You Already Are an Amazing Climate Leader
Season 3: Episode 18
What? I’m an amazing climate leader? Yes, you are.
Lis Best (Girls Club Collective) and Nivi Achanta (Soapbox Project) join Eric to share their journeys as climate leaders empowering women to be their “own secret weapon” for change. Both Lis and Nivi understand that women are fantastic leaders when they can channel their frustrations, concerns, hope, creativity, culture, anxiety, and/or dreams to encourage action through collaboration and, in turn, elevate those involved into leaders as well. We can all be the helpers. If you want to live your best life and surround yourself with good generous people whose kindness shows in relationships with themselves and with the earth, then this episode is for you; as you are capable of being a leader… we will support you.
Listen to this episode on: Spotify, Apple, Google and other places you get your podcastsAbout our guests
Lis Best is an executive coach for women in impact, founder of the Girls Club Collective, and host of the Women Changing the World podcast. Since launching her business in 2020, she has helped hundreds of change agents navigate ESG careers, birth mission-driven businesses, and up-level their thought leadership.
Prior to her entrepreneurial journey, Lis worked as director of social impact for the world's fastest-growing pre-IPO start-up, a management consultant for BSR, and the sustainability manager at Qualcomm, a Fortune 200 technology company.
Lis has been trusted by leaders at organizations including Adobe, Grove Collaborative, and PwC, and she and her work have been featured in publications like Brit & Co., Create & Cultivate, Greenbiz, Ladies Get Paid, Nasdaq, and Thrive Global. She was recognized as a member of the "Hall of Femme" in 2022, and she has volunteered as a coach with the Women's Impact Alliance since 2021.
Nivi Achanta is the founder and CEO of Soapbox Project, a social enterprise that helps busy professionals conquer their climate anxiety. Soapbox Project combines personal responsibility, collective action, and fun!
Nivi works, speaks, and writes at the intersection of sustainability, corporate engagement, and community building. She has been featured by the New York Times, Washington Post, Grist, and more for her community work. Before founding Soapbox Project, Nivi worked with companies like Accenture, Google, Facebook, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she specialized in employee-driven impact.
In addition to her work as a founder, Nivi supercharges community strategy for impact-aligned organizations, specifically focused on gender equality and climate justice. When she's not working on social change, you can find her in Seattle reading 100+ books a year, baking sourdough, and karaoke-ing with friends.
On the web
LinkedIn (Personal)
LinkedIn (Business)
Women Changing the World (Podcast)
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LinkedIn (Personal)
Resources in this episode
The Livable Communities Initiative
“Sustainable Communities Influence with Alex Fisch” -Living Change Podcast
“Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness” (book)
Drawdown solution(s)
Episode topic tags
women in climate, climate entrepreneurship, climate leadership, climate collaboration
Find more about how to teach climate design in your classroom at www.climatedesigners.org/edu
Music in this episode
Nature sound effect by bbc.co.uk – ©2023 BBC
Theme music by Casual Motive
Design Team
Consulting
Climate Design Assignments
At the end of each episode, we ask our guests what their ideal climate design project would be. They have four weeks with a class full of design students. We translated their response into a project brief that you can use for your class.
