LOS ANGELES—This weekend starting on September 25 is Green Festival’s fifth Expo in Los Angeles. The organizers of the event have once again partnered with international thinkers, innovators, and leaders in the world of sustainability.
The speakers at Green Festival Expos are articulate, powerful advocates for a just and sustainable world. From authors and filmmakers to politicians, musicians and scientists, these renowned individuals inspire packed audiences with their expertise—one of the most compelling draws to Green Festival since 2002. This year’s speaker line-up exemplifies why Green Festival is the largest, most-respected event of its kind and this year’s Los Angeles event is no different.
From Pasadena, California this year is Dr. Erika Podest, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her research focuses on using Earth observing satellites to study terrestrial ecosystems and their impacts from climate change. She is a team member of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, a NASA Earth observing satellite that launched on January 31 2015, which is improving our understanding of Earth’s water and carbon cycles and our ability to manage water resources.
Dr. Podest’s presentation is titled, “Eyes on Earth: Climate Change from Space.” The focus is on how satellites have revolutionized the way we study Earth by providing the capability to monitor its complex processes from a large-scale perspective. This talk will give an overview of how satellite observations provide information critical to understanding the effects of climate change on a global scale.
Focus on Plastic Trash in Ocean
Also at Green Festival Expo Los Angeles 2015, Philippe Carillo, a French award winning filmmaker for PCMC Films as well as riveting public speaker will give a presentation, “Inside the Garbage of the World.” Carillo has recently released his first film which has thus far been acclaimed by audiences internationally. In this presentation Carillo will discuss with the public what the solutions are to eradicate the plastic trash problem in the oceans.
In a presentation entitled, “Return to Food—How Going Back is the Way Forward for What Ails the Planet,” Sherry Strong, CEO of Return to Food Academy will discuss how the “lethal recipe” is making the planet and the inhabitants sick and what she calls, “nature’s principle and consummation concept,” which teaches people to develop a healthier relationship with food, their body, and the planet.
Sherry Strong is the author of Return to Food and has been invited to speak at many conferences, summits, institutions, universities, including UBC, Melbourne University and Queensland University’s Brain Institute. She’s been a regular on television in Australia with guest appearances internationally and has been invited to present and speak in Japan, China, Ireland, New Zealand and North America. She is a TED alumnus who’s also given a TEDx talk in Tokyo in 2009. Strong was the Victorian Chair of Nutrition Australia, the Melbourne Head of Slow Food and the Curator and Co-founder of the World Wellness Project Summit.
Strong’s most recent project is the Return to Food Academy which mentors the public to develop successful holistic nutrition based businesses in order to maintain the best quality of life.
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