Climate corps for equity and resiliency in cities_with Lisbeth Shepherd

Casa do Impacto joins forces with SOCIALinNOVA-Hub and invites Lisbeth Shepherd, co-Founder of Green City Force, for a fireside chat led by Manuel Nery Nina, co-Founder and CCO of GoParity.

Get to know all about Lisbeth's social innovator journey and impact drive while both speakers share their experience working with sustainability and environmental justice.

Join us on thursday, march 24th at 6pm, at Casa do Impacto. The entry is free but requires prior registration throught Eventbrite.

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Lisbeth Shepherd is Entrepreneur in Residence at MIT's designX and Visiting Lecturer at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. Her work focuses on how "climate corps" in cities can promote environmental and economic justice. Shepherd co-founded Green City Force (GCF) in 2009 to address the dual imperatives of youth unemployment and climate change. She previously coordinated the Clean Energy Corps working group at Green for All, and co-founded Unis-Cité, the leading national youth service program in France. Lisbeth's interests center on "climate corps" as organized efforts engaging young adults, in particular those in frontline communities most affected by climate change and unemployment, that provide a platform for service, training and leadership for young people on a path to careers in the green economy."

Manuel Nery Nina is the co-Founder and CCO of GoParity, one of the most iconic and successful startups from Casa do Impacto's community. GoParity is an impact investment platform that connects companies and organizations promoting sustainable projects with citizens who want to invest in these projects and get a positive return. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact. The startup is driving the transition towards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises.

SOCIALinNOVA-Hub is Nova SBE EU funded Chair for Social Innovation, that aims to address the complexity of today's grand challenges. It has three main pillars - research, teaching and community engagement through the Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab.