Howdy Green Drinkers!
Join us for a monthly networking event with local Tucson nonprofits and environmental stewards.
This month, we will be meeting at MotoSonora Brewing Company on Thursday, November 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
We will be hearing from Dr. Nelida Barajas Acosta of CEDO and Rocky Rivera of Veterans Power America.
Dr. Nelida Barajas Acosta is a passionate and committed conservationist and mother of three wonderful people. Her professional experience includes research, regulatory management, environmental education, environmental policy, and complex systems. She has directed numerous national and international projects with WWF, TNC, CFE, GIZ, and advised international cooperators and as a public servant in the Federal Government. She participated in the coordination of substantive issues of COP-13 of the CBD; She was a Specialist in the United Nations system; and Coordinator of the First IUCN Mexican Forum with the Mexican Committee.
CEDO’s programs are designed to promote biodiversity conservation, fisheries co-management and community well-being with nature-based solutions. CEDO’s realistic, scientific, and community-based solutions recognize, respect and take advantage of the cultural, socioeconomic and biological interconnections between local communities and their ecosystems.
Rocky Rivera was born and raised in Bisbee, Arizona. He is a bilingual Community Organizer and Mobilization Leader with over a decade of experience advancing climate justice, immigration rights, and grassroots campaigns. He currently serves as the Arizona Lead Organizer for Common Defense’s Veterans Power America, where he works to transform Veteran’s individual self-interest into collective power for lasting institutional change. Additionally, he serves on the City of Tucson Commission for Climate, Energy, and Sustainability, where he chairs the subcommittee on Data Centers and Energy.
Veterans Power America is on a mission to build strong self-reliant communities with home-grown American energy.