Elise Dudley, a Senior Sustainability Major from Furman University, focuses on food justice. Her extensive experience includes farm work, addressing food insecurity, and studying sustainable food

Elise Dudley, a Senior Sustainability Major from Furman University, focuses on food justice. Her extensive experience includes farm work, addressing food insecurity, and studying sustainable food systems in Denmark. As a Rachel Carson Council fellow, she researches how backyard gardening can create resilient foodscapes.

Driven by curiosity, Elise aspires to contribute to a circular, equitable, and regenerative food future. Her TEDx talk will explore crisis gardening and a vision where local food production and home gardening reconnect people with food and benefit the planet.

Learn more about TEDx events here.

Join CCL's State and Local Media Coordinator Charlotte Ward for a training on effectively utilizing CCL's media resources. Learn to advocate for an ambitious carbon price in the reconciliation

Join CCL's State and Local Media Coordinator Charlotte Ward for a training on effectively utilizing CCL's media resources. Learn to advocate for an ambitious carbon price in the reconciliation process by customizing op-eds, requesting editorials, writing local letters to the editor, and amplifying your media work on social media.

This training outlines key steps for media engagement, from becoming a media manager and finding LTE opportunities to boosting op-ed visibility and leveraging social media. Access further resources: [Presentation Slides](https://cclusa.org/jump-start-media-slides), [CCL Community Training Page](https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources/item/19/372), [Print Media Resources](https://community.citizensclimate.org/resources#media-relations).

Charlotte Relyea, a Partner at McKinsey, recently discussed findings from the "Women in the

Charlotte Relyea, a Partner at McKinsey, recently discussed findings from the "Women in the Workplace" study. She highlighted its insights and emphasized how gender equity benefits businesses.

This comprehensive research was a collaborative effort by McKinsey and LeanIn.org. Further details and key findings can be accessed here.

Charlotte Lenore Michaluk, a 17-year-old scientist and biomimetic inventor, shares a hopeful vision for sustainable technology. She explores how diverse fields, from fiber arts to cargo ship

Charlotte Lenore Michaluk, a 17-year-old scientist and biomimetic inventor, shares a hopeful vision for sustainable technology. She explores how diverse fields, from fiber arts to cargo ship systems, can inspire green solutions that balance profit with public health and climate mitigation.

Michaluk's interdisciplinary approach leverages insights from the natural world to create brilliant, clean technologies. Her keynote talk, delivered at the 2024 Bioneers Conference, showcases the possibilities unleashed by innovative thinking.

To view other conference talks, visit www.bioneers.org.

Stephen Grotz, a Charlotte-based architect and UNC Charlotte graduate, champions urban living, believing suburbia is unsustainable for future urban planning. Despite a decade designing suburban

Stephen Grotz, a Charlotte-based architect and UNC Charlotte graduate, champions urban living, believing suburbia is unsustainable for future urban planning. Despite a decade designing suburban homes, his academic research and pandemic experiences revealed its limitations for social exchange and financial investment.

Inspired by SimCity, Stephen advocates for urban settings as the only sustainable, resilient, and humane way to live. His Master of Architecture research, to be published this fall, delves into social and financial obstacles to upward mobility through real estate. He asserts, "fences do not make good neighbors, they make good strangers."

This talk was presented at a TEDx event. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx.