Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - August 2020
Brightening Our Corner Newsletter - August 2020
Summary
Ray Anderson always said "Brighten the corner where you are." In these crazy times, his foundation still has many positive stories to share.
NEWSROOM: Ray C. Anderson Foundation
CAMPAIGN: Brightening Our Corner Newsletter
CONTENT: Newsletter
Introducing the 2020 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge Finalists
MODA Exhibit
"Learning from Nature: The Future of Design"
“This exhibition is part of a larger MODA initiative, 2020: The Year of Climate and Change,” says Veronica Klucik, who curated the exhibition along with Malaysia Marshall. View the exhibit.
Help Us CelebRAYte Ray's Legacy
We had to cancel RayDay this year due to COVID-19, so this is our way of staying engaged with all of you, while shining extra light upon a few key organizations that deserve our support.
Engage with Us
Be sure to visit our Facebook page daily. We invite you to share your own RayDay memories and photos with us there. We can't wait to see what you have to share. You can also share on our Twitter and Instagram pages using the hashtags #celebRAYtion and #RayDay.
Want to reserve your free tickets for RayDay 2021? Click here.
The Ray - Leading the Way in Transportation News
Why Climate Change is About to Make your Bad Commute Worse - Read the article
Utah and Georgia Install Tech that Lets Roads Talk - Read the article
A Ray of Hope Through Partnerships - Read the article
The Atlanta Story Podcast - Episode 11 - Take a Listen
Thought Leadership from MBA Alumni
Two recent virtual panel discussions with MBA alumni from Scheller College addressed timely issues. Panelists at the first event talked about integrating personal values in professional lives. The second event focused on how we can make the transition from being “allies” to “change agents” in the fight for racial equity and social justice. Read the “values” article and the “allies” article.
Drawdown Georgia Contributions
The Center is honored to be working with the Drawdown Georgia team on the top 21 carbon mitigation solutions for the state. Michael Oxman and Beril Toktay, the Center’s managing director and faculty director, respectively, are serving on the core team and the “beyond carbon” working group. Also, Bahar Gunes, a 2019-20 graduate research assistant, contributed her energy sector know-how to the project. Read the article about Oxman and Toktay and the interview with Gunes.
Spotlight on Alumna Impact
In a recent interview, Chris Hagler (MSM ’96), Southeast practice leader of climate change and sustainability services at Ernst & Young, talks about her career trajectory, Covid-19’s impact on corporate sustainability, and advice for students looking to incorporate their passion for sustainability into their careers. Read the interview.
By: John A. Lanier
As we wandered down our sidewalk, one that we’ve walked together hundreds of times, we kept an eye out for different foods that were growing. We have an apple tree in our yard that tied our food-hunt into the curriculum, but we also spotted figs, tomatoes, and watermelons in our neighbors’ yards.
It’s been an amazing last seven years working for the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. I’m proud of the grants we have made, but even more proud of the relationships and partnerships that have resulted from those grants. We’ve done so much good, and I know that the foundation will continue to advance the legacy of our namesake. The brightest years are ahead for this amazing organization, but today, I’m excited to say that I’m starting a new job as an assistant preschool teacher.
Don’t get me wrong, I will still be the executive director of the foundation – I just wanted to see if anyone would fall for the head-fake in my title and first paragraph. It’s also true that I’m going to be assisting my wife in home schooling our young children. We got started this week, and I already feel like preschool teachers are criminally underappreciated and underpaid … and we only have to wrangle two wee ones! Read the full blog.
Upcoming Events
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Patron Dinner - 9/10/2020
Southface Visionary Dinner - 9/17/2020