Transition to Climate: Circular Economy Strategy & Design, Evan Abel
Evan Abel is a consumer-focused innovator with over 15 years of experience building novel products, services, and business models. He led service design and sustainability at The Rounds, a modern-day milkman model for zero-waste delivery of household essentials.
Previously, Evan led circular economy initiatives at Walmart, including Reuse and Beyond the Bag. He joined Walmart in 2018 as part of an acquisition to develop the InHome Delivery service. Evan co-founded Frank, a peer-to-peer money lending platform grounded in behavioral economics principles.
He also co-founded Friends of Rockaway, a disaster-relief nonprofit after Superstorm Sandy. Additionally, Evan teaches a product design and development course as an adjunct professor at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. Evan is an avid cyclist, zealous backpacker, novice surfer, and proud Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Master Composter.
Join us to hear more about Evan’s climate journey and his transition to working in climate.
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Climate change is a vast challenge facing our world, with many moving parts, problems and solutions. But there is no one solution, or one right path. Mindfulness practice... Read more
Climate change is a vast challenge facing our world, with many moving parts, problems and solutions. But there is no one solution, or one right path. Mindfulness practice helps us increase our capacity to hold complexity while also helping us sit in discomfort without having to "fix" or escape it. Mindfulness asks us to calm our inner state, watch the fluctuations of the mind without adhering to the thoughts, and cultivate a relationship to our inner center. These practices help us increase our resilience and inner equanimity and this self-care and nourishment supports us in being more effective in all aspects of our lives, including our chosen climate passions.
Led by Nikyta Palmisani, an instructor of Terra.do’s Learning for Action program and an Ecopsychologist and Mindfulness instructor who lives and practices on Lopez Island in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Nikyta has been working internationally on Climate Change in NGOs, in private practice with groups and individual clients, as well as on United Nations delegations. She currently instructs for Terra.do where she leads cohorts of professionals in their journey to take meaningful action on climate change and where she leads workshops for cultivating Emotional Resilience.
Climate change is a vast challenge facing our world, with many moving parts, problems and solutions. But there is no one solution, or one right path. Mindfulness practice... Read more
Climate change is a vast challenge facing our world, with many moving parts, problems and solutions. But there is no one solution, or one right path. Mindfulness practice helps us increase our capacity to hold complexity while also helping us sit in discomfort without having to "fix" or escape it. Mindfulness asks us to calm our inner state, watch the fluctuations of the mind without adhering to the thoughts, and cultivate a relationship to our inner center. These practices help us increase our resilience and inner equanimity and this self-care and nourishment supports us in being more effective in all aspects of our lives, including our chosen climate passions.
Led by Nikyta Palmisani, an instructor of Terra.do’s Learning for Action program and an Ecopsychologist and Mindfulness instructor who lives and practices on Lopez Island in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Nikyta has been working internationally on Climate Change in NGOs, in private practice with groups and individual clients, as well as on United Nations delegations. She currently instructs for Terra.do where she leads cohorts of professionals in their journey to take meaningful action on climate change and where she leads workshops for cultivating Emotional Resilience.