Catherine Coleman Flowers
Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, working to reduce health and economic disparities and improve access to clean air, water and soil in marginalized communities. A practitioner in residence at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, she is also rural development manager at Equal Justice Initiative and vice chair of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. The author of “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret,” Flowers’ work has been featured by “60 Minutes,” “PBS Newshour” and The Guardian, among other outlets. She is a board member of Climate Reality Project, Natural Resources Defense Council and American Geophysical Union. Flowers’ recognition includes being named to the 2023 Time 100 Most Influential People in the World and Forbes 50 Over 50 lists.
Previously
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What do Americans really think about climate change. How we can decarbonize the shipping industry. Why it’s challenging to integrate different technologies into the grid, and...