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This year’s theme is Celebrating Social Innovators and we are living up to the name by presenting the inaugural StartingBloc Social Innovator of the Year Award to Majora Carter, an environmental justice and green jobs pioneer from the South Bronx. Also joining us at the BLOC PARTY II will be a number of other tremendous individuals in the world of social entrepreneurship and innovation from organizations and companies including Acumen Fund, All Day Buffet, Ashoka, CSRwire, Echoing Green, Endeavor, Fast Company, JustMeans, Net Impact, and NYWSE.

Buy your tickets today!

http://blocparty2009.eventbrite.com

BLOC PARTY II :: CELEBRATING SOCIAL INNOVATORS

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Time: 7-8 pm VIP Cocktail Hour, 8-11pm Bloc Party II (open bar, light hors d’oeuvres and dessert)

Location: Studio 54

Dress Code: Festive

Tickets: $40 in advance, $50 at the door, $75 VIP tickets

Regular and advance tickets entitle attendees to hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and unlimited networking.  VIP tickets include a swag bag and an additional hour of mingling with top names in social innovation and entrepreneurship. Tickets are available now at http://blocparty2009.eventbrite.com

Columbia Business School Executive Education is excited to introduce a groundbreaking new program: Carbon Finance Strategies.

In collaboration with Point Carbon, a leading provider of consulting services for power, gas and carbon markets, Carbon Finance Strategies is designed for executives who want an in-depth understanding of the opportunities presented by the cap-and-trade system. The program will take place December 1–3, 2009, on the Columbia University campus.

Directed by Columbia Business School Professor Geoffrey Heal, economics and environment specialist, the program includes sessions led by faculty from the Earth Institute at Columbia University and experts from Point Carbon.

In three days, you will:

• Understand the foundation and operations of carbon markets
• Learn principles for identifying, managing and mitigating carbon risks and opportunities
• Develop the optimal carbon strategy for your organization

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Can business restore the Rainforest? The Guayaki Market-Driven-Restoration business model

When: Monday, October 12, 7:30-9:30pm
Where: GustOrganics, 519 Avenue of the Americas @ 14th street, 212.242.5800

Guayaki’s strategic adviser Pierre Ferrari, will share the amazing story of the company’s Market-Driven-Restoration business model which directly links customer purchases to partner farming communities in the South American Atlantic Rainforests. Guayaki’s partners sustainably harvest organic yerba mate from Rainforest grown cultivations and reforestation projects, generating a renewable income stream which enables these communities to improve their lives and restore their lands.

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The CSR career path: Current Opportunities & Future Realties

When: Thursday, October 15, 7:00-9:00pm
Where: Cookshop, 156 10th Ave @ 20th Street, 212.924.4440

Are you currently interested in CSR communications consulting work? How do you position yourself for CSR work if you are switching career paths? Join an in-depth discussion with Judy Sandford, a Net Impact member and CSR Strategist at Addison, a brand strategy and communications design firm. She’ll share insights, growing challenges and trends as a professional in this field.

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Added Value: A Socially Responsible Urban Farming Enterprise

When: Thursday, October 29, 7:30-10:00pm
Where: iCi Restaurant, 246 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, 718.789.2778
Cost: $45 Pre-Fix dinner. Proceeds from this dinner will go to support Added Value

Ian Marvy, the Executive Director of Added Value will be speaking about urban farming and its importance in promoting sustainable development and youth leadership in underserved communities. Added Value’s work in Red Hook has created opportunities for the youth of South Brooklyn to expand their knowledge base, develop new skills and positively engage with their community through the operation of a socially responsible urban farming enterprise. This dinner discussion will be held at iCi Restaurant. Since opening in 2004 the owner, Catherine Saillard, has consciously chosen to purchase their food from locally farms, including Added Value, and has successfully woven the restaurant into the social and economic fabric of Brooklyn.

Agenda
7:30-8:00pm – Arrival & cocktails
8:00-8:30pm – Introductions
8:30-10:00pm – Dinner and Added Value discussion/Q&A

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JustMeans – “What good work are you doing now?”

When: Monday, November 2, 7:00-9:00pm
Where: Rouge Tomate, 10 E 60th St @ Madison Ave, 646.237.8977

Various social media sites exist today that provide a platform for companies to promote the good work they do, as well as provide valuable resources for individuals looking to find good work to get into! Deb Berman, Managing Director of JustMeans will lead a discussion on how businesses and individuals looking for socially responsible work can make the most of JustMeans’ social media platform which focuses on engaging and informing their online community about socially responsible business. She will also highlight trends in social media for sustainability.

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WSE Panelists: Elizabeth Scharpf, Amini Kajunju, Katie Orenstein and Ann MacDougall

With over 55 attendees and a lively discussion, Net Impact NYC Professional Chapter’s Women in Social Enterpreneurship Panel on Monday, Sept. 21st was a success!  Moderator Ann MacDougall, Chief Management Officer at the Acumen Fund (www.acumenfund.org) facilitated a conversation on issues around starting and scaling enterprises with the panelists.  For more information about our panelists and their enterprises, click on the links below.   

Elizabeth Scharpf, Sustainable Health Enterprises
http://sheinnovates.com/index.html

Katie Orenstein, The OpEd Project
http://theopedproject.org

Amini Kajunju, Workshop in Business Opportunities/AngelAfrica
http://www.wibo.org/
http://www.angelafrica.org/

WAVES for Development and the NY Surf Film Festival Present:

A Rising Tide… Charity Party!

When: Wednesday, September 23, 7:00pm-10:00pm

Location: Bar 13, 35 E 13^th Street, NYC

Tickets: $15 pre-sale, $20 at the Door (tax deductible)

RSVP: http://arisingtidecharityparty.eventbrite.com/

Raffle Prizes * Spectacular Adventures Film * 2×1 Drink Specials * Giveaways * Surf-Related Non-Profits * “Meet the Filmmakers” Lounge * Trailers of festival films*

Please join us at Bar 13 as we celebrate the diverse work of surf-related nonprofits and kick-off the 2^nd annual NY Surf Film Festival and Unsound Pro surf competition!

Surfing has inspired many individuals to take action in the areas of film, conservation, sustainability, education, health, and humanitarian aid. This event will bring together representatives from organizations such as:

WAVES for Development

Best Day Foundation

Waves of Health

Stoked Mentoring

Surfider Foundation

SurfAid International . . . And More to Come!

You’ll have an opportunity to learn about these organizations and how you can get involved with their great work. Throughout the evening there will be raffle prizes, 2×1 drink specials, giveaways, trailers of festival films, and a “Meet the Filmmakers” lounge where guests will be able to mingle with some of the festival’s filmmakers!

Each guest will recieve 1 free raffle ticket!

All proceeds will go to these amazing organizations!

As an added bonus, it will be the NYC premiere of the Spectacular Adventures film.

Don’t miss this exciting event, where a rising tide lifts all boats

~WAVES for Development & NY Surf Film Festival

Women play a key role in traditional and social entrepreneurship globally, and living in New York we are surrounded by women who are in the midst of changing the world through entrepreneurship.

Through a conversation with our panelists, including Elizabeth Scharpf and Katie Orenstein–two uber-entrepreneurs and Echoing Green fellows– and Amini Kajunju, CEO of Workshop in Business Opportunities, we will highlight the power of women in this field, both domestically and internationally, feature the various models of social entrepreneurship (non-profit, for-profit, hybrid), and discuss the challenges and opportunities that female entrepreneurs face.

Moderated by a representative of the Acumen Fund, the conversation is ideal for anyone, male or female, who have ideas and need inspiration, interested in learning more about the field of social entrepreneurship and meeting with like-minded individuals.

Katie Orenstein
Katie is a journalist who has started a company called the Op-Ed Project, which aims to train more women and minorities to take part in global debates (op-eds, political commentary, even Congress are dominated up to 85% by well educated white males). An author and journalist, Catherine Orenstein has written for the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Miami Herald, and her commentary has been nationally syndicated. A graduate of Harvard (BA) and Columbia (MA), she is a fellow at The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, a women’s think tank
http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellows/katie-orenstein

Amini Kajunju
Amini Kajunju is the CEO/COO of Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) which is a private non-profit organization that is committed to assisting men and women with the drive to become successful entrepreneurs. WIBO’s flagship 16-week workshop, “How to Build a Growing Profitable Business” is currently conducted in nine underserved communities of New York City.

To help the Columbia Business School community stay current with emerging green trends, and put member careers on a sustainable path, the new Sustainable Business Committee is launching an eight part series on green business that will run from October 2009 through June 2010. Members who attend six out of eight events will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

The Series will kick-off with a launch event, “Making Green From Green”

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

• 5:30p.m.Sign-in and networking
• 6:15p.m. Introduction and Keynotes
• 7:30p.m. Networking and cocktails.

Place: Columbia/Princeton Club 11 W 43 Street

Speakers: Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman of Interface, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial carpeting and sustainability pioneers. featuring Ray Anderson, Chairman of Interface and Author of “Confessions of A Radical Industrialist” (Macmillan 2009). Rohit Aggarwala, Director of New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability. Topic: GreeNYC initiatives and about opportunities for New York City businesses.

COST: $35 for CBSAC/NY members, $25 for current CBS Students, $40 for NYBSC and Smith Club members, and $45 for non-members. Included with your registration is a one year subscription to Fast Company Magazine ($10 value). If you do not wish to receive this publication

Click here to join CBSAC/NY.

Click here to buy tickets!!!

Click here for refund details from the publisher.

Note: this is excerpted and adapted from the event’s website

Has all this summery heat been parching your palate? Luckily Good Beer at BAM–an edible homage to beer and food–is next Wednesday and there are still tickets available.

Buy tickets here or at brownpapertickets.com.

Good Beer at BAM is produced by Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan magazines, in partnership with the just-launched Good Beer Seal, July Good Beer Month and GreatBrewers.com, and will benefit Just Food and Added Value.

Beers by: Brooklyn Brewery, Sixpoint Craft Ales, Southampton Publick House, Kelso of Brooklyn, Blue Point Brewery, Allagash, Troegs, Ommegang, Left Hand, Sierra Nevada, Smuttynose, Magic Hat, Victory, Keeghan Ales, Sly Fox, Peak Organic Brewing Company, Lake Placid, Ithaca Beer Company

Beer bars: Jimmy’s No. 43 and Beer Table

Food by: The Good Fork, Beer Table, Back Forty, Palo Santo, Gramercy Tavern, Jasper Hill, No. 7, Widow’s Hole Oysters, iCi, Porchetta, Co., Rose Water, Brooklyn Greenmarkets, Sullivan Street Bakery, Great Performances, JoMart Chocolates, Bent Spoon and a beer garnishes demonstration by Messermeister

For information contact Rachel Graville, rachelgraville@gmail.com, 646.246.9650.