SPEAKING
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Marcelo does keynotes, panels, and workshops. Inquire about availability by emailing marcelo@jediheart.com.
Keynote speaker (March 23, 2021)
A keynote talk at E3 Washington.
Environmental grantmakers association FALL 2020 Retreat - flash talk (October 7, 2020)
Marcelo shares five key takeaways for how funders can support diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in environmental organizations.
2020 Conference: Transforming a Movement - Supporting Equity Work in Environmental Organizations (March 31, 2020)
During this session, Marcelo Bonta shares key findings from his new report, “Transforming a Movement: How Foundations Can Support Effective Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Capacity Building Efforts in Environmental Organizations” at the Corps Network conference.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) in the Environmental Movement (February 12, 2019)
A keynote talk delivered at Ohio State University and the Ohio Environmental Professionals Network.
building a successful 21st century ee movement: accelerating diversity, equity, and inclusion (August 16, 2016)
A panelist for the North American Association for Environmental Education.
Diversifying the Sustainability Movement (November 18, 2013)
A keynote talk at Portland State University
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, AND INTERVIEWS
“Community and Emotional Support and DEI in the Conservation Movement: A Conversation with Marcelo Bonta and David Lamfrom”, Yale Podcast Network (8/17/2022)
https://yalepodcasts.blubrry.net/2022/08/17/community-and-emotional-support-and-dei-in-the-conservation-movement-a-conversation-with-marcelo-bonta-and-david-lamfrom/“We can’t protect the environment until we get DEI right.” with Marcelo Bonta, Yale Podcast Network (6/22/2020)
http://yalepodcasts.blubrry.net/2020/06/22/we-cant-protect-the-environment-until-we-get-dei-right-marcelo-banta-of-j-e-d-i-heart/Environmental Equity: What’s It All About? Brown Girl Green host, Kristy Drutman, interviews Marcelo (podcast and video interview)
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/environmental-equity/1Green Line Series Interview | Marcelo Bonta, Philanthropy Northwest Momentum Fellow, Meyer Memorial Trust (8/10/2017)
https://gogreenconference.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/green-line-series-interview-marcelo-bonta-philanthropy-northwest-momentum-fellow-meyer-memorial-trust/Bringing Cultural Diversity to the Environmental Movement, Orion Magazine (6/20/2012)
https://orionmagazine.org/article/bringing-cultural-diversity-to-the-environmental-movement-a-discussion/Activist brings diversity to green orgs: Marcelo Bonta helps color the environmental movement, High Country News Article (12/24/2010) https://www.hcn.org/issues/42.22/activist-brings-diversity-to-green-orgs
Audubon/Toyota Togethergreen- Diversifying the Environmental Movement Forums (9/24/2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOt4fislGkThe movement’s greatest challenge is its own lack of diversity, Grist Magazine (1/3/2008)
https://grist.org/article/how-to-diversify-environmentalism/