The Carbonauts Sustainability Cocktails (Los Angeles | Santa Monica) CSE-202

Join us and The City of Santa Monica for a fun evening of Sustainability Cocktails, delicious bites and inspiring talks at the Annenberg Community Beach House.

What to Expect:

• Three dynamic speakers delivering lighting talks on AI for climate careers, marine ecology, and urban sustainable agriculture.
• Plant-based food from Back on The Beach Café and complimentary drinks from Little Saints, Optimist Drinks, and Athletic Brewing
• Custom match-making to spark meaningful networking

​​• Learn a few things while having a blast
​​• Meet old friends, make new ones
​​• Find valuable work/hires/partners/connections
​​• Most importantly, GET INSPIRED!

This is a great opportunity to meet others in the sustainability community, so feel free to share this invite with friends and colleagues. The more the merrier!

We'll be deploying our high-impact custom match-making software to pair you with three connections who share similar goals to drive high-impact networking (easy opt-out if you prefer).

Meet the Speakers

Tracy Quinn | President and CEO of Heal the Bay

Tracy serves as President and CEO of Heal the Bay, leading the dynamic team of scientists, policy experts, outreach specialists, and educators in pursuit of its clean water mission. Tracy has dedicated her career to improving water quality in our rivers and ocean and ensuring safe, reliable, and affordable water for all Californians. Tracy started her career as an engineer, designing water infrastructure in Southern California and working with municipal and industrial clients to improve water quality. Most recently, Tracy served as the Director of California Urban Water Policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council where she led efforts to pass and implement climate adaption legislation and improve climate resilience and water affordability throughout California. Tracy received her Bachelors of Science and Masters of Engineering in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Cornell University and is a licensed civil engineer in California.

Jamiah Hargins | Founder and Executive Director of Crop Swap LA

Jamiah leads Crop Swap LA, an award winning organization that transforms lawns into rainwater powered microfarms delivering fresh produce to local families. A former headhunter and market trader, Jamiah brings global experience and systems thinking to urban agriculture and food justice. His work has been recognized by the Los Angeles City Council and Adidas, and featured in major media outlets. Fluent in three languages and deeply rooted in community, he speaks on regenerative design, Black liberation, and cooperative economics. Jamiah is also a devoted husband, father and martial artist.

Yvonne Espinosa | Co-Founder of Voiz Academy and VoizAI

Yvonne Espinosa believes meaningful work begins with empathy and curiosity. As the co-founder of Voiz Academy and VoizAI, she helps people design careers that connect purpose, sustainability, and technology. Her work blends design thinking with AI innovation—guiding professionals to navigate change with clarity and confidence.

Voiz Academy offers a unique self-paced, "no compromises" project-based up-skilling platform to help professionals and career pivoters break into climate roles through real-world business scenarios and advanced AI integration.

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Just make sure to register as we don't want to turn anyone away.

Sorry, no refunds.

NO PITCHING/SALES. We want open, inspiring, agenda-less conversations where people feel free to share. Therefore, there is to be absolutely no pitching or selling of your product or service nor fund-raising. If any attendees feel that this request hasn’t been respected, let us know and that person will not be invited back.

WE'RE GOOD AT THIS. We've done over 100 events in the last year and they've been terrific. They've included sustainability folks from over 500 organizations, including large multinationals (Meta, Amazon, Google, Disney, Toyota, Netflix, Microsoft), Investment firms (Third Sphere, Obvious Ventures, Aegon, Collaborative Fund), passionate non-profits (EDF, New Energy Nexus, Surfrider, Apparel Impact Institute) and cutting edge startups (Both Burger, futureAir, New Atlantis, Plant Prefab, Water from Air). 

​​​Hope to see you soon!