Where food and climate intersect: Solution stories from Los Angeles

Where food and climate intersect: Solution stories from Los Angeles

On World Food Day, join Project Drawdown’s Director of Storytelling & Engagement, Matt Scott, for a first look at Drawdown’s Neighborhood: Los Angeles, a new docuseries featuring seven local climate heroes advancing food, agriculture, land use, and ocean solutions. This session will highlight why food systems are central to climate action, why the stories we tell about food matter, and how solutions come alive when we center people-powered interventions. Get inspired by preview clips from the series, hear about how it relates to the new Drawdown Explorer, and discover how you can engage with food/climate solutions and stories with Project Drawdown this fall. For more, visit drawdown.org/neighborhood. Speaker Bio: Matt Scott (He/Him) is the Director of Storytelling and Engagement at Project Drawdown and founding director of Drawdown Stories, where he helps everyday people connect with climate solutions. He hosts Drawdown’s Neighborhood, a climate solutions docuseries, highlighting local climate heroes across the U.S. Previously, Matt led global community engagement for NASA’s Space Apps Challenge, the world’s largest problem-solving hackathon, earning two NASA awards while also collaborating with organizations including the UN, USAID, Nike, and the Obama White House. Matt’s work on Drawdown Stories has been featured by The Weather Channel, National Geographic, Grist, PBS, FEMA, NOAA, the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Hollywood Climate Summit, and more.