The Carbonauts Sustainability Sips at Rivian LACW26 CSE-206 (Venice | LA)

Join us this 2026 LA Climate Week for a fabulous evening of deep sustainability conversations and engaging talks from leaders in clean tech, green energy, and sustainable brands.

We're delighted to be collaborating with Rivian at their stunning Venice ​showroom! Come by to meet old friends, make new ones, find collaborators, partners, and new team members. Most importantly get inspired, learn something new, and have a blast! 

Rivian will also be offering Demo Drives of their awesome all-electric SUVs! 

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!

Space is limited and we will be closing registrations once we reach capacity so make sure to sign-up!

This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of Rivian along with our beverage partners Optimist Drinks, Little Saints, Athletic Brewing, and our latest additions Kombucha Culture! 

Meet the Speakers

Robert Lempert | RAND Corporation | Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition

Robert is a principal researcher at the RAND Corporation and Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition.  His research focuses on climate risk management and decision-making under conditions of deep uncertainty. Dr. Lempert was a coordinating lead author for Working Group II of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report and the inaugural president of the Society for Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty. A survivor of the January 2025 Palisades fire, he has been engaged with fire recovery with the Palisades Recovery Coalition and Resilient Palisades. A Professor of Policy Analysis in the Pardee RAND Graduate School, Dr. Lempert is an author of the book Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Longer-Term Policy Analysis.

Abby Waldorf | Fractional Leader | Planet Positive Collab | Former Nike Innovation Strategy

Abby is a business strategist, operations leader, and Regenerative Design Practitioner whose work spans footwear, apparel, beauty, agriculture, and deep-tech. She began her career working with smallholder farmers on a global research program in 35 countries while living in Sri Lanka and Ethiopia. She went on to lead Nike's sustainable materials strategy, driving the acceleration and scaling of new materials across the enterprise to meet 2030 carbon targets. Through her consultancy Planet Positive Collab, she works with companies ranging from global brands to early-stage ventures, helping them design and operate regenerative and futureproof businesses. Informed by practitioners like Carol Sanford and Robin Wall Kimmerer, her approach starts from interconnectedness: the recognition that business operates within the people, communities, and ecosystems it depends on, whereas today they are often treated apart. Designing from that reality makes companies stronger, not just less harmful.

Indy Rishi Singh | Cultivating Self | Cosmic Labyrinth | California Doughnut Economics Coalition

Indy is a polymath and community educator dedicated to building distributive, resilient, and joy-filled local systems. His work bridges the fields of ecorestoration and cultural farming, Doughnut Economics, and regenerative healthcare, focusing on how somatic practices like neuroplasticity can transform conflict and foster community well-being. His podcast Political Hope with Indy Rishi Singh, reaches thousands of listeners every week. Indy recently stepped into the role of Executive Director with the 501c3 nonprofit, Cultivating Self, which is expanding the framework of healthcare to include ecological medicines, food and nature as medicines, spirituality as medicine, and regenerative Doughnut economics as medicine.

General Terms & Agreement

By registering for or attending this event, you agree to the following:

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.

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