Episode 34: John Oppermann - Sustainability is Simple: Do Just One Thing

In celebration of Earth Day, I’m thrilled to share my recent chat with John Oppermann, the Executive Director of the Earth Day Initiative. John possesses incredible, practical wisdom about sustainable living and how anyone can adopt a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle—one small step at a time.

The Earth Day Initiative is an environmental non-profit with a variety of sustainability initiatives. This includes the Gotham Grazersustainable food education program and a community solar program helping to bring rooftop solar facilities to New York City.

The Gotham Grazer program includes various sustainable food toolkits including a mock negotiation placing participants in the roles of stakeholders trying to bring sustainable food solutions to a food desert.

John serves as an Associate Real Estate Broker at Compass with a specialty in green and healthy homes. He is also an adjunct professor at NYU with a course titled Marketing Green Homes which looks at how a variety of green building features and standards (including LEED, Passive House, and WELL) resonate with home buyers.

John is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Harvard Law School.

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Earth Day Initiative Website
• Do Just 1 Thing Website
• John’s Website

Recommended Reading

• Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wellness and Happiness, by Richard Thaler
• Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell

Sustainable Programs

• Arcadia Power
• Gotham Grazer
• Community Solar Projects