Hear from Nathaniel Smith, founder and Chief Equity Officer for the Partnership for Southern Equity, on how to advance the climate movement post COVID-19 and how to create institutional

Hear from Nathaniel Smith, founder and Chief Equity Officer for the Partnership for Southern Equity, on how to advance the climate movement post COVID-19 and how to create institutional change. Slide Deck & More #CCL2020 Presentations: http://cclusa.org/presentations Join CCL: https://cclusa.org/join

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In "Promised Land," Matt Damon stars as Steve Butler, a corporate salesman, who, with partner Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand), targets a rural town for his company's expansion. Their mission involves securing drilling rights, bringing them into conflict with the local community.

The film explores the tension between big business interests and small-town values, specifically focusing on the controversial practice of fracking in rural America.

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Ever thought about starting a Creation Care Team (CCT)? Steve Coleman and Roger Ingersoll from CCL’s Catholic Action Team will discuss challenges starting a new team as well as some examples of

Ever thought about starting a Creation Care Team (CCT)? Steve Coleman and Roger Ingersoll from CCL’s Catholic Action Team will discuss challenges starting a new team as well as some examples of successful CCT projects and programs. Paz Artaza-Regan will then discuss the many CCT resources available from Catholic Climate Covenant to help get a team started, including meeting materials and sustainable facility suggestions, as well a how to advocate for faith-informed climate policies. Presenters Steven Coleman, Paz Artaza-Regan and Roger Ingersoll lead the discussion. Speaker Bios: Paz Artaza-Regan has worked as the Program Manager at Catholic Climate Covenant where she oversees the work of the Creation Care Teams network, the development of educational materials such as the Earth Day and Feast of St. Francis programs, and the monthly webinars. She began her career in the Environmental Justice office of the United Methodist Church, and has worked for Physicians for Social Responsibility and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.She has a BA in international relations from George Washington University, a master's degree in international development from American University, and completed the course of work for a master's degree in community and regional planning from the University of British Columbia. She is originally from Santiago, Chile. Steve Coleman is a retired engineer and businessman. He has been involved with CCL and Catholic outreach for 6 years. Steve has given presentations, help start a care for creation group in is church and written a booklet to lead Catholics from our moral call to care for creation to supporting EDCIA. http://bit.ly/catholic-ccl He has worked at the local, state and national levels on helping Catholics care for our common home. Roger Ingersoll retired from ExxonMobil after 33 years where he worked on arctic, coastal, and offshore projects worldwide. During his career witnessed significant arctic changes since the 1980’s. Roger's been a member of Citizens Climate Lobby since 2016, is Co-group Leader and Grasstops Lead of TX08 Woodlands-Huntsville Chapter, and is also active in CCL’s Conservative Caucus, and Catholic Action Teams. Roger has five beautiful grandchildren, so his hope is that Congress enacts meaningful climate legislation as soon as possible to preserve their future.

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Josh Wharton, an accomplished alpinist, faces new challenges from fatherhood and a warming climate. When he and Vince Anderson attempt Peru's Jirishanca via the 2003 Italian route, they confront unprecedented risks. Discover their story, with photos by Drew Smith, originally published in the Spring 2023 Patagonia Journal.

Read the full ascent story: patagonia.com/stories/jirishanca

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More and more businesses are adopting circular economy strategies and pilots, but how do they understand and measure success on the path towards that goal? Ilma Stankeviciute explores the

More and more businesses are adopting circular economy strategies and pilots, but how do they understand and measure success on the path towards that goal? Ilma Stankeviciute explores the Foundation's new analytics tool and speaks with a business already using it. This is our shortened version of the original live stream, which can still be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI8dat_ZU7w Circulytics is a new company-level analytics tool, created by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, that reveals the extent to which a company has achieved circularity across its entire operations. Developed in collaboration with a number of companies, including the Foundation’s 13 Global Partners, and tested by over 30 companies in 2019. Ilma Stankeviciute, Learning Designer at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation - creates business focused learning content for the circular economy learning hub as well as designs and facilitates various learning experiences online and face to face. Jarkko Havas, Lead of Data and Metrics Initiative at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation - leads the Foundation's efforts on harnessing data and metrics to accelerate the transition to circular economy, and supports the Foundation’s Global Partners in exploring the value creation potential that circular economy offers. Tom Giddings, Sustainability Data and Reporting Manager at DS Smith - has been one of the leading figures in DS Smith's assessment and use of the Circulytics circular economy measurement tool.

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Founder of The GoodGuide, Dara O'Rourke talks to Heather Smith of NewHope360.com and New Hope Natural Media about engaging consumers and brands at Expo East in Boston. They started out

Founder of The GoodGuide, Dara O'Rourke talks to Heather Smith of NewHope360.com and New Hope Natural Media about engaging consumers and brands at Expo East in Boston. They started out wanting to be independent of retailers and manufacturers, and now we are talking about delivering more information to consumers through retailers.

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How Singularity University C.E.O. Steve Leonard practices basic engineering and human design delivering exponential impact to Cambodia farmland. Steve Leonard is an international leader in the

How Singularity University C.E.O. Steve Leonard practices basic engineering and human design delivering exponential impact to Cambodia farmland. Steve Leonard is an international leader in the information technology industry with more than 25 years of experience building hardware, software, and managed-services companies in Asia and Europe. Leonard also has broad experience in government, holding senior roles in Singapore through which he created and implemented national programs for an innovation-based economy. Leonard currently serves as CEO of Singularity University (SU) — a Silicon Valley based global organisation that enables leaders to understand how future technologies will impact their companies and countries, and engages those leaders to help them shape that future. SU seeks to positively impact one billion people through the collective capabilities of the entrepreneurs, investors, corporations and governments with which it works. Before joining SU, Leonard created SGInnovate – a private company wholly- owned by the Singapore Government – to help entrepreneurial scientists create investable deep-tech startups. During Leonard’s tenure as its Founding CEO, SGInnovate built an engaged community of 35,000 people, held 600 discussion events around science and technology, and launched more than 90 deep tech startups into which it invested $50M. Prior to founding SGInnovate, Leonard served as the Executive Deputy Chairman of the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), a Singapore Government statutory board overseen by the Ministry of Communications and Information. In that role, he held executive responsibility at the national level for various aspects of the information technology and telecommunications industries in Singapore. Prior to his Government roles, Leonard was for two decades the senior executive in either Europe or Asia for several global technology companies, delivering on quarterly performance commitments made publicly to employees, customers, and shareholders. Leonard serves on the main board of Singapore Post Ltd (SingPost), an international e-commerce and logistics operator, and on the main board for AsiaSat, a HK-based satellite operator which has CITIC as a major shareholder. Steve Leonard是全球信息技术行业的领导者，在创立亚洲和欧洲的硬件，软件和托管服务公司方面拥有25 年以上的经验。他也有在政府工作的丰富经验，在新加 坡担任高级职务期间，他开启并落实了一些扶持创新经 济的国家计划。 伦纳德目前担任奇点大学 (Singularity University) 的首席执行官。奇点大学是一家位于硅谷的全球性组织，它使各界领导者能够了解未来的技术将如何影响其公司和国家，并与这些领导者进行互动以引领未来。 奇点大学通过集合各大企业家，投资者，公司和政府的集体力量，致力于对十亿人带来积极的影响。 在加入奇点大学之前，伦纳德创建了SGInnovate，一 家新加坡政府全资拥有的私人公司，帮助企业家和科学 家起步有投资价值的深度技术公司。在Leonard担任 公司创始CEO的任期内，SGInnovate建立了一个由 35,000人参与的社区，举办了600次科学和技术为主 题的讨论会，创办了90多家深度技术初创公司，并向其 投资了5000万美元。 在成立SGInnovate之前，Leonard担任资讯通信媒体 发展局(IDA)的执行副主席，该局是由通信和信息部监 管的新加坡政府法定委员会。在担任该职务期间，他在 对新加坡信息技术和电信行业的各个方面负有国家一级行政责任。 在担任政府职务之前，Leonard在欧洲和亚洲曾担任 多家跨国技术公司高级执行官二十年，履行了对员工， 客户和股东公开做出的季度绩效承诺。Leonard还 担任国际电子商务和物流运营商新加坡邮政有限公司(SingPost)的董事会成员，以及以中信为主要股东的 香港卫星运营商AsiaSat的董事会成员。 https://su.org/ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Q11/15 Rapporteur Steve Gorshe and FlexO Editor Sebastien Gareau provided an introduction to FlexO.

They also detailed the latest updates to ITU's FlexO standards, finalized at an ITU-T

Q11/15 Rapporteur Steve Gorshe and FlexO Editor Sebastien Gareau provided an introduction to FlexO.

They also detailed the latest updates to ITU's FlexO standards, finalized at an ITU-T Study Group 15 meeting in Geneva from November 20 to December 1, 2023.

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70 million US Catholics can be a powerful force for change.When you’re working on Creation Care initiatives at your parish, what should you do you do next and how can you effectively promote EICDA

70 million US Catholics can be a powerful force for change.When you’re working on Creation Care initiatives at your parish, what should you do you do next and how can you effectively promote EICDA within the context of Care for Creation? Here’s some ideas and resources for you regarding messaging, activities, educational events and promotion that have worked to engage parishioners! Speaker Bios: Andy Panelli is on the leadership team of CCL’s Catholic Action Team and is a member of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Encyclical Working Group. Andy also leads a multi-parish Creation Care Team (CCT) in Vicariate V of the Archdiocese. Part of the mission of Andy’s CCT is to provide tools and event ideas to make other CCT’s in the Diocese more effective. Steve Coleman is a retired engineer and businessman. He has been involved with CCL and Catholic outreach for 6 years. Steve has given presentations, help start a care for creation group in is church and written a booklet to lead Catholics from our moral call to care for creation to supporting the Energy Innovation Act. He has worked at the local, state and national levels on helping Catholics care for our common home. More information: http://bit.ly/catholic-ccl

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