Boyd Cohen
Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., LEED AP, is a climate strategist helping to lead communities, cities and companies on the journey towards the low carbon economy. Boyd is a writer, researcher, professor, consultant and entrepreneur with a focus on climate capitalism and resilient cities. Along with Hunter Lovins, Boyd released the long-awaited sequel to Natural Capitalism, entitled Climate Capitalism in 2011. Climate Capitalism demonstrates how communities, cities, countries and companies around the globe are profiting from the transition to the low carbon economy in a range of sectors from energy and buildings to transportation and agriculture.
Boyd is a regular contributor to leading web publications including Huffington Post, Triple Pundit and Fast Company on the topics of climate capitalism and resilient cities. Earlier this year, he developed and published the first ranking of globally resilient cities. Aside from his carbon consultancy, CO2 IMPACT, Boyd is also an adjunct professor of sustainable entrepreneurship at UVIC and UBC.
Stephania Domingo
Stephania Domingo is originally from Mexico City but has been living in Canada for 6 years. Stephania is in her second year at SFU pursuing an International Studies major and a Sociology minor. Her focus is on Comparative World Politics, Culture and Society. She loves animals and the outdoors. Stephania loves learning new languages and traveling to learn about new cultures. Her greatest interest when working with Carbon Talks is raising awareness about carbon emissions and sustainability.
Christopher Gully
Christopher Gully is the Communications and Project Officer at Carbon Talks. Christopher is a writer, researcher, and editor with experience in government, international governmental organizations, and civil society. His work on climate change and the low-carbon economy has included case study research on the green building sector in terms of skills and occupations, best practices in education and training, and certification, financing, and subsidy schemes. He is a listed contributor to the 2011 International Labour Organization report “Skills and Occupational Needs in the Green Building Sector”.
Claire Havens
Claire Havens has a passion for public participation, knowledge sharing and facilitating dialogue within the research and business communities on environmental issues. She has worked in government and the non-profit sector undertaking policy analysis on a variety of topics including climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, natural resource and marine planning, and environmental economics.
Matt Horne
Matt Horne has been with the Pembina Institute since 2003 and is currently the acting director of the Climate Change program and director of the B.C. Energy Solutions program. His focus is on policy change that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in British Columbia and provide replicable models for the rest of Canada. In pursuit of this goal, he has worked on initiatives with the province, municipalities and First Nations. Prior to joining Pembina, Matt worked extensively with energy-economy models on projects attempting to estimate the costs and benefits of climate change policy in Canada. Matt holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Dalhousie University and a Master of Resource and Environmental Management from Simon Fraser University.
Amy Huva
Amy Huva has a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Melbourne University as well as a Diploma of Music Performance (Violin). She grew up in Melbourne, Australia and spent two years working for the Australian Federal Government in Canberra, Australia before deciding that she much prefers big cities. After spending the winter of 2010/11 pursuing her passion of skiing, she moved to Vancouver and really loves it. Amy hopes to spend her career in the environmental sector driving change towards a renewable economy. She currently works for the North Growth Foundation.
Elodie Jacquet
Elodie Jacquet is the dialogue convenor for Carbon Talks. Elodie was most recently with Action Canada, a fellowship program for young Canadian leaders. She previously spent two years working as an outreach and program coordinator for Canada’s World, a national citizen engagement initiative on foreign policy. She has extensive experience in the corporate sector and has been a volunteer in the environmental sector for 16 years.
Anderson Kehbila
Anderson Kehbila is the Communications Officer at Carbon Talks. He is a certified energy and carbon Auditor with substantial experience and background knowledge in energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) management and has played a key role in the development and implementation of numerous low-carbon/sustainability strategies for corporate, municipal, government and non-governmental organizations.
Anderson is the founder of EcoXergy Solutions Inc., a consulting company that specializes in carbon trading analysis, measuring/auditing, monitoring, tracking and the verification of energy conservation and GHG emission reductions to curb the carbon footprints and energy costs of businesses and improve their financial bottom line.
Joe Kelly
Joe has 15 years experience providing senior-level consulting to businesses, governments and non-profit organizations. He has designed greenhouse gas inventories, reduction plans and carbon offset programs for countless private and public sector clients. Joe has authored numerous articles on climate change and has presented at conferences around the world. He holds a PhD in Resource and Environmental Management and teaches at Capilano University.
Maria Lee
Maria Lee is a Graphic Designer Research Assistant at Carbon Talks and helps coordinate Carbon Talks’ Brown Bag Lunch Dialogues. She is a third year student at SFU studying International Studies, with a specialization in economic development. Her interests lie in how economic and public policy can be used to shape sustainable development.
Kelly Masson
Kelly Masson is a Masters student at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University, focusing on International Development in the context of corporate responsibility. Kelly has a background in international business and management consulting, and believes that a combination of business and good public policy will lead us to a sustainable future.
Elizabeth May, MP
Elizabeth May is an environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and leader of the Green Party of Canada. Elizabeth became active in the environmental movement in the 1970s. She is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the Bar in both Nova Scotia and Ontario. She held the position of Associate General Council for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre prior to becoming Senior Policy Advisor to the federal minister of the Environment from 1986 until 1988. Elizabeth became Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada in 1989, a position she held until March 2006, when she stepped down to run for leadership of the Green Party of Canada.
Maria Oliveira
Maria Oliveira is a Research Assistant with Carbon Talks. Maria is originally from Brazil and is in her first year at SFU, pursuing an International Studies major with a focus on International Development, Economic and Environmental Issues. She loves nature and being outdoors. She is also interested in society, culture and languages and is passionate about traveling. One of her major interests in working with Carbon Talks is sustainability.
Carrie Saxifrage
Carrie is currently a Sustainability Reporter for The Vancouver Observer (www.vancouverobserver.org) as well as working with an NGO on climate policy initiatives.
Aateka Shashank
Aateka Shashank is a Social Media Coordinator and Research Assistant with Carbon Talks focused on issues related to district energy, carbon neutral buildings and energy options. She is the Coordinator of Carbon Talks social media outreach. She is an undergraduate student in the geography department and has a background in research on climate change issues. Aateka brings her passion for hydrology, environment and urban design to her work.
Shauna Sylvester
Shauna Sylvester is a Fellow at the Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and the Executive Director of Carbon Talks a national initiative focused on increasing Canada’s global competitiveness by shifting to a low carbon economy. Shauna is a skilled facilitator, a social entrepreneur and a commentator on international issues. Prior to leading Carbon Talks, Shauna served as the Founding Director of Canada’s World – a national citizen engagement initiative on foreign policy.
Paul Tranter
Paul Tranter is an Associate Professor in Geography in the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences at the Australian Defence Force Academy. His research has made a pioneering contribution to the literature in the areas of child-friendly environments, active transport, and healthy and sustainable cities. He has forged new areas of research by combining hitherto unlinked research topics (e.g. children’s rights and peak oil), or by applying innovative concepts to urban transport studies (e.g. “effective speed”, a concept that considers the total time costs associated with any mode of transport). He has developed creative ways to communicate serious topics to audiences. An important theme in his recent research is how child-friendly environments can make cities more resilient in the face of challenges such as energy stress. This issue is examined in the final chapter of a new book Paul has co-authored with Claire Freeman, University of Otago – Children and Their Urban Environments: Changing Worlds, published by Earthscan
Kayla Van Egdom
Kayla Van Egdom is a former Research Assistant and writer for Carbon Talks. She is in her fourth year at Simon Fraser University, pursuing a major in English and a minor in business. Her particular area of interest is the growing social responsibility of businesses and how this helps foster a low carbon economy.
Chris Westendorf
Chris Westendorf is a former Communications Officer at Carbon Talks. Chris has led the organization’s research on efficiency financing and has written primers on a range of sustainability issues for a national conference featuring business leaders. With a Master’s Degree in Business and a background in Education, Entrepreneurship, Media Arts, and English Literature, Chris brought a wealth of experience to the organization. He is especially interested in interactive and convergent media as a user-engagement and communications tool.
Nils Westling
Nils Westling is a research assistant and blogger for Carbon Talks. He has a bachelors degree in Environmental Economics from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and a profound knowledge of climate change and mitigation policies with an emphasis on economic incentives. His particular interest is in global environmental justice and climate policy. He is Carbon Talks’ special correspondent in Europe.