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The Greening Committee invites you to a timely conversation with Beth Eden. Join us in-person in the sanctuary at Lutheran Church of the Cross, 3787 Cedar Hill Road, Victoria, BC, or via the livestream at lutheranvictoria.ca

Masks required.

Beth Eden is a fifth-generation English-Canadian who currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia. She has worked on numerous sustainability, social entrepreneurship, environmental and youth engagement-related projects with national spans in the United Kingdom, Morocco, Canada, and internationally for 12 years. She was recognized as one of Canada's 30 under 30 Sustainability Leaders with Corporate Knights and 25 under 25 Environmentalists with Starfish Canada in 2020. She currently works with the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth. She is also an independent sustainability impact and engagement consultant, implementing the SDGs in institutions and networks globally.

She previously led and founded a volunteer research project for SDSN Youth (Sustainable Development Solutions Network), a global movement to build a network of institutions to promote practical solutions for sustainable development and implement the United Nations SDGs and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that aimed to better communicate scientific data to the general public through digital communication.

She graduated from the University of Waterloo with an Honours degree in Environment and Business and a minor in Geography and Environmental Management and was recognized on the Deans Honours List. In 2018-2020, she sat on the Sustainability Advisory Committee for the City of Waterloo. She also Co-chaired the ImpAct Students Advisory Committee for Colleges and Institutes Canada from 2019 - 2020. She has worked with the SDGs and previously the MDGs (Millenium Development Goals) since 2009 with a primary focus on SDG 13, Climate Action, SDG 17, Partnerships for the Goals and SDG 5, Gender Equality believing that solidarity and climate justice are essential to building a prosperous world for future generations.