Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP

Head of Sustainability | NREL Energy Executive (Tweets and opinions my own)

[Policy Center for the New South @PolicyCenterNS]

✍️ "Creating sustainable cities requires a fundamental shift in leadership and decision-making... Intergenerational leadership is both morally right & strategically essential for effective and lasting climate action". @s_afeworki, 2016 alumna of @ADEL_PCNS
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[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

🌎❤️ https://t.co/yXt0UlcYpj

[Orange County Sustainability Decathlon @OCSDecathlon]

✨ Introducing the jurors responsible for evaluating our first juried contest!

🏡 Sustainability and Resilience evaluates how well the home’s design, systems, and components attain maximum reduction of negative environmental impact.

#OCSD23 #sustainablehouse #Sustainability

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

Most of us were all born elsewhere, but #unitedstates is our home 🇺🇸 🏡 where we fulfilled our dreams. Thankful for the #opportunity given and more motivated to better serve our #community & protect our planet 🌎

⚡️Have a great #4thofjuly celebration ? https://t.co/CUquOfWHtf

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

Great news 😁 – The City of Costa Mesa has been awarded SocalGas’s 2023 Climate Adaptation and Resiliency #grant! 🎉

Our sustainability #team is currently developing the first Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) for the city 🌎🚀 and we are putting…https://t.co/Vj3zlon62P

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

Happy Women in Engineering Day!

May we continue to ignite #innovation and inspire the next generation of young #women to pursue careers in #STEM 👷‍♀️🌎👩🏽‍💻 #INWED23 . https://t.co/05AaNmgA6G

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

As someone who worked in a citywide organic #waste #recycling program (SB1383) ♻️ rollout and implementation for years, it was an eye opener to learn how the Frank Bowerman #landfill in Irvine operates.

Last week, as part of Solid Waste Association of No…https://t.co/kxZh92Cs7c

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

💚 Day 2 of the conference was my favorite, and I am completely biased. 💙

In a panel discussion, our council member Arlis Reynolds shared what the City of Costa Mesa is doing to advance #sustainability and #resilience, the challenges we see in scaling o…https://t.co/DktaOkxn7K

[CAEATFA @CAEATFA]

Last day of #CCEC23. Congratulations to @s_afeworki of the City of Costa Mesa on winning a @GGFinancing mug!

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

🥳 Day 1 of the 14th Annual California Climate and Energy forum in #santarosa was highly informative! What stood out for me was the focus on the importance of collaboration between #state and #localgovernment to meet our climate and energy goals. 🤝👌

K…https://t.co/KKpWVKSuEc

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

The great thing about working with the #engineering team is the small experiments and testing we do in the office to raise awareness of #sustainability technologies and solutions. 🙌

This time, we bought a flashlight 🔦 that uses H20 battery 🔋💧and test…https://t.co/BqSA5zyBnN

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

📣 Amigos and colleagues in #Chile 🇨🇱 - recently learned about this and would like to find a way to address the problem! #fastfashion 👎

If you or someone you know works locally in #environmental protection, #circulareconomy or…https://t.co/1LghwxtYAu https://t.co/wO3MAMMLpH

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

This just arrived! Thank you Marquis whoswho 🙏🌎

#sustainability #leadership #integrity Value Sustainability #climatechange https://t.co/Ob44nCnvBq

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

🐝 𝕋𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕪 🐝 

We all depend on the survival of #bees. 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝟴𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, 🌻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟯𝟬 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳…https://t.co/sJ3lcinNNp

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

💥 I truly enjoyed UNA-USA Sustainable Communities Summit focused on #SDG11 today. 🇺🇳

Two items that resonated with me the most:

1️⃣ Urban Agriculture: Recently visited a strawberry farm 🍓👩‍🌾🍓 in Orange County and witnessed the importance of inves…https://t.co/FPaBsFr4CU

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

The main highlight of Climate Leadership Conference for me was meeting high school students from the bay area that are passionate about #sustainability and #environmental protection. 🌏🫶🔥

Don’t know about you but I was not attending a climate conferenc…https://t.co/KSoM0sPemG

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

Day 1 of Climate Leadership Conference was awesome! ☺️✨It was great to see colleagues/friends, meet new #sustainability practitioners and learn from leaders in the industry I admire 🙌

🙋🏻‍♀️ My key takeaways from today’s presentations 🔥

👉 Better un…https://t.co/slGRVVIvrN

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

🎯 My goal for 2023 is to support/ volunteer at 3️⃣ organizations to advance #sustainability and #climateaction.

Happy to join Earth System Governance Project as a global research fellow - to help bridge the gap between #science #…https://t.co/nq1dOYUyUJ https://t.co/RL0bdGYkhy

[ARCHIVED - NASA Climate @NASAClimate]

How’s our planet doing? 🌎🛰

As we head into #EarthDay, here’s a quick roundup of @NASA’s climate vital signs.

Want to learn more about climate change? Head to our site: https://t.co/6WU3q468lT #EarthDay2023

[Salem Afeworki LEED GA, ENV SP, EcoDistricts AP @s_afeworki]

Thank you @BeahrsELP for the continued support and recognition! #gobears 🐻🌟

💫 105 people participated in the 2023 State of #sustainability survey and we plan on publishing the final report by mid summer. 🙌 https://t.co/V1Hzt5RLrb

Successful relatio…https://t.co/QvePtVlrRO