The Butterfly Effect

This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Daniel Katz.

Daniel received a bachelor's degree in History and Classical Studies following which he took a sharp turn into the sustainability and environmental field where he has been immersed for the past 8 years. He first made his way into ecological work when he was called to build a community garden in his old neighborhood in Tel Aviv during his academic studies. Since the spark ignited, he has been giving lectures and workshops to organizations and municipalities on climate change and sustainability. He also designed and built an ecological community farm, directed the educational department for "Hava & Adam" educational EcoFarm and is currently a project manager at the environmental nonprofit "Good Energy Initiative". After managing several projects in the field of waste treatment, he began creating and running the "Climate Forest Project": an urban afforestation project focusing on tree planting in neglected public spaces. Daniel lives in a small village in the Jerusalem mountains, with his partner Noa and their two children- 3-year-old Laya and 3-month-old Refael.

In this episode, you will hear about building community gardens, the climate forest, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Princess Marinay.

Princess Marinay is an international Presenter, Climate Change Communicator, Youth Advocate, prolific writer, fashion model, and fashion designer.

She began her journey in 2015 at the age of 11, under the participation of a literary and art competition hosted by the Vision of the Child organization, where she portrayed her literary skills and was part of the

winners and didn’t stop there.

She is a multi-talented communicator and acted in an award winning corruption busters film titled “TRAPPED” based on the issues of drug abuse in our communities in 2018.

Princess is committed to raise awareness about the dangers of Climate Change and is working under the Creative Youth Community Development Initiative (CYCDI) influencing that change in the world.

She is currently a Google Project Management student and is aiming to implement her projects to make the planet a thriving, sustainable world.

In this episode you will hear about her activism work, her tree planting project with the school kids, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Shefali Dehl.

Shefali is the founder of Ombrè Craft's. She is a designer and a mother to a 5 years old. Shafeli started her career in 2004 after completing her graduation in fashion designing from JD Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi, and certification in Personal Fashion Styling from London College of Fashion.

Ombrè Craft was founded in the year 2015, with the objective to cater to the lifestyle of modern women and showcase the work of weavers at global platforms through stores and online presence in different countries.

Her vision for Ombrè Craft has been to create "Everyday clothing for the festival called life, made in a socially sustainable way", her ensembles are able to cater to the needs of clients from various professions like women from the corporate sector, entrepreneurs, and so on. Apart from this, the label has built a portfolio with 9-5 collections, festive wear, travel/resort wear, yoga wear, and more, all adorned with the brand's signature touch, fabric fineness, and aesthetics from the Indian culture and roots thinking more and more sustainable and conscious.

Till now, Ombre Craft has supplied clothing lines to more than 6 countries, worked with more than 1000 individual clients, and has worked with more than 35 B2B clients including retail, brands, and boutiques at domestic and international levels and derived inputs from the weavers and artisans of 6+ states.

In this episode, you will hear about the impact the fashion industry has on our environment, her work, how to be more sustainable in fashion, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Brent Perry.

Brent defined an industry when he oversaw the development of the world’s first battery for marine propulsion. Energy storage systems are now a major – and increasingly important – player on the global marine energy scene.

In the years since that first battery, he has become a world expert on lithium energy storage in marine applications and recently launched PwrSwäp, a pay-as-you-go clean energy subscription service that can electrify marine vessels, terminals, ports, and even industrial sites and small communities.

His 30-year history in commercial shipbuilding and deep knowledge of energy systems gives him a unique perspective on the hybrid and electric marine industry. Brent has personally been involved in the great majority of all large hybrid and electric ferry projects on the water today. From Ampere in Norway to Scandlines Benedikte and the For Seaferries Aurora and Tycho Brahe, he has unsurpassed experience in the sector.

Brent is an experienced, engaging, and impassioned speaker. Major presentations include speeches at the UN Conference on Climate Change, COP21 in Paris, and COP23 in Bonn.

Mr. Perry resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, and enjoys sailing with his wife and three children.

In this episode, you will hear about green energy storage, zero-emission operation at shore and at sea, financial values as an incentive for a change, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Emily Schneider.

Emily is a Director of Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability for a U.S.-based manufacturing company. She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in the environmental field and has been working in the field for over a decade.

Originally from the Midwest, having lived in either Wisconsin or Minnesota her whole life until she moved to Arizona 5 years ago where she currently resides. In her current role, Emily guides her company toward creating an equitable future for both humans and the planet by driving sustainable practices in their operations as well as assisting with the development of new products which will help the company and their clients advance the circular economy.

In this episode you will hear about what EHS is, sustainability in the workplace, priorities in becoming a sustainable business, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Johnny Palmer.

Johnny is a British Australian entrepreneur, activist, and business adventurer who has built a portfolio of companies and projects across multiple sectors, all underpinned by 3 values. Whether cleaning up rivers, investing in commercial property, developing leading media companies, engineering renewable power innovations, or any other project, Johnny focuses on Sustainability, Disruption, and Growth.

In this episode, you will hear about his values for every project he is involved in and a glimpse of how - the first step towards making live events greener, cleaning up rivers, planting trees, up-cycling an old aircraft for an office, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Erick Ogallo.

Erick is a performance-driven professional with a deep understanding and hands-on knowledge in the field of Natural Resource Management e.g. Air Quality Monitoring, Green & Circular Economy, Project Management, Responsible Forest Management & Landscape restoration.

He is well experienced in project management and coordination, community engagement, and interfaith engagement in care for creation, having served in various capacities with different institutions implementing Green and Circular Economy (GCE) initiatives, leading NRM projects on Forest Landscape Restoration and conservation, climate change, and Integrated Water Resource Management for the last eight years.

Currently serving as a Program officer at the Royal Danish Embassy in Kenya coordinating a Strategic Sector Cooperation,  a government to government program on Food Safety, Environment, Maritime, and Energy sectors. Previously served as a Project Coordinator at the University of Nairobi in partnership with GeoHealth Eastern Africa Hub, implementing a research project on Air quality, health, and climate change. In addition, Erick provides advisory on tree growing both at the community level and urban level using the Miyawaki technique, he is also a Chain of Custody auditor with the Soil Association- UK.

HE holds; Bachelor of Science, Environmental Resource Conservation (Kenyatta University - Kenya), Diploma in Green and Circular Economy (Technical University of Denmark), Certificate  in Responsive project Management administered by COWI -Denmark, and a Master’s degree in Environmental Management (The Open University, United Kingdom)

In this episode, you will hear about the Miyawaki method for growing forests in urban areas, green & circular economy, food safety, the IPCC report, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Grant Brown.

Tech entrepreneur turned eco-activist, Grant uses his deep knowledge of environmental issues and solutions to distill complex issues into simple, easy-to-understand terms. His goal is to inspire hope for the future in those who worry about the effects of climate change and pollution. Happy Eco News is the passion project that convinced Grant to move from the sideline to the front line and use his entrepreneurial skills to help “good people doing good things”.

In this episode, you will hear about the use of clean energy in ships, why and how banks are divesting from fossil fuel, the Paris accord, the trends and good climate change news, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Nyombi Morris.

Nyombi is a 23 years old Ugandan Climate Activist, a #SolvingIt Honoree, UNOCHA Ambassador and CNN Environmentalist of Tomorrow who began his activism as a result of the direct impact flooding had on his family disrupting the source of livelihood for his parents and forcing them to find a new place to call home.

Nyombi has since called for more action from world leaders and polluters to take climate change more seriously and discourage polluters through policy development, his story has been featured on the BBC, CBC, CNN, The Verge, Global Citizens, Reuters, Earth.org amongst others.

In this episode, you will hear about his inspiration to become an activist, the work he does, tree planting with school in Uganda, and more.

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This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Troy Carter & Patrick Leung, they are both the co-founders of Earthshot.

Troy is the CEO of Earthshot, which is building the technology for planetary-scale ecological restoration. He is also a co-founder at RIZOME, which is pioneering the use of bamboo engineered lumber as a climate-positive alternative to wood, steel, and concrete. He is bringing the audacious scale and vision of startup methodology to the planet’s ecological and climate crisis. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics, was an early employee at Airbnb and E la Carte, then founded and scaled Troy Cider and exited after a successful acquisition in 2015. He has focused on carbon finance and renewable energy and agriculture projects for the last six years.

Patrick has spent two decades in the tech industry as an engineering leader. At Google, he worked on Google Maps, Emerging Markets, and the Google Duplex conversational AI system. Patrick was also CTO at Two Sigma Private Investments where he pioneered the use of data science and machine learning in private equity markets.

In this episode, you will hear about Earthshot, the carbon market, bamboo, indigenous communities, and more.

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