Speakers:

Justin Yuen, President, FMYI
Mike Mercer, Executive Director, NW Earth Institute

Discussion Topic:

Top down driven initiatives with little bottom up support were a hallmark of the industrial economy. Today, job preferences of a younger work force and the health of ecological, social and economic systems demand a more integrated and engaged approach. Engage with Justin and Mike as they describe how their tools are being used separately and combined to drive and support change on the levels of acceptance, voluntary action and innovation. The NW Earth Institute creates a series of team facilitated discussion courses supporting peer to peer, collaborative learning and action. The NW Earth Institute has engaged more than 115,000 people within their discussion course programs within higher education, the faith community and businesses such as Intel, Nike, The Standard, HP and Starbucks. FMYI currently has more than 60,000 users within organizations such as Hyatt, HBO, Aflac, and thousands of others. Justin founded FMYI after working at Nike in sustainability business integration as a social networking site you can use at work to track progress in a sustainable way.  

About the Speakers:

Mike Mercer serves as the Executive Director of the Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI).  NWEI supports individuals in taking responsibility for Earth through small group self- facilitated discussion and action.  More than 115,000 participants have utilized NWEI discussion guides covering seven topics addressing the human relationship with the planet.  NWEI has an active presence in a variety of settings: higher education, business, centers of faith, neighborhoods and where ever people naturally gather.  Prior to joining NWEI he spent 15 years with the YMCA, most recently as the Vice President for Financial Development and Communications.   During his Y tenure, he worked with the Rotary Club of Portland to build the first LEED platinum camping village in No. America.

Justin Yuen founded FMYI in 2004 after a successful career at Nike where most recently he oversaw sustainability business integration as a senior manager in corporate sustainable development. Prior to that role, he was the company’s head of footwear quality for the Europe/Middle East/Africa region based in the Netherlands. Accomplishments while at Nike included creating innovative organizational change programs, designing collaboration tools, building the business case for sustainability, and managing global employee training. Justin conceived FMYI due to his passion for sustainability and an interest in how advances in technology can help lessen our impact on the planet while positively affecting society.

He is currently Co-Chair of the City of Portland/Multnomah County Sustainable Development Commission as well as Chair of the Board of Directors for The Natural Step Network. Justin serves on the Board of Directors of the Portland Parks Foundation, the Northwest Earth Institute and Portland State University’s Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability. Formerly, he served on the Advisory Board of the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute For Global Sustainable Business, Portland State University’s Implementing Sustainability Program, and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Justin has completed courses in the Executive Education Program at the Columbia University School of Business and holds a degree in International Studies from The Johns Hopkins University.

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