Spotlights

Ms. Margaret is a lifetime community activist. As a young single mother she worked her way off welfare by attending commercial cooking school, after which she cooked for various institutions [...]

Clare is a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental organization that works to secure a future for all species hovering on the brink of extinction. As part of the [...]

Robyn is a mother of two young children and a dedicated environmental advocate. After years practicing environmental law, Robyn decided to pursue a career in journalism. She founded [...]

Shilpi is responsible for the development and implementation of communications strategies that advance the goals of the Break Free From Plastic global movement. Shilpi builds alliances and [...]

Shannon Allison has worked in the sustainable building industry for 15 years and is a partner at Alter Consulting Engineers, which she recently founded with two other industry professionals.

Manon Fisher is the Resource Recovery Specialist for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Wastewater Enterprise where she has worked for over five years coordinating multi-disciplinary [...]

Purba Mukerjee is a fellow in Berkeley’s Environmental Law Clinic, where she supervises law students representing clients in public interest environmental matters.

Ivy is an Environmental Planner and Restoration Ecologist at MIG.  Some of her recent work include stream bank revegetation and restoration projects following construction work in places like San [...]

Julie Bryant is the Co-Director of Cascadia Consulting Group’s California office. Julie has 18 years of zero waste planning and project management experience, including 10 years serving as the [...]

Margaret is passionate about building communities that work together for the collective good. She has worked at local nonprofits included 826 Valencia and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, [...]

Debra Baida is a life organizer and coach and the founder of Liberated Spaces. She helps overwhelmed and variously disorganized clients throughout the Bay Area and beyond make room in their lives [...]

Hannah Wells is fiercely committed to helping businesses to be a force for good. She is passionate about leveraging sustainability and storytelling to build employee and customer retention. She [...]