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Terraformation is just one of 10 organizations recognized by the Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) as winners of the 2025 Keeling Curve Prize (KCP). The Keeling Curve Prize — overseen by GWMP, a Brooklyn Story Lab partner — supports organizations developing practical, scalable answers to the climate crisis.

This year, the 10 winning organizations were announced by Jacquelyn Francis, Founder and Executive Director of GWMP, at the TED Countdown Summit main stage in Nairobi, Kenya, awarding $50,000 to each project to help expand their impact in the fight against climate change.

Learn more about the 10 winning organizations — and GWMP — here.

Travel 200 miles from any country’s shoreline and you enter the “High Seas,” the UN’s designation for international waters. The High Seas might as well be the Wild West, as there are few laws that govern this territory, which covers 43% of Earth’s surface (the ocean itself covers 71%). That chaotic lack of law jeopardizes the future health of the ocean, including the Blue Economy: the food that 3 billion people globally count on, and the economic opportunities on which 11% of the planet depends.

Elephant Mothers Elephants are a matriarchal species. This year, World Elephant Day (August 12) is honoring both the matriarch elephants AND the women conservation leaders and rangers in communities in Africa and Asia who are working to protect them.

EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR BROOKLYN STORY LAB READERS Expert Fundraising Offer for BSL Readers Fundraising is expensive. Yes, it takes money to make money, and hiring a consultant can be hugely impactful, but doing so can also be costly. For startups or small nonprofits already reeling from the shock and awe of recent political events, that can create a barrier to entry that has existential implications. Our strategic partners at boutique fundraising firm Hudson Ferris have come up with a dynamic solution: a new platform called Margaret, which democratizes the fundraising experience at an affordable price point (hundreds a month as opposed to thousands). Membership offers unlimited fundraising questions from experts in the field via the platform. Margaret already includes partners such as Civic Hall (which has 62,000 members), fundraising CMS platform Arreva, and donor-research tool DonorAtlas, the latter two of which have integrated Margaret into their platforms. To learn more about Margaret — and a special introductory package for the Brooklyn Story Lab community — visit here. Take a Video Tour of Margaret

July/August Calendar Though the new Administration has banned references to many, there are social-awareness days or tentpole events every month that can help organizations like yours connect to a larger, purpose-driven audience. By creating content connected to these key dates, you have the potential to create viral experiences. Here are the global dates that stand out to us in July and August. 6/30-7/3: Green Climate Fund Board Meeting (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) 6/30-7/3: International Business Forum (Seville, Spain) 6/30-7/4: SDG Investment Fair (Seville, Spain) 7/6-7/7: BRICS Summit (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 7/7-7/11: Montreal Protocol, 47th Meeting (Bangkok, Thailand) 7/7-7/25: International Seabed Authority Assembly (Kingston, Jamaica) 7/8-7/11: AI for Good Global Summit (Geneva, Switzerland) 7/11: World Population Day 7/12: International Day of South-South Cooperation 2024 7/12: International Malala Day 7/14-7/23: UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, U.S.) 7/17: Day of International Criminal Justice 7/18: Nelson Mandela International Day 7/27-7/29: UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 7/29: International Tiger Day 7/31: World Ranger Day 8/5-8/8: UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (Awaza, Turkmenistan) 8/9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 8/10: World Lion Day 8/12: International Youth Day 8/12: World Elephant Day 8/19: World Humanitarian Day 8/20: World World Mosquito Day Day 8/23: International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 8/24-8/28: World Water Week (Stockholm, Sweden) 8/26: Women’s Equality Day 8/27: World Lake Day 8/29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests Ask us how to create noteworthy content that connects with these dates for your purpose-driven organization or brand — or how to get more attention for your social media, digital media, or feature stories. Contact Us Let’s Tell Your Story Brooklyn Story Lab is a globally focused media consultancy that creates content solutions for purpose-driven organizations, with a particular focus on their social good commitments. Our work is aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals — a blueprint for making sure no one on the planet is left behind. If you would like your purpose-driven project to reach new audiences and deliver more impact, we’d love to help you tell the story through our Content Solutions:   Articles and Impact Stories Brand Strategy Campaign Ideation and Execution Content Strategy and Storytelling Fundraising Collateral and Strategy Newsletters Op-Eds and Thought Leadership Podcasts: Audio and Video Seminars, Panels, and Moderated Events Social Media Campaigns and Events Storytelling Workshops Strategic Partnerships Video: Longform and Short Web Design and Development Please send us more information about your project so we can help you get started. Fill out our contact form here, or email info@brooklynstorylab.net.   Get in Touch

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What could our future world look like if we continue to do nothing about climate change? Take a look at the possibilities.

While we’re already feeling the devastating effects of human-caused climate change, governments continue to fall short on making and executing emissions pledges that would help thwart further warming. So, what will our world look like in the next 30 to 80 years, if we continue on the current path? Shannon Odell offers a glimpse at Earth’s possible future.

Lesson by Shannon Odell, directed by Sofia Pashaei.

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More than 82% of people feel their rosacea is uncontrolled, and less than 50% are satisfied with their current prescription treatments, which can lead to overuse or misuse of these products which can trigger or worsen the condition.5-8 Rosacea can be so challenging to manage that 55% of people with the skin condition and a high disease burden reported they were willing to give up one year or more of their life to cure their symptoms.9

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved a new treatment that can improve the bumps and blemishes of rosacea and provides significant relief.10
Some precautions for those with rosacea include:4

Protect your face from the sun by using a broad spectrum sunscreen and wearing a hat
Avoid strenuous outdoor activity from 10am-2pm when sun is hottest
Break up physical activity to avoid becoming overheated
Stay cool by carrying cold water when outdoors in the heat

Dr. Ted Lain, Executive Director, Austin Institute for Clinical Research to discuss the signs, symptoms, and triggers of rosacea. He’ll also share the latest treatment for the condition and offer advice to keep rosacea symptoms in check, especially during the summer months.
Interview is courtesy: Galderma

References

1 Huynh TT. Burden of disease: the psychosocial impact of rosacea on a patient’s quality of life. Am Health Drug Benefits. 2013;6:348-354.
2 National Institutes of Health. Rosacea. Available at: https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/rosacea. Accessed April 19, 2022.
3 Mayo Clinic. Rosacea. Available at: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rosacea/symptoms-causes/syc-20353815. Accessed April 19, 2022.
4 National Rosacea Society. Rosacea sufferers can enjoy summer without rise in flare ups. Available at: https://www.rosacea.org/rosacea-review/2001/summer/rosacea-sufferers-can-enjoy-summer-without-rise-in-flare-ups. Accessed April 19, 2022.
5 Galderma Laboratories, L.P. Galderma global study reveals true burden of rosacea and encourages healthcare professionals to look ‘beyond the visible’. June 2018. Available at: https://www.galderma.com/news/galderma-global-study-reveals-true-burden-rosacea-and-encourages-healthcare-professionals-look. Accessed April 19, 2022.
6 Del Rosso JQ, Tanghetti EA, Baldwin HE, Rodriguez DA, Ferrusi IL. The burden of illness of erythematotelangiectatic rosacea and papulopustular rosacea: findings from a web-based survey. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2017;10(6):17-31.
7 National Rosacea Society. Rosacea triggers survey. Available at: https://www.rosacea.org/patients/rosacea-triggers/rosacea-triggers-survey. Accessed April 19, 2022.
8 Huang YX, Li J, Zhao ZX, et al. Effects of skin care habits on the development of rosacea: A multi-center retrospective case-control survey in Chinese population. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0231078.
9 Tan J, Steinhoff M, Bewley A, Gieler U. Beyond the visible: rosacea (2018). The BMJ hosted content 2018. Available at: https://hosted.bmj.com/media/images/burden-of-rosacea-beyond-the-visible.pdf. Accessed April 19, 2022.
10 Epsolay. Package insert. Galderma Laboratories, L.P.; 2022.

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Ted leans on his decades of experience as an executive in various industries. He has led a transportation logistics company that was growing faster than it could handle. He stabilized operations in a company that was growing at 40% and incorporated organizational structures that allowed him to increase growth and provide new more profitable services.

He repeated the pattern of stabilization and new growth opportunities of a severely under performing organization in the translation business. In the first 9 months, revenues increased by 89% because he restructured marketing strategies and aggressively drove sales. From there he was able to develop new services, by translating the culture of web sites and marketing brochures, that gave his company a competitive advantage amongst other organizations that only translated foreign languages to and from English.

In addition to executive experience, he has traveled the world where he has researched leadership in countries where money was not the competitive edge. He leveraged that travel experience and worked for a consulting firm that focused on leadership development, transforming corporate culture and innovation management.

Today, Ted has focused his efforts on CEOs. He created the Board of Veteran CEOs (BoV) to serve CEOs of midsize to large enterprises. Through BoV, he hosts roundtable discussions where current CEOs have the opportunity to discuss large-scale challenges with peers and former CEOs of Fortune 500s. A short list of some of current and former CEOs who shared their experience and knowledge came from Dun & Brad Street, Xerox, Chase Bank, Harrah’s Hotels & Casinos, State Street Bank, New York Stock Exchange, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and many more. Through forums and roundtable discussions, current CEOs have the opportunity to learn from seasoned CEOs who have been in their shoes and run larger corporations.

Ted has built boards of directors for clients by using his network of current and retired CEOs. He served as honorary presiding director to ensure an effective and cohesive board. He has also served on the boards of a number of not-for-profits.

Ted attended Howard University as a marketing major. To this day, he is still an athlete who trains everyday.

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NYCREW will honor Women’s History Month with an Industry Spotlight on “Women Greening NYC: Sustainability in Commercial Real Estate,” an all-star panel of experts in sustainable building and design, all helping to make New York City a greener place. Moderator (and NYCREW Member) Amelia Janisz, CEO and President of Easy Building Environmental Health and Safety will be joined by: Charlotte Matthews, Vice President of Sustainability for Related Companies; Sukanya Paciorek, Senior Vice President of Corporate Sustainability for Vornado Realty Trust; and Eleni Reed, Chief Greening Officer of the U.S. General Services Administration Public Buildings Service. The four will discuss the opportunities and challenges in helping owners and managers reduce the energy use and carbon footprint of their buildings and more. Contact us for a complimentary press registration!

ABOUT NYCREW Network
NYCREW Network, the original New York area chapter of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women, a national organization of over 8,200 commercial real estate professionals), was founded in 2001 to advance the success of women in commercial real estate through
opportunity, influence and power. Since then, NYCREW has provided its members with the skills and opportunities to achieve success in commercial real estate, encouraging doing business together in collaboration rather than competition. Comprised of senior and rising professionals from a broad range of disciplines within the commercial real estate industry, such as: financial services; asset and property management; developers; owners and operators; investment and property brokerage firms; and appraisers, accountants, architects, attorneys and other consultants, NYCREW members are also active in a wide range of industry segments, such as hospitality, industrial, office, retail, mixed use, transportation, etc. www.nycrew.org

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Ted Turner: Maverick Man (promo)

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Ted Mason, meets Good News sitting and playing and watching his dog in the park.  Ted  is a former member of the multiplatinum British rock/pop band Modern English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yOYyhAjKc and an EMMY nominated film producer. The band has sold over 4 million records in the United States with hit songs such as Melt with you, “Hands across the Sea, Ricochet Days,” 16 Days to name a few. He is a producer, composer (composing and producing the music for the Academy Award winning HBO doc “Prudence’s Song”) as well as a lead guitarist, Classical/Flamenco/Bebop guitarist, singer, songwriter he is President of his own Record Label Mi5 Recordings, a Universal distributed label. He is also in a label/production company partnership with musician/producer extraordinaire Jerry Wonder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Duplessis).

In addition to playing in Modern English, Mr. Mason has worked as a producer/musician with such artists as AKON, Chris Brown, Mary J Blige, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Santana, Dead Prez, Midge Ure, Bob Geldoff, the Verve, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Prince, Papa Wemba, Khaled, Youssou N’dour , Sandra Bernhard, Real Roxanne, Macy Grey, Thomas Mapfumo, and Peter Gabriel. He has successfully released back catalog and obscure Modern English tracks through his label as well as a huge roster of artists from Hip Hop to Africa Soukous. He now performs as a solo artist in the United States, Europe and Africa, blending British Rock with world and African music.

Producing Mr. Mason has worked as a producer/musician with such artists as AKON, Chris Brown, Mary J Blige, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Santana, Dead Prez, Midge Ure, Bob Geldoff, the Verve, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Prince, Papa Wemba, Khaled, Youssou N’dour, Sandra Bernhard, Real Roxanne, Macy Grey, Thomas Mapfumo, and Peter Gabriel. In 2010 he has toured in Central Africa backed by Rwanda’s Soukous All Stars and a duet with Lokua Kanza while producing the Fes Pad concert series for the country of Rwanda. He is currently producing a new solo album, an album with Hip Hop superstars Mobb Deep and a duet with Wyclef Jean and Mona Lisa.

Film Production Mr. Mason has also worked as a composer and film producer on many films including the HBO Academy Award Winning Documentary film project “Music By Prudence,” directed Roger Ross Williams. Past directors he has worked with included Milos Forman. He also works closely with his wife Jennifer Brunetti, (former company owner of Fbi Productions, Inc.) in producing video, film and live concert events most notably “Volvo for Life Awards” which included production logistics and booking of such acts as Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, and Suzanne Vega.

Producing

Mr. Mason has worked as a producer/musician with such artists as Akon, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Santana, Dead Prez, Midge Ure, Bob Geldof, the Verve, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Prince, Papa Wemba, Khaled, Youssou N’dour, Sandra Bernhard, Real Roxanne, Macy Gray, Thomas Mapfumo, and Peter Gabriel and now working with Jerry Wonder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Duplessis. He has successfully released back catalog and obscure Modern English tracks through his label as well as releasing a huge roster of artists ranging from Hip Hop to African Soukous. He now performs as a solo artist in the United States, France and Africa, blending British Rock with world and African music. In 2010 he has toured in Central Africa backed by Rwanda‘s Soukous All Stars and a duet with Lokua Kanza.

Film production

Mr. Mason has also worked as a composer and film producer on many films including the HBO Academy Award Winning Documentary film project “Music By Prudence,” directed Roger Ross Williams. He is an EMMY nominated film producer and is currently involved in producing numerous music videos for his artists as well as full length independent film productions. Past directors included Milos Forman and Academy Award Film director Roger Ross Williams http://www.godlovesuganda.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ross_Williams http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1543539/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast http://www.musicbyprudence.com/mbp/. He also works closely with his wife Jennifer Brunetti, (former company owner of FBI Productions, Inc.) in producing video, film and live concert events most notably “Volvo for Life Awards” which included production logistics and booking of such acts as Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, and Suzanne Vega. Currently he is working on his new album and working closely as a partner with musician, producer, songwriter extraordinaire Jerry Wonder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Duplessis) and Wonda Music (www.wondamusic.com)

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