Future Meets Present is an idea. A sustainable future is not far off in time and space, but is actually expressing itself right now in the present.

Thanks to resources like Project Drawdown, we already know the innovations, products, services, and systems that need to exist in a sustainable future, and if we look closely we see those indicators popping up all around us. This talk series will shine a light on a few of these solutions that are helping us manage spaceship Earth 🤍 🌎🤍

This event is a zoom call that is part of the NYC Earth Day digital fair. You’ll be able to access the zoom link after ordering your ticket. To experience the full event as well, sign up HERE 😍🚀✅

Talk Schedule

12:30-1:30pm EST | Future-Fit Fashion Industry

In this session, we’ll hear from industry experts who are working to make the fashion industry regenerative, circular, and inclusive. Providing various perspective of the industry, this panel will speak to the role of different stakeholders in creating a a future-fit fashion industry and give us a glimpse into what that looks like.

Featuring:

Libby Sommer, Director of Corporate Responsibility for Bolt Threads

Georgina Hyatt, Co-Founder of Rotaro

Courtney Chew, Founder of Ocin

Moderated by Hannah Phang, Head of Marketing & Advocacy at Futerra

3:15-4:15pm EST | Culture, Carbon, and Storage. Tackling the pillars of change.

To address the scale of the climate crisis at the speed at which is required, we will need a lot to go right. Not just in ambition from governments, but also in the form of scale ready technology solutions, and perhaps most significantly culture shifts. This panel brings together innovators from three sectors, culture, carbon capture, and energy storage to discuss what tipping points in their areas of expertise look like, and what a zero carbon world looks like from their vantage point.

Featuring:

Andre Forsythe from School for Climate

Alexandra Tavasoli from Solistra

Shivani Chotalia from NRStor

4:30pm – 5:30pm EST | Climate Courage: A talk with author Andreas

Andreas is the founder and exective director of Re-Volvenon-profit helping other non-profits go solar. Andreas is also the author of a new book “Climate Courage.”

We tend to think of climate change as a politically divided topic but in reality 85% of Americans want to see 100% clean energy. This talk will reframe climate change from a divisive topic into a solutions oriented, optimistic opportunity.