1. Adam Werbach, is a technology entrepreneur, environmental activist, and author.
19 Facts About Adam Werbach
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In 1996, Werbach became the youngest person ever elected as national president of the Sierra Club, at the age of 23.
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Adam Werbach circulated his first petition in second grade, which led to a meeting with then Senator Al Gore where Adam Werbach first learned about climate change.
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Adam Werbach graduated from Brown in 1995 with a double major in Political Science and Modern Culture and Media.
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Adam Werbach was a protege of noted 20th-century environmentalist and Sierra Club Director David Brower, who hand-picked Adam Werbach to run for the club's presidency.
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In 1997, while president of the Sierra Club, Adam Werbach worked with David Brower to begin a campaign to drain Lake Powell.
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Adam Werbach created the Personal Sustainability Plan employee engagement program for Wal-Mart, training 1.5 million employees.
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Adam Werbach was appointed in 2003 by San Francisco city supervisor Chris Daly to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission while then-Mayor Willie Brown was out of town, leading to a city constitutional crisis as the mayor attempted to have him removed.
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Adam Werbach prevailed, and led efforts at the commission to protect the Yosemite Valley watershed.
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Adam Werbach later co-founded the Apollo Alliance, which developed the model for President Obama's $150 billion clean energy investment program.
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Between 2004 and 2008 Adam Werbach was a director on the 6-member board of Greenpeace International, where he supported the Greenpeace agreement with major soybean producers in the Amazon to halt all purchases of soybeans from newly deforested land.
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Between 1998 and 2009, Adam Werbach Directed "This Is Noise Pop," a music documentary that was filmed "onstage and backstage," and covered the rise of American indie music stars like Modest Mouse, Pavement, and more.
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In 2009, Adam Werbach published his second book Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto.
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In 2011 Adam Werbach was chosen as a "Young Global Leader" by the Forum for Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum.
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In 2011, Adam Werbach co-founded Yerdle along with Andy Ruben and Carl Tashian.
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In 2013, Adam Werbach was arrested in front of the White House with Daryl Hannah, Bill McKibben, and Julian Bond to raise the profile of climate change by protesting the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Adam Werbach worked closely with Bee to develop and launch the game in advance of the 2018 US midterm elections.
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In 2020 Adam Werbach was recruited by Amazon to become their first Global Lead for Sustainable Shopping.
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Adam Werbach helped launch Amazon Aware, a multi-category private brand consisting of sustainably-certified products as well as a proprietary Amazon eco-certification called Compact by Design, which rewards product manufacturers for efficient packaging design.