Climate Diva aka Summer
Summer is the founder of Climate Diva, her personal platform focused on sustainability, slow fashion, beauty, and climate action. Summer has worn various hats in the environmental field over the years, working in renewable energy policy, doing climate science research, producing social media content for nonprofits, and more. She is also a working model in Portland and Los Angeles. She received her B.S. degree in environmental studies from Portland State University in 2019, and in 2021 she began working on Climate Diva full time, creating content for sustainability-focused brands and organizations like ThredUp, Allbirds, Meta, The Nature Conservancy, Facebook Marketplace, Blueland, The Body Shop, and more. Read more about her in an interview with Atmos Magazine here.
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Climate
I love to meet people where they’re at and discuss climate topics in fun and creative ways. For too long, the media’s coverage of the climate crisis has been minimal and one-dimensional. I try to educate and inspire my community to approach the climate crisis from an intersectional, hopeful point of view.
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Slow fashion
Fashion is one of my favorite ways to approach sustainability. Getting dressed is something we do every day, and clothing is such a beautiful method of self expression. My work is all about rejecting the ugly sides of fashion (fast fashion, overconsumption, textile waste, ecosystem degradation, and labor exploitation) while showing that you can express yourself beautifully without supporting all of those things.
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Low(er)-waste lifestyle
Unless you have the privilege of having excess time and money, living a zero-waste lifestyle is almost impossible in today’s economic system. Instead, I encourage people that it’s okay to have an imperfect, low(er) waste lifestyle. Through supporting low-waste ethical brands, buying less, supporting BIPOC-led sustainability initiatives, and advocating for policies that put the recycling responsibility on companies instead of consumers, we can all strive to be have an imperfect low-waste lifestyle.
Previous clients
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Fashion ✦ Allbirds, ThredUp, Facebook Marketplace, Rent The Runway, Nuuly, Everlane, Cariuma, Ugg, For Days, Tencel, KOTN, Levis, Kōraru, Dr. Scholls, Crocs, and more
Beauty ✦ Korres, Trestique, The Body Shop, Krave Beauty, Beautyblender, Fenty Skin, REN Skincare, Herbivore, Ethique, Honest Beauty, Innersense, As I Am, Tree Naturals, Prose, and more
Home & misc. ✦ Meta, Grove Collaborative, Ettitude, Avocado Green Mattress, Blueland, Inspire Clean Energy, Viv for Your V, IKEA, Brita, Cloud Paper, Evolve Protein, HPE, and more
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✦ The Nature Conservancy, Climate Power, Alliance for Climate Education, Save Our Water, The Italian Trade Agency, Teach For America, Wild Elements, and more
