Tiny Climate Challenge
Mayela Manasjan
Recent Episodes
In this Tiny Climate Challenge episode, our Guest Challengers Amanda Essoh and Jim Wang discuss how they serendipitously met each other on a plane, spontaneously connected with folks in their local communities and organically created communities of their own to help elevate their voices and make a difference in our world.
Guest Expert/Challenger Contact InformationLinkedIn: Amanda Essoh
LinkedIn: Jim Wang
Expert/Guest Challenger BioAmanda Essoh is a second-year Ph.D. student of Medical Sciences focusing on the intersection of stress and addiction. She joined a career in neuroscience research to contribute to burgeoning knowledge about mental health and illness. Her daily routine consists of conducting experiments to map the path of stress hormones across brain regions to measure their contribution to addictive behaviors. She ultimately plans to apply this foundation to an independent research career studying anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Aside from lab work, she is an enthusiastic participant in education outreach to local schools near her university and actively works to hone her science communication skills. Amanda is eager to complement her passion for unraveling biological mechanisms with improving the accessibility and quality of fundamental science education. She is confident that a strong tie between researchers and the community is vital to finding a unified solution to anthropogenic climate change.
Jim Wang is a California resident who is concerned about our environment, our communities, and our future. Working through the City of Encinitas' Environmental Commission, his city has acted to reduce plastic waste, adopted a Climate Action Plan committed to 100% clean electricity, created an Environmental Award, and declared a Climate Emergency. His academic background includes degrees in engineering and geoscience from MIT and University of California Berkeley.
Links mentionedTexas A&M University Health Sciences Center
Ana and Mama Talk Climate Change
Association of Women in Water, Energy and Environment
Women in Science and Engineering
Contact UsMayela Manasjan
We are grateful for the generosity of Ashley Mazanec and her permission to use "Possible" from her album "Let's Talk About The Weather" available on iTunes or Bandcamp. Ashley is an Eco Musician, and the co-founder of Let's Talk About The Weather podcast at EcoArts Foundation.
Leadership matters and how we show up in the world is just as important as the work we do. In this Tiny Climate Challenge episode, our Guest Expert Joan Kling teaches us her coaching philosophy that she developed called PIES and we discuss how this can be applied in all of our lives. Her Tiny Climate challenge for each of us is to find or create a community to help support us in both our personal and professional lives.
Guest Expert/Challenger Contact InformationWebsite: Joan Kling Coaching
LinkedIn: Joan Kling
Expert/Guest Challenger BioJoan Kling specializes in promoting peace and communication between individuals, teams and organizations. She excels in teaching self-leadership, team leadership and organizational leadership. Guided by the belief in everyone's intrinsic, unique value, Joan works tirelessly to bring out the best in everyone she meets. Her ability to see past the complexities of the human condition to the heart of every matter is unmatched. She is a certified professional coach, trainer, and keynote speaker guiding clients to create joy and embrace abundance in their lives. Her lifelong mission is to make the world a better place one person at a time, one light at a time.
Links mentionedUniversity of San Diego Master's in Executive Leadership
Why Women Don't Apply for Jobs Unless They're 100% Qualified
What Got You Here Won't Get You There - Marshall Goldsmith
Melinda Walker - One Squiggly Line
We are grateful for the generosity of Ashley Mazanec and her permission to use "Possible" from her album "Let's Talk About The Weather" available on iTunes or Bandcamp. Ashley is an Eco Musician, and the co-founder of Let's Talk About The Weather podcast at EcoArts Foundation.
In this Tiny Climate Challenge episode our Guest Expert Dr. Bruce Bekkar and Mayela Manasjan share some of their own climate confessions and discuss what we can all do to enhance our personal resilience as we relate to our eco-anxiety. Dr. Bekkar also shares some tiny tips on the importance of being aware and honest about our own environmental shortcomings, accepting our imperfections, finding the joy in climate activism and taking care of ourselves and others as we work to solve our climate crisis.
Expert/Guest Challenger BioBruce Bekkar, M.D. is a women's health physician, activist, and international keynote speaker who has been engaged with the climate crisis since 2007. As a full-time activist since 2013, he serves on ecoAmerica's Climate for Health Leadership Circle Executive Committee, is Chair of the Public Health Advisory Council of the Climate Action Campaign and works with nonprofits including The Climate Reality Project and the American Lung Association. Bruce has addressed the California State Senate Environment Committee, the American Meteorological Society, Genentech, the U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Caucus and the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He recently shared original research linking the climate crisis to adverse pregnancy outcomes in the U.S. with the American Public Health Association and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology; the results were published in JAMA Network Open June 18, 2020.
Guest Expert/Challenger Contact Information Links mentionedThe Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
North County Climate Change Alliance
Contact UsMayela Manasjan
We are grateful for the generosity of Ashley Mazanec and her permission to use "Possible" from her album "Let's Talk About The Weather" available on iTunes or Bandcamp. Ashley is an Eco Musician, and the co-founder of Let's Talk About The Weather podcast at EcoArts Foundation.
In this Tiny Climate Challenge episode our Guest Challenger Sophia Militello's talks about her journey to becoming a more conscious consumer. She discusses how she researched some of her favorite brands and companies and gained a greater awareness of her ecological footprint. Sophia also shares some tiny tips on how we can all become more sustainable in every purchase that we make.
Guest Challenger BioSophia Militello graduated from the University of Washington with a double major in Chemistry and Community, Environment, & Planning. She spent this past year living in Madrid, Spain teaching English and adventuring around Europe. She recently returned to Seattle and is working as a Laboratory Analyst at IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group. Sophia is currently working with food safety analysis, but she hopes to work in the environmental sector soon. She considers herself an environmentalist, who loves teaching her friends and family about how to become more sustainable.
Contact Sophia Militellohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-militello-23a00b178/
Contact UsMayela Manasjan
We are grateful for the generosity of Ashley Mazanec and her permission to use "Possible" from her album "Let's Talk About The Weather" available on iTunes or Bandcamp. Ashley is an Eco Musician, and the co-founder of Let's Talk About The Weather podcast at EcoArts Foundation.
In this Tiny Climate Challenge episode our Guest Expert Nancy Mancilla talks about the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) a management concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and interactions with their stakeholders. As the Founder and CEO of ISOS group, Nancy has trained and enabled numerous sustainability professionals and students to understand and use leading global sustainability standards and frameworks to promote a healthy planet, resilient communities, and thriving economies. Her Tiny Climate Challenge for all us is to research the CSR reports of our favorite companies and brands.
Guest Expert BioSince founding ISOS Group in 2008, Nancy Mancilla has orchestrated hundreds of certified training under the various non-financial standards, elevated many global brands to leadership status through ISOS Group's strategic advisory work, and produced several linkage documents to help ease the reporting burden in the marketplace. As CEO, she manages relationships with clients, industry associations, sustainability-focused MBA programs, and federal agencies; coordinates client project development; develops educational initiatives and curriculum; and sets organizational strategy.
In addition to certifications for those that ISOS Group represents, Nancy has completed the iCompli SASB course and various modules from the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute and is registered as an AA1000 CSAP certified assurance practitioner. She holds a master's degree in Public Service with a Sustainability Focus from the Clinton School of Public Service, a master's in International Relations with a concentration in Post-Conflict Development from the University of Amsterdam, and a bachelor's in International Relations from the United States International University.
Links mentionedClinton School of Public Service
Contact Nancy MancillaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancymancilla/
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.isosgroup.com
Contact Mayela ManasjanWe are grateful for the generosity of Ashley Mazanec and her permission to use "Possible" from her album "Let's Talk About The Weather" available on iTunes or Bandcamp. Ashley is an Eco Musician, and the co-founder of Let's Talk About The Weather podcast at EcoArts Foundation.