SETH BLUM

CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A Danforth Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis and a native of Colorado, USA, he currently facilitates streamlining university-wide research initiatives for the Washington University Climate Change Program and works to improve accessibility of online information and coordinate constituency activities for the research NGOs constituency under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Seth previously implemented riparian restoration projects at the Open Space Council of St. Louis as well as led on-campus advocacy efforts to address hazardous waste and gain regulatory approval for clean energy projects in Missouri. He has developed environmental education curricula for the several NGOs in addition to designing educational programs to encourage alternative transportation usage for university faculty and staff. He received the President's Environmental Youth Award from the US EPA and Council on Environmental Quality in 2015 for his leadership in youth-focused ecological restoration.