Author, Professor, Climate Psychology Consultant

Leslie Davenport, Program Lead and on the core faculty of the Climate Psychology Certification at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), is a climate psychology consultant who works internationally to spearhead the intersectionality of climate, mental health, education, policy, and social justice to leverage the full range of human capacities to address the deep challenges of our time. Leslie’s work has appeared in the NY Times, Washington Post, Scientific American and other leading publications, and she has authored five books, including Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change. She is also an advisor to the Post Carbon Institute, Climate Mental Health Network, and One Resilient Earth.

Professor of Forest Ecology
University of British Columbia

Suzanne Simard, Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and author of the bestselling, Finding the Mother Tree, is a highly influential, researcher on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence, globally renowned for her work on how trees interact and communicate using below-ground fungal networks. Her work on forest resiliency, adaptability and recovery has far-reaching implications for how to manage and heal forests from human impacts, including climate change. Suzanne has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, presented around the world and communicated her work to a wide audience through interviews, documentary films and online talks.