside him and when he sees his brother fall, he disobeys his orders, passes the flag to his irritated but distracted captain, and falls to his side. Munk is panicking at this point and is franticly trying to save his wounded brother.

Meanwhile, the rest of the company is slowly retreating, as the French receive reinforcements, and are growing in strength and numbers. Alonzo, one of the sergeants, spots the two on the ground, laying in the middle of the crossfire between the two opposing companies. He decides to also disobey his orders, and rushes over to pull them out.

Munk insists that he would rather die than leave his brother, so Alonzo being the smart sergeant he is, drags Munk and Tugger away from the field when a moment of pause is caught between volleys.

Another Prussian captain, Captain Hildebrandt (Macavity) who was somehow detached from his company, spots the sergeant trying to drag the two to the surgeon's tent. A ruthless and harsh tempered man, he was also acting as a double agent working for the French.

Thinking that he would get away with shooting this poor sergeant, he takes his pistol and aims it at Alonzo. Being dragged while clutching your brother is hard for the body, so Munk stops Alonzo and is about to stand up when he spots someone taking aim at them.

Mac pulls the trigger.

Munk didn't have time to recognize his uniform, so on instinct, Munk pushes Alonzo to the ground. The bullet whizzes by Alonzo's head, barely missing his right temple.

Again on instinct, Munk draws his pistol, and shoots at the man. He only hits Mac's shoulder, and he is wounded but not dead.

The story that follows, is a whirlwind tale where Munk, Tugger, and Alonzo try to escape treason for shooting an officer. They wind up fleeing to Hamburg, where they encounter the British frigate HMS Rocket. They end up in England safe and sound, but their troubles are not too far behind.

Below are some character descriptions...

The Prussians:

Munkustrap (Lieutenant Matthias von Korngold of the 22nd Infantry Regiment)

Confident and courageous, he puts his responsibilities as second in command of his battalion, and as a brother, on the forefront of his mind. Being the son of a nobleman, he strives to fulfil his father’s wishes and to bring honor to his family name. 

Rum Tum Tugger (Lieutenant Thomas von Korngold of the 22nd)

Overly charismatic and pompous, Thomas’ source of pride is the regimental colours he carries into battle, defending it with his life. He reluctantly joined the army by his father request, and his over confidence is popular with the men, but not with his officers.

Alonzo (Sergeant Alonzo Visser of the 22nd)

The son of a hardworking carpenter, Alonzo’s tough but uncertain personality clashes when having to make decisions in the heat of battle. He looks up to Matthias as a role model, and is often seen as Matthias’ counterpart. 

Old Deuteronomy (Count Albert von Korngold of Blankenburg)

Old but undeniably wise, the count thinks very highly of his children. He only wants his children to be happy, but sometimes his wish for his family to be filled with honor gets in the way.

The French:

Macavity (Captain Morris Hildebrandt of the Prussian 17th Infantry Regiment)

A harsh and ruthless French double agent, he feeds Prussian army positions and intelligence to the French. Originally loyal to the Prussians, he started working for the French when he fled Prussia to escape a death sentence when he attempted to marry a noblewoman above his station.

Mungojerrie (Lieutenant Jamie Kellerman of the Prussian 17th Infantry Regiment)

Originally from Paris, he has witnessed the horrors of the French Revolution first hand. A deep Royalist supporter and a Prussian double agent, he and his sister intercept intelligence from Morris and send altered versions to the French. He is second in command of the 17th Regiment, and works under Morris’ command.

Rumpleteazer (Rebecca Kellerman)

The charming and light-fingered cantinière (or canteen keeper) of the 17th Regiment. She provides the men comfort food and drink and she uses her charm to gather intelligence for her brother.

The British:

Misto (Lord Quincy Saint James)

A well to do gentleman of a noble status, he is to inherit his father’s titles, and is expected to pursue a life in politics. Contrary to his father’s wishes, he yearns for a life as an actor, much to the dismay of his father.

Victoria (Lady Victoria Saint James)

Quincy’s gentle but outgoing sibling, Victoria enjoys the life of a well respected opera singer. She loves her brother to the ends of the Earth, and supports him in his interests. 

Bustopher Jones (Hayden Saint James, 4th Viscount Palmerston) 

The father of the Saint James siblings, as well as the respected Secretary of Foreign Affairs, he is a very busy man with little time for his children.

Plato (Peter Ashton)

Victoria’s fellow actor, Plato is utterly smitten with Victoria. His interest in her is hindered by his lower social standing.

Skimbleshanks (Captain Samuel Barker, Captain of the HMS Rocket)

A roughened sea captain, he is well respected, but his sometimes eccentric ways of accomplishing missions draws concern over his commanding capacity.

Tumblebrutus (Midshipman Toby Whiston)

New to navy life, the wobbling and sea sick Toby has aspirations for a fulfilling naval career.

[jewishbookworld]

Sadie’s Snowy Tu B’Shevat by Jamie Korngold Julie Fortenberry, illustator Sadie wants to plant a tree for Tu B'Shevat. But it's the middle of winter!

[csrgood]

Plastic Waste, Water, Human Rights & Sustainable Shopping Among CSR Trend Topics on Agenda at June 11 BBB Forum

The final agenda for the June 11, 2019 BBB Forum on Corporate Responsibility has been revealed by the BBB Foundation of Metro New York. This year’s Forum, the twelfth such annual event, takes place in New York City and features the theme Megatrends: Shaping the CSR Agenda.

AGENDA: Click here to view.

TOPICS: Trend topics on the agenda are expected to include how one major corporation set its ESG goals and conducted its sustainability journey; water conservation and related sustainability issues; business and consumer approaches to plastic waste issues; consumer purchasing behavior around sustainability; partnerships with NGOs and others; human rights concerns affecting supply chains and AI considerations; and more.

WHO: 

Al Iannuzzi, Vice President of Sustainability, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Keynote Speaker

David Korngold, Director, New York, BSR, CSR Trends Panel Moderator

Althea Erickson, Head of Advocacy and Impact, Etsy, CSR Trends Panel

Andre Fourie, Global Director of Water Sustainability, Anheuser-Busch InBev, CSR Trends Panel

Jamie Martin, Executive Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley, CSR Trends Panel

Julia Wilson, Vice President of Global Responsibility & Sustainability, Nielsen, Featured Speaker

Jamie Lee Mattison, Manager of Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY, Special Report

Caroline Rees, President & Co-Founder, Shift Project, Ltd., Special Report

DATE & TIME: June 11, 2019, 8:00 am to 12:30 pm

LOCATION: Scandinavia House, Victor Borge Hall, 58 Park Avenue at 38th Street in Manhattan

WHO ATTENDS: This elite half-day program is attended by business leaders and their advisers working in corporate responsibility, sustainability, corporate communications and public affairs, and other interested executives.

COST:

BBB Accredited, BBB National Partners, Event Supporter Guests, Nonprofits, Academics: $90 per person until May 31, $125 per person after that.

Non-BBB Accredited: $160 per person until May 31, $195 per person after that.

Please register in advance. Space is limited. Register now to ensure seating.

Details & online registration:

https://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/csr-megatrends/

Registration by phone & more information:

Call: 212-358-2829

Email: mprowse@newyork.bbb.org 

About BBB Foundation of Metropolitan New York Metro New York’s BBB Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1967. It provides educational programs and services for businesses, charities and consumers; encourages informed consumer support of charities; promotes transparency and accountability; conducts research; and provides educational intern opportunities to students who are potential business and charity leaders.  It operates the BBB Charity Accountability Program, which publishes BBB Charity Reports on about 770+ Metro New York area charities based on performance against the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability. BBB Charity Reports are available online at ny.give.org.

About BBB Serving Metropolitan New York For more than 100 years, Better Business Bureau has been helping consumers find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. In 2018, people turned to BBB more than 173 million times for BBB Business Profiles on more than 5.4 million businesses and Charity Reports on 11,000 charities, all available for free at bbb.org. There are over 100 independent BBBs across the United States, Canada and Mexico. BBB Serving Metropolitan New York was founded in 1922, and serves New York City, Long Island, and the Mid-Hudson region. Visit BBB.org for more information.

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source: https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/42012-Plastic-Waste-Water-Human-Rights-Sustainable-Shopping-Among-CSR-Trend-Topics-on-Agenda-at-June-11-BBB-Forum?tracking_source=rss

[odysseyofemily]

A few days ago, I finished reading God in the Wilderness by Rabbi Jamie S. Korngold. This was a wonderful book! It took such a beautiful approach to holding a relationship with God: through nature. It’s written by a Rabbi (a lady Rabbi, in fact!) who left the traditional form of Jewish ministry and began her own ministry called Adventure Rabbi, which is all about taking people out of the synagogues and into the wilderness to experience God there. This book unpacks her story and really unfolds the beauty of finding God by being encompassed by His creation. Though there were some claims in the book I don’t quite agree with, overall I really really loved the perspective this book took. It was so refreshing. In emphasized the importance that being in nature is a spiritual experience because it inspires awe at the Creator and reminds us that we are a part of something so much bigger than ourselves. And though this book was written with a Jewish lens on the world, the takeaways are really applicable to anyone. As a Seventh-day Adventist christian, especially, I really appreciated the importance of the Sabbath this book held that other Christian denomination-written books seem to miss. For anyone that feels like they are stuck in a spiritual rut, for anyone that is wanting to experience God anew, for anyone who holds an appreciation for nature and its Creator, I would HIGHLY recommend this book. 

[michaelcontiproductions]

VMuir - John Muir Birthday Discussion Part 2 from A/MCP on Vimeo.

johnmuirmovie.com We celebrated John Muir's one hundred and eight-second birthday this year during the Covid-19 pandemic on April 21, 2020 as virtual event. This part two of a two-part program.

I thought it would be more appropriate to ask my panelists questions about death, how they are connecting with nature while in isolation, and why John Muir is still relevant today. The panelists consisted of a Ranger from Yosemite, a historian from the Sierra Club, three theologians and a Rabbi. It made for an interesting conversation for everyone that tuned in live.

This virtual birthday party for John Muir Day will be remembered for a variety reasons, but sharing our connection to John Muir, will be my fondest memory. Hopefully you will agree.

2020 Panelists: Harold W. Wood, Jr. vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit Stephen K. Hatch, M.A. amazon.com/Stephen-K.-Hatch

Ranger Shelton Johnson instagram.com/yosemite_shelton/

Pastor Roger Wosley twitter.com/rogerwolsey

Rev. Carol Vaccariello 89hartford.org/carol-vaccariello

Rabbi Jamie Korngold adventurerabbi.org/

[newstfionline]

Adventure, environmentalism offer off-road route to God

Cathy Lynn Grossman, Religion News Service, Dec 5, 2013

(RNS) Some religious leaders are turning their ways of living the faith inside out--literally.

They’re taking believers into the woods, rivers and deserts to find spiritual truth through adventure and environmental awareness.

Doug Gilmer, adjunct professor of teaching at Liberty University and the so-called Backcountry Chaplain, is one.

“The whole Bible is a book of adventure,” he said. “Look at Abraham, Moses, Paul, setting out into the unknown.”

Gilmer teaches Christian adventure leadership in outdoor ministry as a way to make his students “more aware of, more reliant on, the Creator and His Creation.”

Jamie Korngold, the “adventure rabbi” of Boulder Colo., is another. She has been leading outdoor prayer and life-cycle events since 2001.

Once, when a bar mitzvah boy and his family arrived at the wooded spot where he would read Torah for this Jewish rite of passage, a bear commandeered a tree and was simply not going to move.

The “bear mitzvah” moved instead.

“You can talk until you are blue in the face about respect for animals in their world, and being more flexible in your life, but there’s no better lesson than this--the bear wins,” Korngold recalled.

Having grown up in rural northern Michigan, where hunting, fishing and farming were the way of life, Gilmer combines lessons of his master’s degree in natural resource management with his seminary education to teach how the outdoors is “a way to study God.”

The connections are not hard to find.

Gilmer cited Paul “as the greatest adventurer in all the Bible,” who puts a spiritual spin even on his countless painful misadventures.

Of course, not all outdoor activities are fun and games. And that’s the whole point.

A blister can lead to a conversation about “the whole idea of suffering,” Gilmer said. A hotspot under a too-heavy backpack can prompt a lesson that “they can’t carry the whole load themselves, they have to bear each other’s burden.”

“Every time we go outside to pray, people feel very directly how they are connected to something greater than themselves, even if they are hyper-rational intellectuals in their daily lives,” added Korngold.

It’s a lesson her congregants are taking to heart.

Stefanie Clarke tried numerous approaches to Jewish expression before finding the adventure group.

“I run every day on the same path, but now, after a retreat with the group, I see it differently,” said Clarke. “I notice things I never did before. I stop, look around and appreciate more. I realize God can be in many moments, many things.”

[sagescented]

Those of us who love wilderness excursions know that when we are open to a spiritual experience, hiking also exposes the layers of the soul; with each mile of distance from civilization, as packs seem to grow heavier and the footing more tenuous, we embark on an internal journey into the core of our selves. Perhaps this is why God chose to give us the Torah in the wilderness, to ensure that we were spiritually prepared to hear the teachings.

From God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi, published 2007; Jamie Korngold (My Ko-Fi Here)

[sagescented]

One of the great rabbis, Rabbi Abraham ben Maimonides, taught: “In order to serve God, one needs access to the enjoyment of the beauties of nature, such as the contemplation of flower-decorated meadows, majestic mountains, and flowing rivers. For all these are essential to the spiritual development of even the holiest of people”.

From David Stein in A Garden of Choice Fruit: 200 Classic Jewish Quotes on Human Beings and the Environment (1991), via God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi, published 2007; Jamie Korngold (My Ko-Fi Here)

[sagescented]

Although today we believe God to be omnipresent, throughout the Bible God [technically] appears only at specific places [and] at specific times. Most frequently, God appears near water, by trees, or on mountaintops. Other monumental experiences happen in those places as well.

From God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi, published 2007; Jamie Korngold (My Ko-Fi Here)

[csrgood]

Megatrends: Shaping the CSR Agenda

On June 11, 2019, the BBB Foundation of Metro New York will present its twelfth BBB Forum on Corporate Responsibility, with the theme Megatrends: Shaping the CSR Agenda. This elite half-day program is attended by business leaders and their advisers working in corporate responsibility, sustainability, corporate communications and public affairs, as well as other interested executives. It will take place at Scandinavia House, Victor Borge Hall, 58 Park Avenue at 38th Street in Manhattan, from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM. This year’s Forum speakers will discuss how “megatrends” – issues such as plastic waste, water sustainability, human rights issues, consumer purchasing behavior, and ESG goals – shape and drive corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts.

The 2019 BBB Forum is generously supported by Major Sponsor EY; Benefactor Sponsors MLB, Nielsen, and Yext; and Media Supporter 3BL Media.

To kick off the 2019 BBB Forum, keynote speaker Al Iannuzzi, Vice President of Sustainability at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., will speak about Estée Lauder’s sustainability journey.

Following the keynote, a featured panel of CSR trend leaders will discuss corporate responsibility megatrends, sharing insights from their perspectives about how businesses are responding to these trends and shaping their CSR agendas accordingly:

David Korngold, moderator, Director, New York, BSR

Althea Erickson, Head of Advocacy and Impact, Etsy

Andre Fourie, Global Director of Water Sustainability, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Jamie Martin, Executive Director, Global Sustainable Finance, Morgan Stanley 

Julia Wilson, Vice President of Global Responsibility & Sustainability at Nielsen, is the Featured Speaker who will follow the panel. She will discuss Nielsen’s research findings concerning consumer purchasing behaviors around sustainability issues. 

Two special reports will conclude this half-day event: 

Jamie Lee Mattison, Manager of Climate Change and Sustainability Services at EY, will discuss how businesses and consumers are responding to plastic waste issues.

Caroline Rees, President & Co-Founder of Shift Project, Ltd., will deliver a presentation sharing her expertise on human rights issues as they relate to corporate responsibility, with some comments on the impact of AI.

BBB Forum 2019 Event Supporters include: Advertising Self-Regulatory Council, BSR, Council of Better Business Bureaus, CSRHub, Governance & Accountability Institute, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, New York Society of Association Executives, NYCharities.org, Partnership for New York City, Social Accountability International, Sustainability Practice Network, The Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity – Baruch College, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (list in formation).  

Cost to attend:

BBB Accredited, CBBB National Partners, Event Supporter Guests, Nonprofits: $90 per person until May 31, $125 per person after that.

Non-BBB Accredited: $160 per person until May 31, $195 per person after that.

Please register in advance. Space is limited. Register now to assure seating.

Details & online registration:

https://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/csr-megatrends/

Registration by phone & more information: Call: 212-358-2829 Email: mprowse@newyork.bbb.org  

About BBB Foundation of Metropolitan New York Metro New York’s BBB Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1967. It provides educational programs and services for businesses, charities and consumers; encourages informed consumer support of charities; promotes transparency and accountability; conducts research; and provides educational intern opportunities to students who are potential business and charity leaders.  It operates the BBB Charity Accountability Program, which publishes BBB Charity Reports on about 770+ Metro New York area charities based on performance against the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability. BBB Charity Reports are available online at ny.give.org.

About BBB Serving Metropolitan New York For more than 100 years, Better Business Bureau has been helping consumers find businesses, brands and charities they can trust. In 2018, people turned to BBB more than 173 million times for BBB Business Profiles on more than 5.4 million businesses and Charity Reports on 11,000 charities, all available for free at bbb.org. There are over 100 independent BBBs across the United States, Canada and Mexico. BBB Serving Metropolitan New York was founded in 1922, and serves New York City, Long Island, and the Mid-Hudson region. Visit BBB.org for more information. 

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source: https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/41976-Megatrends-Shaping-the-CSR-Agenda?tracking_source=rss

[michaelcontiproductions]

VMuir - John Muir Birthday Discussion Part 1 from A/MCP on Vimeo.

johnmuirmovie.com We celebrated John Muir's one hundred and eight-second birthday this year during the Covid-19 pandemic on April 21, 2020 as virtual event. This part one of a two-part program.

I thought it would be more appropriate to ask my panelists questions about death, how they are connecting with nature while in isolation, and why John Muir is still relevant today. The panelists consisted of a Ranger from Yosemite, a historian from the Sierra Club, three theologians and a Rabbi. It made for an interesting conversation for everyone that tuned in live.

This virtual birthday party for John Muir Day will be remembered for a variety reasons, but sharing our connection to John Muir, will be my fondest memory. Hopefully you will agree.

2020 Panelists: Harold W. Wood, Jr. vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit Stephen K. Hatch, M.A. amazon.com/Stephen-K.-Hatch

Ranger Shelton Johnson instagram.com/yosemite_shelton/

Pastor Roger Wosley twitter.com/rogerwolsey

Rev. Carol Vaccariello 89hartford.org/carol-vaccariello

Rabbi Jamie Korngold adventurerabbi.org/