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New York, NY
Joined March 2009
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Chet Van Wert retweeted
What leadership is not: -Ignoring the pain of the people you serve -Meeting peaceful protests with weapons of violence -Demanding respect without paying respects -Policing reactions to injustice without addressing the root causes of injustice #blackouttuesday
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Our resolution in the faculty senate in support of divestment failed 11-28 (6 abstentions). We are disappointed in our faculty for not standing up for our futures, but we will keep fighting until we reach divestment!!
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Everest visible from Kathmandu. Incredible. How can we go back to the time of unbearable pollution now that we’ve been reminded of what it was once like?
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Chet Van Wert retweeted
Prof @TensieWhelan discusses how the #coronavirus pandemic has brought worker treatment issues to the forefront for businesses and corporate sustainability, via @marketingdive. @NYUSternCSB: nyustern.us/2z8PDWq
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Chet Van Wert retweeted
Trafalgar Square right now, there will be no vaccine for the #climatecrisis we need to Act Now and heads up - we are failing and face losing all we cherish and love @XRebellionUK
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Working much too hard to find our next meal, we're also learning about #innovation focused on growing our own right here in NYC. @NYUSternCSB #InvestNYCSDG #resilience @aerofarms @gothamgreens @BoweryFarming @AVerticalFarm @agritecture @GreenWaveOrg stern.nyu.edu/experience-ste…
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Use public funds to recover forward, not backward. @NYUSternCSB @TensieWhelan
Replying to @NYUSternCSB
@PaulPolman and @TensieWhelan agree. As we rebuild after #COVID19, government subsidies should be tied to investments in #sustainability, such as creating a more secure workforce and retrofitting factories for better energy management. #FTGlobalBoardroom @ftlive
As we recover from #COVID19, "companies looking to rebuild sustainable, productive #supplychains must move from a transactional to a partnership approach." @TensieWhelan on the S in #ESG and prioritizing #stakeholdercapitalism @ftlive #FTGlobalBoardroom globalboardroom.ft.com/live
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Chet Van Wert retweeted
Arbor Teas is sponsoring its first ever photo & video contest, Can You Dig It? In celebration of #InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek, we want to shine some daylight on one of our favorite things - composting! Check out our website for more info & entry form!
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Congratulations, team @NYUStern @NYUWagner !
Congrats to the @NYUStern / @NYUWagner student team for advancing to the final round of the 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge, proposing an exchange-traded fund designed to help drive economic integration of refugees. #SIChallenge
Every human being on the planet is experiencing a real crisis, together, right now, in real time. Most of us are believing the scientists, their projections and recommendations. Will this help us appreciate the climate crisis? Or will that be more than we can handle?
Social distancing until April 30 (at least) - reminds me that "All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." (Pascal) What crazy things will we all do to avoid that?
Go back 5 years and tell someone that politics ended up crazier than House of Cards and markets ended up crazier than 2008.
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Where does food waste start? “The whole supply chain, including the customer—everybody wants everything in stock... So they’ll always have a little bit too much.” Is a world without trash possible? on.natgeo.com/2HANAeg via @NatGeoMag
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Building a new, #sustainable #economy: we know what to do; we just have to do it. #InvestNYCSDG @NYUSternCSB @TensieWhelan
$10B from @JeffBezos to fight #climatechange by funding “scientists, activists, NGOs,” but the most immediate investment need is for businesses that are ready to begin building a new #sustainableeconomy today. Read the latest from our #InvestNYCSDG team: stern.nyu.edu/experience-ste…
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An inspiring picture ...
So... today I met my role model. What else can I say? @Malala
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Just so we're clear here, a team of economists at THE WORLD'S LARGEST FUNDER OF FOSSIL FUELS is warning that "we cannot rule out catastrophic outcomes where human life as we know it is threatened." theguardian.com/environment/…
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Funding #climate scientists, activists and NGOs is great, but shouldn’t Bezos focus on funding #sustainable and innovative business methods and business models? We know a lot about what needs to be done. We just need to do it.
Good. Watching for deets! RT @QuickTake: BEZOS EARTH FUND: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced he is committing $10bn to fight climate change…said he would "fund scientists, activists, NGOs" to "help preserve and protect the natural world"
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