Montreal-born actress and Environmental Media Association board member Emmanuelle Chriqui joined the likes of Shailene Woodley, Ted Danson and Hillary Rodham Clinton at the EMA Impact Summit this week.
Footprints Canada | Footprints Canada Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gayle Kouklis, MD, and Nisha Shah, MD, speak onstage during the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit Day 1 Presented by Toyota at Pendry West Hollywood on June 04, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for the Environmental Media Association)
Chriqui moderated a panel with climate health experts breaking down the universal personal effects on climate change.
Meanwhile, actress and advocate Woodley took centre stage leading a panel on the intergenerational fight for good, reinforcing that youth are at the centre of the environmental movement.
Footprints Canada | Footprints Canada Shailene Woodley speaks onstage during the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit Day 2 Presented by Toyota at Pendry West Hollywood on June 05, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for the Environmental Media Association)
TV writers Phil Rosenthal and David Wild chatted on their Naked Lunch podcast with acting legend Ted Danson. They talked about his environmentalist efforts throughout his career and memories of getting arrested alongside Jane Fonda while lobbying.
Footprints Canada | Footprints Canada David Wild, Philip Rosenthal and Ted Danson attend the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit Day 2 Presented by Toyota at Pendry West Hollywood on June 05, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for the Environmental Media Association)
Danson said the important thing is to “get people to vote. And elect people who are not short-sighted, greedy idiots.”
And to close out the coveted West Hollywood environmental awareness event, Clinton took the stage to highlight the effects of climate change on early childhood development and her work through the Clinton Foundation’s “Too Small to Fail” initiative to come up with solutions.
Footprints Canada | Footprints Canada Tamara Krinsky, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Anna Jane Joyner and Gloria Calderón Kellett speak onstage during the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit Day 2 Presented by Toyota at Pendry West Hollywood on June 05, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for the Environmental Media Association)
Clinton had a message of hope, saying, “No matter how hard it is out there, we’re not going to give in or give up. And we need to feel that.”
