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Susanna Schick has worked in product development for some of the top fashion designers in New York and Los Angeles. Ms. Schick always remained true to her north star goal- to deliver the greatest good for the greatest number, while also finding creative and intellectual fulfillment in her work. Thus, she shared her expertise with her students at Parsons School of Design while also completing projects from multiple avant-garde designers desperately preparing for Fashion Week.

When apparel product development ceased to be adequately challenging, she pursued an MBA focused on sustainability. The intersection between preserving Earth’s finite resources and promoting more meaningful consumption is where her passion lies. Ms. Schick spent the summer of 2009 with Virgance in San Francisco, helping them develop and scale Carrotmob, an exciting new form of consumer activism. When not chasing electric motorcycles around the globe, she runs a sustainability consultancy catering to the Los Angeles fashion industry.

When she’s not dreaming up innovative ways to solve the world’s problems, Ms. Schick can be found using her talent for strategy in darting through traffic on her motorcycle, either in the city, nearby canyons or on the racetrack. Try to keep up on Twitter: @pinkyracr

About Susanna Schick

Susanna Schick has been writing for Gas2.0 since 2009 and riding motorcycles since 1985. When not chasing electric motorcycles around the globe, she runs Sustainable Fashion LA, a sustainability & marketing consultancy based in Los Angeles. The intersection between preserving Earth’s finite resources and promoting more meaningful consumption is where her passion lies. When she’s not dreaming up innovative ways to solve the world’s problems, Ms. Schick can be found using her talent for strategy in darting through traffic on her motorcycle, either in the city, nearby canyons or on the racetrack. Try to keep up on Twitter: @pinkyracr

The Dark and Seamy Underbelly of the Recycling Industry

March 16, 2012 By Susanna Schick Leave a Comment

Today was Day One of the Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference in Los Angeles, held by the Blue Green Alliance. That’s not blue as in oceans, that’s blue as in blue collar workers. This exciting conference brought together clean tech industry leaders, labor union leaders, government, investors and educators to discuss how best to create more green jobs. This builds on the work Van Jones did in promoting a Green Collar Economy. Villaraigosa and many other speakers all mentioned the importance of working together to create more quality green jobs.

BIL Follows TED For a Weekend of Adventure Into Space

February 27, 2012 By Susanna Schick Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of vissago via creative commons license

BIL (Benevolence. Inspiration. Life.) is a tounge-in-cheek name for a great un-conference to the TED conference happening in Long Beach this week. After a week of being inspired at TED, TEDsters and the rest of us can make our way to the Queen Mary to be inspired and amused at BIL, at a fraction [...]

Los Angeles: Clean Tech Capital of America? | Verdexchange Conference

January 25, 2012 By Susanna Schick Leave a Comment

If Mayor Villaraigosa gets his way, you betcha. Interestingly enough, the artist’s studio where this piece resides (under the Main St bridge) is right along the Clean Tech corridor being planned. Clean Tech Los Angeles is all about making LA a desirable place to start and grow clean tech businesses. The real growth in manufacturing [...]

Verdexchange 2012 Cleantech Conference

January 24, 2012 By Susanna Schick Leave a Comment

I spent the day at the Verdexchange conference, and heard a lot of interesting news on topics ranging from ESG reporting to Waste to Energy conversion and so much in between. Highlights included witnessing the beginning phases of California’s carbon market being developed, hearing Mayor Villaraigosa freestyle at the end of his speech and speak from the heart about his passion for making LA as much a Clean Tech Capital as it is the world’s Entertainment Capital.

Gaming to Prevent Climate Change | Climate Reality Project

December 7, 2011 By Susanna Schick Leave a Comment

ct Al Gore at PSFK Gaming For Good Event-42-Credit Louis Caldarola

On Friday, Trends Research and Innovation Company psfk, in partnership with The Climate Reality Project announced the ten finalists of “Gaming for Good”. Contestants were invited to develop games which help people improve their environmental impact, taking inspiration from psfk’s recent report; The Future of Gaming. The goal of The Climate Reality Project is global acceptance of the realities of climate change.

Nike’s Lorrie Vogel on Closing the Loop. Part 2- The Human Impact

November 18, 2009 By Susanna Schick Leave a Comment

Laura Kurgan, Chris Jordan, Lorrie Vogel and Assaf Biderman – Pop!Tech 2009 – Camden, ME In Part One, Lorrie Vogel explained some of the work Nike is doing to increase recycled and organic content in their products. Our conversation continues with discussing how Nike designers are encouraged to use sustainable principles in their work. SS: [...]

How Nike Considered Uses Innovation and Collaboration to Close the Loop

November 16, 2009 By Susanna Schick 4 Comments

This impressive footprint is Nike’s Considered Air Jordan XX3, their first basketball shoe designed using the Considered Ethos. Lorrie Vogel is the general manager of Nike Considered, Nike’s in-house sustainability think tank. She holds a degree in Industrial Design from Syracuse, and numerous patents. Her work in innovating around sustainability has helped put Nike on [...]

Sisters on the Planet United Against Climate Change

October 7, 2009 By Susanna Schick 7 Comments

Coastal Women for Change's Sharon Hanshaw

A Woman’s Work… The Governor’s Global Climate Summit ended with Oxfam America’s inaugural Sisters on the Planet Climate Leader Awards. Thanks to Karen Solomon at Opportunity Green, I was able to attend. The event showcased the work that women all over the world are doing to adapt to climate change. Sisters on the Planet is [...]