Eve Simmons is a decades-long environmental activist, keynote speaker, green blogger, and tireless optimist. She has lectured throughout Southern California and served as a Congressional and Senate Liaison, lobbying for action both locally and on Capitol Hill. Eve speaks on environmental topics ranging from loss of biodiversity and habitat, deforestation, our oceans, forests, air, water and soil, the Greenhouse Effect, extreme weather, pricing carbon, plastic pollution, divestment and other global warming solutions, to the social injustice and politics of climate change. Eve served on San Diego County’s Fish and Wildlife Advisory Commission, was a delegate to California’s State Assembly, and a member of CA’s Environmental Caucus. She’s a Climate Reality Project Leader and Mentor, a former Associated Press photojournalist, and wildlife guide for the San Diego Zoo. Eve imparts knowledge from the world’s top scientists and institutions, bringing humor, solutions, and hope for a sustainable environment that fosters public and economic health, job creation, and improved national security. Follow her on Twitter @Eve_Simmons and her website and blog, TheGreenFlash.org