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Celebrating 10 female leaders in sustainability. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 01:30. "Lift while you climb.". That was just one powerful message delivered last week by keynote speaker Kaye Husband Fealing, dean of the Ivan Allen College College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology, during a virtual ceremony celebrating diverse, female leadership in the sustainability profession.
Celebrating 10 female leaders in sustainability. Heather Clancy. Fri, 05/21/2021 - 01:30. "Lift while you climb.". That was just one powerful message delivered last week by keynote speaker Kaye Husband Fealing, dean of the Ivan Allen College College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology, during a virtual ceremony celebrating diverse, female leadership in the sustainability profession.
Everyone loves a good TED Talk, here’s one of our favorites: In this innovative TED Talk, Faber Futures Founder Natsai Audrey Chieza, says for a more just and sustainable future, it’s time for a radical approach to design. As an internationally recognized leader in the field of biodesign, Chieza’s innovation lab focuses on tackling big societal problems through the intersection of technology, design, and biology.
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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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Kick-off event asked participants to collaboratively develop innovative solutions for achieving SDG 10 and implementing the Agenda 2030 principle to Leave No One Behind. 16.00 Normal 0 21 false false false DE ZH-CN AR-SA The COVID-19 pandemic has shockingly revealed existing inequalities, as well as social, economic and racial injustice, and is expected to further intensify them in the long term.
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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
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