This week we celebrated Thanksgiving Day in the US. It's a reminder to be thankful all year long! Even with all the challenges of present times, there is much good to celebrate, too. We are grateful to you for your passion and work on behalf of the environment, and also to the countless others around the globe who are working for the greater good.
Our Annual 4GEN AWARDS are this Friday, December 3rd! It's our opportunity to share the unique efforts of individuals and groups who are making a great difference for the planet with you! We shine the light on their work to celebrate their innovations and insights - and to give you ideas and practices to bring into your own lives and communities. It promises to be an enlightening and exciting evening!
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Four Gen Awards & Awardees |
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Please join us at the 2021 4GEN AWARDS!
We're celebrating a diverse group of awardees of all ages! They are educators, innovators and activists - in nature-based solutions and restoration, universal access to clean energy, future-ready cities, the circular economy, intersectional activism and more. Together, they embody the theme of "Visionaries, Wayshowers and Doers" - showing us new and better ways to be green stewards.
The Awards Program and pre-awards Social Hour with "Green Wines" Virtual Tasting are FREE, with donations welcomed! These sustainably-produced wines for the tasting can be purchased through the link further below. Learn more on the 4GEN event web page.
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Baby Boomer Awardee:
Catherine Zimmerman
Environmental Filmmaker and Activist. Creator of Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home, and Urban & Suburban Meadows. Champion for expanding and restoring native landscapes for biological diversity.
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Gen X Awardee:
Lawrence E. Jones, PhD
Global Energy Futurist. VP of International Programs at Edison Electric Institute. Spearheading the expansion of universal access to clean energy, and growing EEI's programs to 90+ countries by launching global initiatives.
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Millennial Awardee:
Chris Castro
Innovator, Future-Ready Cities. Senior Advisor to Orlando's Mayor, and Director of Sustainability and Resilience. Leading Orlando to be
a top 'future-ready' city by creating smart, resilient, sustainable and systems in balance with nature.
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Gen Z Awardee:
Samir Chowdhury
Climate Justice Activist. Founder and leader of Youth Climate Action Team, Inc., a global climate justice nonprofit of 1500+ youth organizers in 22 countries. Also lecturer for empathy models of social change at universities and climate events.
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Lifetime Achievement Awardee: Edward Saltzberg, PhD |
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Climate Educator, Sustainability Leader.
Leads the Professional Education Program
at George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute. His career encompasses having
led energy and environmental analyses for government agencies, helping Native American Tribes to improve their well-being through resilient energy programs, and forming the Security and Sustainability Forum (SSF) to educate on societal impacts from the degradation of natural systems.
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Regional Initiative for Circular Economy. In the Netherlands, Circulair Friesland aims to be the most circular region in Europe by 2025. Working across many sectors (agriculture, biomass, building, education, energy, food, mobility, plastic, and waste), they use each other’s skills, resources, knowledge to minimize waste and emissions.
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Ecological Infrastructure Solutions. The Engineering With Nature (EWN®️) initiative of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers uses nature-based engineering solutions to solve more frequent and severe, climate-based flooding problems. Their innovations simultaneously serve to restore natural ecosystem functions and habitat.
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4GEN Social Hour and "Green Wines" Virtual Tasting
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The pre-awards Social Hour starts at 6 pm EST - with a "Green Wines" Virtual Tasting at 6:30! Thad Parsons, owner of the Crystal City Wine Shop, will present a virtual tasting that features three wines, and bitters for non- alcoholic drinks, on the intersection of sustainability and wine. Learn how sustainability is achieved via local production, environmental stewardship, organic and alternative practices, plus sustainable packaging.
Join us for a fun conversation and great examples of sustainable wines and bitters - which you can purchase ahead for your own live tasting at home!
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Thanks to Our FOUR GEN Sponsors! |
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COP26 News, Doughnut Economics & LE Blog |
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EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS FROM COP26
At the United Nations Climate Conference, COP26, the US and the EU have announced a global partnership to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by 2030. More than 100 countries have signed up to the initiative. One leading source of methane is from animal agriculture, in particular cattle and dairy cows. This was the first-ever COP decision to explicitly target action against fossil fuels, calling for a “phasedown of unabated coal” and “phase-out” of “inefficient” fossil-fuel subsidies.
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, outlined four key achievements made at COP26 including that "adaptation to the impacts of climate change is now deemed to be equally important as reducing emissions." |
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CEWG Book Discussion: Doughnut Economics
Please join the Leaders in Energy Circular Economy Working Group (CEWG) for a discussion of the book: Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to think Like a 21st Century Economist by Kate Raworth on December 8th, from 6-8 pm.
The Doughnut is a 21st century approach to creating a world in which we can all thrive within the means of the planet. We will review the text and discuss how the ideas presented in the book can be applied to short-term and long-term goals of the Washington, DC region. Sign up here.
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LE Blog Articles on Climate and Energy |
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To submit to our blog, send your article to our Communications Director,
Dr. Miriam Aczel, at maczel@leadersinenergy.org
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Connect with the Leaders in Energy Community |
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