This episode is a crossover with Climify, an award-winning podcast connecting climate scientists and design educators together to bring climate-related projects into classrooms. Climify is hosted by Eric Benson, Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Responsible Innovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

How do you best create positive impact in communities? What does environmental justice look like?

In this episode from the Climify podcast, energy justice leader Pamela Fann shares her journey from Corporate America to diversity, inclusion, integration, and climate activist and entrepreneur. She shares how she defines restorative design, environmental justice, and how best we use their principles to tackle both the entangled issues of racism and our climate crisis.

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Pamela Fann, an award-winning diversity specialist, and speaker is the Founder and CEO of Integrated Solutions.  Pam is also a co-owner/principal of Impact Energy, a certified Black women-owned energy services company that focuses on energy efficiency project implementation and workforce development. Their mission is to promote equitable job expansion within the energy industry that positively impacts lives and supports community economic advancement. 

Pam has a degree in Marketing, a certification in Human Resource Management, and is a Certified Cultural Diversity Professional and Trainer (CDP, CDT). Currently serves as the diversity advisor for the BECC conference and on the boards and advisory boards for Women of EVs, Diversity Executive Leadership Academy, and Strategic Energy Innovations. She also is a lead author for the Energy Equity Project, served as an SME for Drawdown Georgia, RCE Atlanta Advancing Justice for All, and Community of Practice committees, and served on the JEDI Advisory Board for the DOE/NREL Innovation Prize. Pamela is also co-executive director of Maa Eagles Foundation U.S., supporting girls from Maasai tribes in Tanzania with education opportunities.

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EERE Competitions, Challenges, and Industry Prizes

Maa Eagles Foundation

Drawdown solution(s):

Electricity, Health & Education

Episode topic tags:

environmental justice, equity, restorative design, renewable energy, systemic racism, community, social impact, diversity, inclusion, DEI

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Find more about how to teach climate design in your classroom at www.climatedesigners.org/edu

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Theme music by Casual Motive

Design Team

Ellen Keith Shaw

Christine Piolet

Consulting

Brandee Nichols

Bianca Sandiko

Michelle Ngyuen