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Green Drinks NYC introduces SPARK*!
Where small groups discuss big topics!
If you prefer networking in a more intimate setting and are passionate about particular issues, our Green Drinks SPARK* series is perfect for you! We'll kick off the event by a conversation starter by a special speaker followed by lots of good networking. First drink and light snacks are on us! Please note that space is very limited for these events so RSVP early! We will not be registering people on-site who did not RSVP in advance. See you there! Click here to see details and RSVP!
FEATURED SPEAKER
"Ending the Toxic Shell Game"
Tuesday, April 24th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at The Tucker Robbins Showroom
Michael Green
Executive Director, Center for Environmental Health
Today's industries use over 80,000 chemicals, and they create thousands more each year. Before using new chemical concoctions and releasing them into the world, companies are not required to prove that the chemicals are safe. It's true: Industries create new chemicals. They use them. Then we all wait to find out if these chemicals make us sick. Many people have heard of Bisphenol A, or BPA, because of its hormone-like properties and its link to a myriad of diseases like cancer and reproductive disorders. Seemingly overnight baby bottles, sippy cups, and hiker's nalgene bottles were labeled BPA-free. But what are companies replacing it with?
A recent study showed that many "BPA-Free" products have the same hormone-mimicking properties that they had when made with BPA. In other words, it appears that industry has simply replaced BPA with other unregulated chemicals that may have the same harmful impacts on our children's health. This is a toxic shell game that impacts millions of families, a game of chemical sleight-of-hand that puts our children and families at risk from thousands of potentially hazardous and almost completely unregulated substances.BPA is only one example of this toxic shell game. Come find out where else people are playing the toxic shell game and how you can avoid it. Click here for details and RSVP!
About The Center for Environmental Health
The Center for Environmental Health protects people from toxic chemicals and promotes business products and practices that are safe for public health and the environment.
About Tucker Robbins Showroom
Tucker Robbins is a modern furniture designer who successfully marries great design with authentic tradition. By incorporating natural and salvaged pieces in modern designs with ancient skills of traditional people, he is able to bring green living to new heights. Tucker has been designing for over 25 years.
PREVIOUS SPARK* EVENTS
Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen
Co-founders of The 5 Gyres Institute
We are going to kick things off at Monday, March 26th at 6:30 with networking and drinks on the ground floor of the Toto Gallery showroom (25 Mercer Street, NY). Our featured speakers Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen will speak about plastic pollution and the ocean and share images, videos, stories, and samples from their extensive sailing expeditions. We are pleased to announce that Paul McGinniss from the New York Green Advocate will be our guest host for the evening.
About The 5 Gyres Institute
Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen are the co-founders of The 5 Gyres Institute. The mission of The 5 Gyres Institute is to conduct research and raise awareness about the global impact of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. Anna and Marcus focus on the 5 subtropical gyres of plastic pollution that have accumulated to understand the impact of plastic pollution in our oceans. Their findings and stories are a result of over 25,000 miles of sailing expeditions.
About Paul McGinniss
Paul McGinniss has interviewed a stellar array of change makers including Sylvia Earle, Dean Kamen, Ray Kurzweil, Fabien Cousteau and Josh Fox. Paul has helped to organize many environmental events including 7 Nights of Awareness for the December, 2011 NYC premier of the documentary film "The Big Fix". Paul's new video series, The Advocates Advocate, is a platform to promote important advocates and celebrate their work. The first video in the series features Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance, and Stefanie Penn Spear, Founder and Director of EcoWatch. Paul is also a New York based real estate broker and green building and renovation consultant. He advises people on how to set up grid independent, zero net energy, resilient living situations. He is currently working with his partners to establish a grid protected, 100% self sustaining farm community in Ulster County, NY.
Jacquie Ottman
Founder and Principal, J. Ottman Consulting, Inc.
Author, The New Rules of Green Marketing: Strategies, Tools and Inspiration for Sustainable Branding (Berrett-Publisher, 2011)
"20 New Rules in 20 Minutes And Plenty of Time for Questions"
Jacquie Ottman, a New York city-based expert on green marketing and advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. Government eco-labels is a sought-after speaker around the globe. In her highly interactive talk, Jacquie will share a sneak peek into the stories and strategies from her just released book, The New Rules of Green Marketing: Strategies, Tools and Inspiration for Sustainable Branding (Greenleaf Publishing, 2011), and she will give you the opportunity to get answers to your most pressing questions.
Some audience favorites to date: How best to motivate mainstream consumers? How to use design to engage consumers in more responsible forms of consumption? How can companies avoid greenwashing when marketing the green attributes of their products? What can multinational CPG companies like Procter and Gamble and Unilever learn from sustainability-focused upstarts like Method and Seventh Generation? What are the best new business models to be thinking about when designing products and services for a new marketing age transitioning to sustainability? How can small businesses apply the lessons most impactfully?
Her book, out in the marketplace since February, is already being called, The new green marketing Bible, and The end all and be all of green marketing. It was named by Cambridge University (UK) as a Top 40 Sustainability Book.
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