🧠Climate Compass: Navigate Your Impact Career
​Launch — or relaunch — your path in climate!
​As part of EDHEC Business School’s Bay Area immersion day, this public-facing event is your chance to explore how purpose meets action — and how to prepare for a meaningful career in the climate space.
​Whether you’re just getting started or looking to pivot into impact work, this afternoon will guide you through every step of the journey:
​From meeting local nonprofits and innovation hubs, to exploring fellowships and volunteer opportunities, to understanding what it takes to land your first job at a climate-focused company.
​We’ll close the evening with a film screening and informal networking — a chance to reflect, recharge, and connect with the people building what’s next.
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​⛵ Let’s navigate your Climate path — and why it matters.
​3 PM – Purpose-Driven Business
​Sabrina Lord Linde, Founder, Second Nature Solutions
​Nathalie Birac, Head of Legal and Sustainability, Laketricity
​Topics: career paths, ESG, mission-led strategy, impact-first leadership, and the TBL model in action
​4 PM – Climate Careers & Community
​Daphné Halley, Community Manager, 9 Zero Climate Innovation Hub
​Eugene Kirpichov, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Work on Climate
​Justin Hardin, Co-Founder & CTO, Climatebase & SF Climate Week
​Topics: breaking into climate, building meaningful careers, and connecting with a purpose-driven ecosystem
​5 PM – Networking and Movie time!
​Zone 1: Networking
​Zone 2: Movie Theater : Plastic Odyssey: Pacific Mission documentary screening
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​About Plastic Odyssey: Plastic Odyssey has set out to help solve - and raise global awareness around - the devastating human and environmental impacts of plastic pollution. Through a unique and multifaceted approach, we are:
(1) Advancing innovative, affordable solutions to recycle and transform plastic waste into valuable materials;
(2) Supporting local communities, economies and entrepreneurs worldwide where resource recovery is in high demand; and
(3) Working to restore biodiverse ecosystems.Â
Our goal is to create a global network of recycling initiatives that help support local economies and lead to lasting change.
About Plastic Odyssey Fund: Plastic Odyssey Fund is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation headquartered in San Francisco. The fund was created with the mission to combat plastic pollution by engaging U.S. philanthropies, corporations, governments, and individual donors and joining them with the projects undertaken by Plastic Odyssey through its entities Plastic Odyssey Foundation, Plastic Odyssey Expedition and Plastic Odyssey Community. Through this initiative, Plastic Odyssey Fund will help scale innovative solutions, protect ocean ecosystems, and raise awareness in the blue economy. Plastic Odyssey Fund is also part of the 9Zero climate community. For more information or to donate, visit www.plasticodyssey.fund.
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​About 9Zero: We’re a members-only community of founders, investors, scientists, and innovators accelerating climate solutions through meaningful relationships. Apply to join at www.9Zero.com9Zero.com