A podcast series cohosted by Mission’s founder Karina Givargisoff, and singer song writer of the UK band Texas, Sharleen Spiteri.
Our sixth episode, which was our first live recording of “My Mission is…” is a conversation between Fisher Stevens, director of award-winning climate change documentary Before the Flood (co-produced with Leonardo DiCaprio for Nat Geo) and Ethan Novek, chemical engineering student at Yale who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018 and holds 12 patents for CO2 technologies.
Both cynical and optimistic, this engaging and thought-provoking discussion between two generations, offers some insight into how the fighting spirit of individual action needs to be supported by the synergy of businesses, technological innovation, and policy all working together if we want to solve climate change. Is it possible? Who knows…but have a listen now and see for yourselves.
This fascinating panel, moderated by Mission founder, Karina Givargisoff was open to the public and features a Q&A. Hosted by Public Hotels.
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FIND FISHER
Personal: @fisherstevens
Website: beforetheflood.com
FIND ETHAN
Twitter: @ethannovek
Website: innovatorenergy.com
FIND MISSION HOSTS
Karina: @missionmagazine
Sharleen: @sharleenspiteri
MY MISSION IS… TINA LUTZ MORRIS ON WORKING WITH ISSEY MIYAKE POST-GRADUATION
Tina Lutz Morris tells Mission about her first steps into the heart of the fashion industry, what led her to founding her own companies, and how she makes the fashion industry work for her.
MY MISSION IS… LIBBY HAAN ON HOW SURVIVING BREAST CANCER LED TO AN ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE
Libby Haan tells Mission about breaking into the fashion industry, her stories from the not-always glamorous fashion world, and her candid accounts of life with breast cancer.
MY MISSION IS… WOMEN-IN-TECH ADVOCATE ROSARIO B CASAS ON HER ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN TECH
Joining Mission today is our favorite women-in-tech advocate, Rosario Casas. A longtime friend of Mission and an all around tech savant, Rosario uses her extensive experience in the tech field to offer fine-tuned expertise to every project she approaches
MY MISSION IS… MAISON DE MODE’S HASSAN PIERRE ON MARRYING LUXURY WITH SUSTAINABILITY
Mission is joined by Hassan Pierre, the co-founder of Maison De Mode, a hybrid ethical fashion retailer that curates a selection of the best luxury sustainable fashion for their online boutique and brick and mortar pop-up shops.
MY MISSION IS… OWEN LEVY ON HIS REVELATORY WRITINGS ABOUT GAY LIFE
Mission is joined by author and New York pioneer Owen Levy. From growing up in Brooklyn to being mentored by poetry vanguard Marianne Moore and working a variety of jobs in the arts, Levy’s life is full of stories, some of which he shares with us today.
MY MISSION IS… JOHN GRAUWILER ON THE URGENCY OF GUN REFORM
Mission is joined by John Grauwiler, teacher and founder of activism group Gays Against Guns. Before forming GAG, Grauwiler was an English teacher in New York City who was rocked by the news of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting, prompting him to form a coalition that is “committed to nonviolently breaking the gun industry’s chain of death.”