Climate Activism – Catherine Flowers, Rev. Yearwood, Varshini Prakash & Mustafa Ali
Introducing the Bloomberg Green Festival
September 14 – 18, 2020
The Bloomberg Green Festival 2020 was a 5-day immersive experience featuring global voices and proprietary insight.
The Bloomberg Green Festival was organized to be a true thought leadership experience operating at the crossroads of sustainability, design, culture, food, technology, science, politics and entertainment. Built to foster solutions-oriented conversations, the five-day festival featured a mix of panels, presentations, fireside chats, and interactive elements. Focused on core issues of climate action, the Green Festival is a celebration of the thinkers, scientists and practitioners leading the way in the climate era.
You can still watch sessions online, by completing the Registration, including the Climate Activism session with Catherine Coleman Flowers. Catherine is the founder of CREEJ, Center for Earth Ethics Senior Fellow for Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement, and author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.
10:00 AM – The Green Vote
- Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., President & Founder, Hip Hop Caucus
- Moderator: Jillian Goodman, Reporter, Bloomberg Green
10:25 AM – Winning the New Green Deal
- Varshini Prakash, Co-Founder & Executive Director, The Sunrise Movement
- Moderator: Akshat Rathi, Reporter, Bloomberg Green
10:50 AM – Climate Justice
- Catherine Coleman Flowers, Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
- Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization, The National Wildlife Federation
- Moderator: Jillian Goodman, Reporter, Bloomberg Green