P. Simran Sethi

Simran Sethi is one of today's most respected experts on sustainability and environmental communications. She has been named a "Top Ten Eco-Hero" by the UK's Independent, an "environmental messenger" by Vanity Fair, and an “environmental woman of impact” by Daily Variety. She is a co-author of the Axiom Award-winning Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, the founding host of the Sundance Channel's The Green, and the creator of the Sundance environmentally-focused web series The Good Fight.

Committed to a redefinition of environmentalism that includes voices from the prairie, the inner city, and the global community, Sethi has shared her message on NBC Nightly News, CNBC, PBS, Oprah Winfrey, the Today Show, Martha Stewart, Ellen, The History Channel, and more. She has written about sustainability for The Huffington Post and Oprah.com, Metropolis Magazine, and Mother Earth News.

An impactful, memorable speaker, she has presented at institutions ranging from the Commonwealth Club and the Poynter Institute to M.I.T and SXSWEco; keynoted conferences including the 140 Character (Twitter) Conference, the Green Business Conference and the North American Association For Environmental Education conference; and moderated panels for the White House sustainability symposium GreenGov and Clinton Global Initiative University.She is a fellow in the Poynter Institute’s Sense-Making project, a Ford Foundation-funded program that is studying the integration of new media and democratic values.

Sethi powerfully speaks about how grassroots activism and becoming involved in global environmental justice can make a difference. She shares simple steps for leading a more sustainable life, leaving audiences inspired to become more environmentally engaged.