Sustainability Pioneers is a web-based short video documentary series that showcases the new reality that is emerging as a response to climate change. The series highlights people and communities in the U.S. and in Europe taking bold steps to address climate crisis and lay a trail towards a more livable planet. Sustainability Pioneers is produced by Kirsi Jansa, a documentary filmmaker and a visiting researcher at The Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
The Sustainability Pioneers Advisory Board consists of energy consultant and Rachel Carson Scholar Patricia DeMarco, executive producer Kathy Knauer from the environmental radio program The Allegheny Front, documentary filmmaker and Pittsburgh Filmmakers associate professor Will Zavala, and media attorney Fritz Byers. The Sustainability Pioneers Production Team includes graphic designer Brittany Page, composer and audiovisual artist Ricardo Iamuuri, and marketing assistant Cynthia Tam.