Climate Change is Scary with Saad Amer

What’s scarier than Halloween? Climate change, of course! But don’t let the fear of the climate crisis prevent you from taking action! Poster House is pleased to welcome internationally renowned climate activist Saad Amer for a wide-ranging conversation on the role of posters and visual communication in combating the environmental crisis. He will share his global perspective on climate activism and the role posters and graphic design play in tackling climate change. Costumes are encouraged, and best costume will receive a free 1-year membership to Poster House! Questions are strongly encouraged!

Saad Amer is an environmentalist, climate justice activist and the Founder of Justice Environment, a social impact consultancy helping businesses, nonprofits and governments navigate climate change and the just transition. He is a consultant to the United Nations and served as an Expert Reviewer for a recent IPCC report. As one of the country’s most prolific voting rights organizers, he has reached millions and created campaigns featuring the likes of Vice President Al Gore, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Taylor Swift. He has researched the impacts of climate change on the ground in the Indian Himalayas funded by USAID, co-created Harvard University’s inaugural Sustainability Plan, and discovered a new hybrid species in French Polynesia. He has written for National Geographic, PBS and the World Bank, and has spoken at the United Nations, US Department of State and TEDx. He went to Harvard University where he studied Environmental Science and Public Policy with a minor in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. He was a Fellow at Yale University’s Public Voices on the Climate Crisis with The OpEd Project.