Resource Media: Starting to break the “green ceiling”
This summer, a comprehensive report found that environmental organizations and agencies have yet to break down the 12-16% “green ceiling” for recruiting and retaining people of color to their staff. At a panel discussion of the Green 2.0 report held at the National Press Club, ECSP Director Roger-Mark De Souza said, ““Diversity of perspective, of approach, of experience, matters. That difference makes all the difference.”
Remarks by Roger-Mark DeSouza from Green 2.0 on Vimeo.
This summer, a comprehensive report found that environmental organizations and agencies have yet to break down the 12-16% “green ceiling” for recruiting and retaining people of color to their staff. At a panel discussion of the Green 2.0 report held at the National Press Club, ECSP Director Roger-Mark De Souza said, “Diversity of perspective, of approach, of experience, matters. That difference makes all the difference.” Speakers included U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, incoming NRDC President Rhea Suh (former Assistant Secretary for the Department of the Interior), and Mark Magaña, Founder of Green Latinos. Read more at Resource Media.
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Roger-Mark De Souza
Former Director of Population, Environmental Security, and Resilience
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
Global Risk and Resilience Program
The Global Risk and Resilience Program (GRRP) seeks to support the development of inclusive, resilient networks in local communities facing global change. By providing a platform for sharing lessons, mapping knowledge, and linking people and ideas, GRRP and its affiliated programs empower policymakers, practitioners, and community members to participate in the global dialogue on sustainability and resilience. Empowered communities are better able to develop flexible, diverse, and equitable networks of resilience that can improve their health, preserve their natural resources, and build peace between people in a changing world. Read more
