Climate Change, Sustainability, and What You Can Do to Make an Impact | Talks at Google

Panelists: Arielle Crawford, Gene Baur, Jodi Monelle & Liz Dee

From the earth’s tallest peaks to the ocean floor, no part of the world is spared of climate change. Right now we are facing a disaster of global scale, our greatest threat in thousands of years - climate change. In an effort to inspire change, we sat down with experts who have built sustainable organizations and are making revolutionary efforts to combat climate change by doing everyday activities in a more sustainable way. Collectively, we can make a world of difference.

About the Panelists:

Arielle Crawford -- is the founder and designer of ARIELLE, a sustainable apparel label committed to regenerative materials, fair-trade labor, supply chain integrity and consumer education. Her clean and timeless aesthetic encourages a “less, but better” approach to fashion, reflecting both legacy craftsmanship and modern versatility. She draws upon her resourceful upbringing in West Texas, her experience in the NYC fashion industry, her studies with indigenous communities in South America, and low-footprint living for the
inspiration of her mission-driven brand.

Gene Baur -- has been hailed as “the conscience of the food movement” by Time magazine. Since the mid-1980s, he has traveled extensively, campaigning to raise awareness about factory farming and the urgent need to fix our broken food system. His most important achievements include winning the first-ever cruelty conviction at a U.S. stockyard and introducing the first U.S. laws to prohibit cruel farming confinement methods in Florida, Arizona, and California. His efforts have been covered by top news organizations, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal. Gene has published two bestsellers, Farm Sanctuary: "Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food" and Living the Farm Sanctuary Life (Rodale, 2015), which he co-authored with Forks Over Knives author Gene Stone. He was recently named one of Oprah Winfrey’s SuperSoul 100 Givers.

Jodi Monelle -- is the founder and CEO of global plant-based media company, LIVEKINDLY. With the highest engagement rate of any plant-based media publisher, LIVEKINDLY is focused on empowering people to make positive changes - big or small - in their own lives, and to show how daily actions make a difference in the world.

Liz Dee -- is Co-President of Smarties Candy Company, makers of Smarties candy rolls. She is CEO of Baleine & Bjorn Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in businesses creating solutions to outdated animal products, and founder of Vegan Ladyboss, a global community of organized, connected and empowered vegan women.

Moderated by Deepika Phakke.

[shoparielle]

Thanks so much for having us, Google!

[LimerickWarrior]

Tax everyone more so we can get more tax breaks . Google 2019

[BoomBoomBoom..]

Please tax me a high amount.. And then just talk about it as you live like modern Royalty.

[kevinguyan]

System Change requires radical pivot strategies in every aspect of our daily lives.

[pietersteenkamp]

I believe the climate science but even i can see that when the corporate media picks these representatives of that movement it hurts it.

[NetZeroTech]

Great to hear about the different solutions and individual impacts. Thanks to everyone!

[francismausley]

A powerful & global unity is required for solutions. "The unity which is productive of unlimited results is first a unity of mankind which recognizes that all are sheltered beneath the overshadowing glory of the All-Glorious; that all are servants of one God; for all breathe the same atmosphere, live upon the same earth, move beneath the same heavens, .." The Promulgation of Universal Peace, Baha'i Faith

[justinahn]

Who should pay for climate change? The principal of the amount borne by causers must think about not just present but also past.

[kevinguyan]

Given the fact that education is the number 1 way to shift peoples awareness towards the realities of the #climatecrisis, why are Curriculum changes still not including the truths of production processes?

[kevinguyan]

On the context of commodity purchasing, we need to implement a Dual Pricing Strategy that shows the, “cost to customer” AND “cost to the “Impact Cost” is a collection of truths behind the sustainability of said purchases.

[elliottjames]

That's arrogant statement we determined if we die is more accurate

[johndough]

I so do love people sitting on PLASTIC Chairs whining about the use of petroleum based materials.

[murdoch]

Honey most of us don’t have our own venture capital companies to help high risk vegan startups. Good god google is disconnected from reality.

[aluandjalal]

Buncha boring people with plenty of time in their hands

[BanBiofuels]

*You cannot build a greenhouse out of gas, a canoe out of barbed wire, or an automobile out of spaghetti.* Nature creates an atmospheric warming effect through total atmospheric mass, which creates heat through pressure. Without gas compression heating, a diesel engine would never start because it has no spark plug. Without powerful atmospheric compression heating, Earth’s oceans would freeze to the Equator. *There is no greenhouse gas effect.* All the gases in our atmosphere contribute to warmth only by their physical mass, which increases total atmospheric pressure. The bottom of Death Valley is warmer than the top of Mount Everest because compression heating is stronger at low altitudes where the air is dense and weaker at high altitudes where the air is thin.

We can build cottages made of gingerbread in our imagination, but Nature is a pragmatist, not a fantasist. Carbon dioxide represents just .04% of our atmosphere and methane just .00017%. These trace gases cannot control Earth temperatures except in rigged computer models which are products of fantasy, not science. Dangerous man-made climate change is a science fiction myth that has become a profitable business and a tool of manipulation. *If they can scare you, they can control you.*

For psychological details, please see *Climate Hysteria in Pictures* at