Community Engagement Committee

The Community Engagement Committee is intended to be the bridge between the LA Chapter and the greater Los Angeles environmental community and beyond, with an emphasis on Climate and Environmental Justice.

The committee also welcomes new members and orients them toward the committees within the chapter that would be a good match for them.

Monthly meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 6pm. Look forward to meeting you soon!

LEADERSHIP

Cécile Namer-Py 

Cécile spent her childhood in the beautiful French Alps with her family and her two collie dogs. Her parents taught her to honor and protect the environment, rescuing wounded animals while sending letters to the City Hall opposing tree cutting in their neighborhood.

She appreciated their efforts, however she couldn’t help but feel their individual actions were too isolated to be fruitful, a drop in the ocean. When she moved to Los Angeles, she became involved in the Green Team at her kids’ school, teaching the children how to switch to reusables and compost, while offering parents weekly tips on how to leave no trace via the school newsletter.

Some parents were sensitive, but the magnitude of the task seemed discouraging. However, when Cécile received the CRP training in 2020, she realized how thousands of people were working tirelessly all over the world and actually how much her parents were right. Small steps taken by many can change the world.

Cécile has worked as a French-Spanish-English translator and is now an energy healer trained in the practices of the medicine men and women of the Andes and the Amazon forest. Native American teachings and ancient wisdom deepened her connection to our beautiful planet. Together we can achieve so much!

David Marrett

David is a lifelong outdoorsman and conservationist from New York State.

From a young age, outdoor adventure stories set in the Rockies and the Far North spoke loudly to David. He studied Natural Resource Conservation and Geology in Missoula, becoming a Field Soil Scientist in the Northern Rockies. David continued studying soils at UW in Seattle with field research in Arctic Alaska.

David studied soil-landscapes and wetlands throughout the US for many years before transitioning to full time teaching at the high school level. He advised the Earth Club and taught Environmental Science, Earth Science and Chemistry for many years. Climate change has been a concern of his for over four decades. It turns out that advising the Earth Club was the best preparation for becoming the passionate Climate Activist he is today.

David is still an educator, conservationist and outdoorsman, but now leaves things like climbing, backcountry skiing, and whitewater to his sons. Hiking and flatwater canoeing are more his current speed.