Achieving a Climate Action Thanksgiving with Climate Action Museum & TEDxChicago
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
DATE & TIME
Thursday, November 21st
5:00 - 7:00 PM
LOCATION
Chicago Climate Action Museum
300 S Riverside Plaza, Chicago
Join TEDxChicago speakers Doug Farr, Founder of Farr Associates, Ayelet Fishbach, PhD, Motivational Scientist at UChicago, and Dustin Huibregtse, Director and Speaker Coach at TEDxChicago, at the Climate Action Museum for an evening of connection and dialogue about how we can engage family members, friends, and ourselves in climate action conversations and behavioral change during Thanskgiving and beyond.
The mission of the Climate Action Museum is to activate a tipping point on climate mitigation in the Chicago region through education, stimulating critical thought, and inspiring and facilitating direct action.
Their vision: A visit to the Climate Action Museum will become a memorable and life-altering “climate rite of passage” for a broad segment of Chicagoans. The content of the museum will be dynamic, educational, and inspire both short- and long-term decisions that mitigate our Climate Emergency
Learn more about the Climate Action Museum.
Meet Your Speakers
Doug Farr, TEDxChicago Design Speaker
Douglas Farr FAIA serves as the Founder of Farr Associates, a pioneering architecture and urban design firm based in Chicago, recognized by the New York Times for its leadership in ecologically sensitive architecture. Listed among Planetizen's 100 Most Influential Urbanists, Farr is a prominent architect, urbanist, and author, delivering keynote speeches across 37 states to inspire and shape sustainable urban practices. His contributions include founding Carbon Free Chicago, co-curating the ENERGY REVOLUTION exhibit, and establishing Chicago’s Climate Action Museum. Doug Farr's work in high-performance buildings and walkable urbanism solidifies his position as a driving force in the future of sustainable design and urban innovation.
Ayelet Fishbach, TEDxChicago 2023 Speaker on TED.com
Ayelet Fishbach is the Eric J. Gleacher distinguished service professor of behavioral science and marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where she studies social psychology, management and consumer behavior. She is also the past president of the Society for the Science of Motivation and the International Social Cognition Network. Her groundbreaking research on human motivation has won the Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Best Dissertation Award and Career Trajectory Award, the Society of Consumer Psychology's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award and the Fulbright Educational Foundation Award. She further received the Provost's Teaching Award from the University of Chicago. Fishbach's research has been published in more than 130 papers across many journals and her research is regularly featured in the media. She is also the author of Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation.
You can watch her TEDxChicago talk on TED.com, which has been viewed over 850K times, here.
Dustin Huibregtse, TEDxChicago Director & Speaker Coach
Dustin Huibregtse has been a volunteer TEDx event organizer and speaker coach since 2010; organizing over 16 events impacting 8,000+ attendees and coaching over 120 speakers who have been watched by millions. He became hooked to TEDTalks in 2008 when he watched Hans Rosling’s talk during his first class at business school at the University of Minnesota, inspiring him to start TEDx University of Minnesota in 2011, then TEDxMinneapolis in 2014, and then to take the helm of TEDxChicago in 2022. After 12 years of coaching speakers, he has delved deep into understanding what makes the short TED Talk format so powerful. His biggest passion is bringing together amazing people with impactful ideas and meaningful work through a process that consistently creates memorable experiences. Dustin hopes to start his own agency over the next year to continue helping more people on their journey.
TEDxChicago is Chicago’s biggest stage for ideas + connection at the convergence of our culture, knowledge, and citizenship. The annual flagship event is hosted in September or October. You can learn more at TEDxChicago.com.