Climate Leadership Circle: 3-Part Series for Sustainability Professionals
Do you sense that the polycrisis is asking something more of us, a way of working and leading that is more connected, reciprocal, and aligned with our deeper values?
Climate Leadership Circle is a three-session, in-person series for growing that capacity. Megan White, Michelle Malanca Frey, and Viveka Ramel will guide the group through discussions and exercises that deepen our alignment with what is most important to us, and deepen our connection to self, each other, nature, and future generations.
This series is for professionals working in climate, sustainability, and related fields who want to strengthen how they lead and chart a heart-centered course for career growth. These are not technical sessions. They are about the person behind the work.
The small group size means participants bring the real challenges they are facing, learn from one another, and walk away with practical tools to try with their own teams. We will cultivate trust, connection, and courage through practice and collaborative learning.
This 3-session series begins in September. The fee covers all three sessions. We will meet monthly in Berkeley, near BART. Each session builds on the last, so attendance at all three is essential.
Sept 18, 1-3pm
Oct 16, 1-3pm
Nov 13, 1-3pm
To ensure this series is accessible to all, we offer scholarship tickets. If cost is a barrier, please contact michelle@missionatlascollab.com for more details and to apply.
Facilitators:
Megan White, LEED Fellow | Principal & Director at Firecrown, with 19 years leading sustainability projects and programs, including strategy for Fortune 10 clients and the world's largest LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge projects. Former Chief Sustainability Officer and VP of ESG at Introba, and currently serving on the USGBC California board of directors and the LEED v5 BD&C Consensus Committee. Author of “Sacred + Circular: the Convergence of Sustainability + Spirituality” on regenerative practice and the inner work underneath it. Megan is a certified Bhakti Vinyasa Yoga teacher with over 1000 hours of spiritual training under her belt.
Michelle Malanca Frey | Founder and Principal at Mission Atlas, a strategic advisory firm to mission-driven organizations and leaders, connecting mission, strategy, and people. Michelle has over two decades of leadership in environmental and urban sustainability, including as Executive Director of ULI San Francisco, Vice President at the World Green Building Council, and Technical Director at the Green Building Council of Australia. She publishes ”The World We Need” a newsletter and podcast on bringing ourselves and the planet back from the brink.
Viveka Ramel, PhD | Clinical psychologist, facilitator, and educator whose private practice, Sevitar, integrates evidence-based psychotherapy with contemplative wisdom traditions. Viveka leads climate psychology workshops and co-teaches a climate resilience course at UC Berkeley as part of the University of California Eco Resilience Initiative. She also teaches mindfulness, psychological flexibility, relational and leadership skills at organizations, universities and to leaders worldwide, and facilitates trust building and collaboration in groups via ProSocial World.