This talk by a young innovator and entrepreneur offers a green solution to the massive socio environmental problem of crop burning which has become a potential hazard in Northern India these

This talk by a young innovator and entrepreneur offers a green solution to the massive socio environmental problem of crop burning which has become a potential hazard in Northern India these days. He developed a curiosity in Science while he was at school and later graduated from Imperial College of London with a Masters in Science in Chemical Engineering. He co-founded a Start-Up, wherein they developed a pioneering material from the leftover biomass and was invited to the Buckingham Palace by Her Excellency Queen Elizabeth ll for this achievement. He's the founder & CEO of Craste, a TechStars company, founded on the principle of “maximum efficiency, zero waste” and is a global accelerator. Shubham has received various awards for his initiative. Notably, the BIRAC SoCH Innovation award from Minister of Science & Technology and Rural Innovation Award at National Conference on Social Innovation. He is an alumnus of Pitch at Palace, an organization by Duke of York. He's also the founder and President of Gramiksha, a non profit which works on youth mobilization in the educational settings that he set up at the age of 19. He developed a curiosity in Science while he was a scholar at LAHS and later graduated from Imperial College of London with a Masters in Science in Chemical Engineering. He co-founded a Start-Up, wherein they developed a pioneering material from the leftover biomass and was invited to the Buckingham Palace by Her Excellency Queen Elizabeth ll for this achievement. He's the founder & CEO of Craste, a TechStars company, founded on the principle of “maximum efficiency, zero waste” and is a global accelerator. Shubham has received various awards for his initiative. Notably, the BIRAC SoCH Innovation award from Minister of Science & Technology and Rural Innovation Award at National Conference on Social Innovation. He is an alumnus of Pitch at Palace, an organization by Duke of York. He's also the founder and President of Gramiksha, a non profit which works on youth mobilization in the educational settings that he set up at the age of 19. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Overview (2:00) Sister Elizabeth Brandreth's Prayer (3:47) Madeleine Para's Welcome (12:46) Bishop John Stowe's Keynote (38:04) Ambassador

Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Intro & Overview (2:00) Sister Elizabeth Brandreth's Prayer (3:47) Madeleine Para's Welcome (12:46) Bishop John Stowe's Keynote (38:04) Ambassador Rooney's Conversation with CCL's Danny Richter Sister Elizabeth Brandreth, member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, will give the opening prayer. Madeleine Para, President of Citizens' Climate Lobby, kicks off our conference. Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv, leads the Diocese of Lexington and speaks out about the Church’s need to elevate care of creation as one of the core doctrines of the Church and a key pro-life issue. He is the Episcopal Advisor for the Catholic Committee of Appalachia and Bishop President of Pax Christi USA. Bishop Stowe was born in 1966, was ordained a priest in 1995 and appointed the third Bishop of Lexington by Pope Francis in 2015. His studies included the formation program for the Conventual Franciscan Province of Our Lady of Consolation at St. Bonaventure Friary in St. Louis, MO. He received his BA in both philosophy and history at St. Louis University in 1990. He subsequently earned a Masters in Divinity and a Licentiate in Church History from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, CA. CCL's Vice President of Government Affairs Dr. Danny Richter will spend time talking with Rep. Francis Rooney. Rep. Rooney was our Republican sponsor of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act in the 116th Congress and served as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005-2008. Ambassador Laurence Francis Rooney III (born December 4, 1953) is an American politician and diplomat who was the U.S. Representative for Florida's 19th congressional district. A Republican, he served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 until 2008. He was one of the original sponsors of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (HR 763) in the 116th Congress. He had served as the CEO of Rooney Holdings (formerly known as Rooney Brothers Company), an investment and holding company based in Naples, Florida.

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