Christine Marez is the Vice President for Energy and Sustainability for Cumming overseeing the global delivery of sustainability services for projects in education, commercial, and industrial projects. She is an electrical engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional (AP), Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP), and a Certified Inspector General (CIG) with extensive experience developing and managing large capital projects and public agency programs, including overseeing sustainability programs for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the County of San Diego, and several other public and private clients.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#Schools #Construction #BuiltEnvironment #Architecture #GreenArchitecture #GreenBuilding #Sustainability #SocialJustice #ClimateChange @EnvironmentalSocialJustice

Dr. Sharona Nazarian, is a Councilwoman for the City of Beverly Hills, a LA County Commissioner for Alcohol and Other Drugs, a mother and a advocate. She fled Iran as a child and moved to California where she overcame the obstacles of establishing a new life in a foreign country and pursued her education in psychology and sociology at USC and ultimately received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Multicultural Psychology from Alliance Universe.

Today, we discuss her activism as a Councilwoman against the atrocities of injustice, beatings, rape and murder of the women and girls of Iran whose only crime was incorrectly wearing a hijab, or headscarf and what we, as a society, can do to affect the change we need.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#WomenLifeFreedom #MahsaAmini #SarinaEsmaeilzadeh #NikaShakarami #SocialJustice #Iran #Women #Freedom #NoSilence #ActNow

Other Lives Studio is a concept hatched by friends and co-creators Betsy Flores and Kim Krempien.

Having worked in fashion around the world, they grew frustrated with the quickening pace of the fashion cycle and the toll their beloved industry was taking on the environment. The two resolved to use their industry design experience to tackle the problem and came together to inspire a new cycle for fashion.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#FastFashion #Fashion #Design #Reimagine #Repurpose #CircularEconomy #Sustainability @OtherLivesStudios @EnvironmentalSocialJustice

Rex Frazier is the President of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), a Sacramento-based association of the leading property and casualty insurance companies on issues of homeowners, automobile, earthquake, and flood insurance in California.

As President, Rex represents PIFC’s member companies before the California State government and provides advice on legislative, regulatory, litigation and political matters.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#Insurance #Wildfire #Flood #Homeowners #SocialJustice #Affordability #California #Sustainability #ClimateChange @PIFC @EnvironmentalSocialJustice @AfterthefireUSA #PrescribedBurn

Ben Stapleton is the Executive Director of the United States Green Building Council of Los Angeles (USGBC-LA). He is a recognized sustainability leader who focuses on building teams and designing programs that are based on coordinating ecosystems that leverage the built environment to help create a more sustainable society for all

In his time at USGBC-LA, he has strengthened the foundation of this leading, membership based sustainability organization while developing and delivering a portfolio of community engagement and education focused programming centered on climate justice, high performance buildings, occupant health, corporate sustainability and regional resilience; establishing talent development and a people first philosophy as the pillars of the brand.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#Construction #BuiltEnvironment #GreenArchitecture #GreenBuilding #Sustainability #SocialJustice #ClimateChange @USGBCLA @EnvironmentalSocialJustice

Tucker Perkins is president and CEO of the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). He has worked in the propane industry for more than 26 years, having served as director of business development for Inergy, CEO of Premier Propane, and COO of Columbia Propane, a unit of the Columbia Energy Group.

He firmly believes that climate change is real and man-made and is working on incorporating renewables and clean liquid fuels, such as propane, to accelerate decarbonization and reach our climate goals as soon as possible.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#Propane #Energy #EnergyDiversification #Sustainability #SocialJustice #ClimateMigration #ClimateChange @EnvironmentalSocialJustice

Alex Bernhardt, Global Head of Sustainability Research, is a noted expert in sustainable finance. In his role, Alex is responsible for ESG research and integration across BNP Paribas Asset Management and plays an important role in driving the firm’s overall sustainability research agenda, thought leadership and thematic fund development.

In our discussion on Trends in Sustainable Investment, we discuss the history of ESG, recent criticisms, and the future trajectory we can expect.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#ESG #ImpactInvesting #NetZero #Carbon #SEC #Regulation #Ethics #SocialJustice #SociallyResponsible #BNPParibas #AssetManagement #EnvironmentalSocialJustice

Elena Maksimovich founded Weather Trade Net, with the specific focus of forward-looking climate data. Her team of Data Scientists and experts are working on transforming scientific climate knowledge into strategic investment signals.

Dave Johnson, a Stanford Law Professor, attorney and lecturer on society, politics, and the environment returns to ESJ to discuss a structural challenge to progress in environmental and sustainability: Obscene Corruption.

The proof now surfacing of rampant corruption has rendered our political parties, our governmental institutions ( Articles 1, 2 and 3 ), unreliable and undemocratic. Systemic social issues are everywhere:

a) racism in policing, education, employment and opportunity

b) two-tiered legal systems, rich and poor

c) dark money, foreign and domestic

d) religion-infused, anti-choice, anti-female laws

What little recourse still left to us necessarily includes activism, individual and collective

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#Equality #Equity #Racism #SocialJustice #Activist #SociallyResponsible #Impact #Stanford #EnvironmentalSocialJustice

Troy Helming is a Unicorn Founder (with 6 company exits) and a modern-day industrialist. He’s an inventor (60+ patent claims), an elite athlete, an author (1 book + 100s of articles), and a clean energy executive. He’s founded companies that have generated more than $30 Billion of economic impact, and he serves on numerous boards. He's a longtime wellness practitioner & yogi.

Troy’s latest endeavor, EarthGrid, uses patented technologies to bore tunnels at up to and over 1000 meters per day for 1/100th the traditional cost. These tunnels will create a subterranean network for Fiber, Energy, Water, Gas, Vehicles, Pedestrians, and High-Speed Transit.

𝑵𝒐 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔™

#Grid #Infrastructure #Energy #Water #Mobility #Transportation #Sustainability #SocialJustice #ClimateChange @EnvironmentalSocialJustice @EarthGrid