GreenFaith – Religions in Action for the Earth
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Description
Reverend Fletcher Harper, Executive Director of GreenFaith, talk presented by Bard MBA in Sustainability and Impact Hub NYC.
Fletcher Harper, an Episcopal priest, is Executive Director of GreenFaith, a national interfaith environmental coalition. An award-winning spiritual writer and widely-recognized preacher on the environment, he has developed a range of innovative programs to make GreenFaith an international leader in the religious-environmental movement.
A graduate of Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary, Harper served as a parish priest for ten years prior to joining GreenFaith. He accepted GreenFaith’s Many Faith’s, one Earth Award from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2009 and was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2011. He is the author of GreenFaith: Mobilizing God’s People to Protect the Earth (Abingdon Press, March 2015).
About Bard MBA
The Bard MBA in Sustainability is one of a select few graduate programs globally that fully integrates sustainability into a core business curriculum. At Bard, students work in collaborative teams learning how to build businesses and not-for-profit organizations that combine economic, environmental, and social objectives into an integrated bottom line that creates not only healthier businesses, but also a more sustainable world. Graduates of the Bard MBA will transform existing companies, start their own, and pioneer a new paradigm of doing business that meets human needs, protects and restores the Earth's systems, and treats all stakeholders with justice and respect.
This talk is part of a series of events offered by the Bard MBA in Sustainability and Impact Hub NYC.
September 18, 2015: Making Money Matter...Impact Investing to Change the World, with Ben Bingham
October 16, 2015: Green Giants: the six secrets to building a billion dollar, sustainable business,with Freya Williams
November 13, 2015: Achieving & Sustaining Peak Performance with David Bach, M.D.
January 22, 2015: GreenFaith – Religions in Action for the Earth with Rev. Fletcher Harper
February 19, 2016: Business Pollinators: The Next Wave of Economic Development, with Michael H. Shuman
Refund Policy: If you cannot attend, please email us least 1 day before the scheduled start of the event. No refund if we have less than 24 hour notice.
Organizer Impact Hub NYC
Organizer of GreenFaith – Religions in Action for the Earth
