My mission is to make sustainability part of everybody’s job.

I am a climate activist, community organizer, and co-founder of Microsoft’s 10,000 member employee sustainability community. I work for Planet Earth but provide consulting services and 1:1 career coaching on the people side of sustainability: employee engagement, culture and change management, community building, and green skilling. Learn more about my work here and get in touch!

Featured work

Green Team Success Stories: How Employees Advance Climate Action at Work

Watch the recording of this webinar from December 3, 2024 here
Meet the man who turned 10,000 Microsoft employees on to climate action

Read the Work for Climate profile from July 2024 here
Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.

Read the GRIST article from May 2024 here
What I Learned From Getting Laid Off

Read the blog from March 2024 here
‘Activist’ is not a dirty word: Redefining what it means to take climate action

Read the Work for Climate feature from August 2024 here
Meet the Seattle punk rocker who wants your boss to take action on the climate

Read the FastCompany article from November 2023 here
Workshop: How to Make Sustainability Part of Everybody’s Job, The Power of Community Organizing

Watch the workshop recording and follow along in the digital workbook here
Employee Engagement for Sustainability

Read the blog here
How a punk-rocking paralegal harnessed employee power to green Microsoft

Listen to the podcast from the Environmental Defense Fund here
3 reasons to make sustainability part of everyone’s job

Read the Work for Climate inteview from September 2024 here
The Critical Role of Employee Sustainability Communities and How to Build One

Read the blog
"Every Job is a Climate Job"

Watch the video with Jamie Beck Alexander from Drawdown Labs
Interview with ClimateVoice

Read the interview with Bill Weihl co-executive Director and Founder of ClimateVoice
Climate at Work: Building Impactful Workplace Sustainability Communities

Watch the video hosted by Work on Climate with Zoe Samuel from Starshot Capital
Microsoft Sustainability Connected Community

Watch the video
Microsoft Hackathon Leads to AI and Sustainability Collaboration to Rid Plastic from Rivers and the Ocean

Read the article and watch the video
Make Sustainability Part of Everybody's Job

Read the blog
ClimateVoice: Connect the Dots

Read the Jan 2024 newsletter here
Inside Job: Crafting Climate Careers Without Changing Employers

Read the blog in the Jan 2024 MCJ Community Voices Newsletter here
Transforming Climate Anxiety to Action webinar

Watch the recording of this webinar from March 5, 2024 here
From Stage to Strategy: How Hardcore Punk Ethics Revolutionize Business Leadership

Read the article from April 2024 here
Finding your shortest path to a climate job

The shortest path to a climate job is the one you already have. Watch the video interview from Project Drawdown here

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Let’s work together

Is your organization looking for help engaging employees in sustainability? Are you looking for expertise on how to build and grow an employee sustainability community or green team? Are you passionate about developing next generation climate leaders who can transform your organization and reduce your environmental impact? I can help!

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Testimonials

"There are very few employees who have done more to help Microsoft on its sustainability journey than Drew. I regularly talk to colleagues from across the industry about the amazing work our employees have done to self-organize. Behind most of that work, you’ll find Drew’s fingerprints."

Lucas Joppa, former Chief Environmental Officer @ Microsoft
"Corporate sustainability of the future will be built on the blueprint that Drew and his colleagues have given the world, and I can't think of anyone better equipped than Drew to lead us where we need to go."

Jamie Beck Alexander, Founding Director Drawdown Labs @ Project Drawdown
"Drew is a brilliant energetic organizer. He learns quickly, listens well, thinks holistically about interlocking systems, and understands how to build an effective empowered community. He's a pleasure to work with."

Bill Weihl, Founder and Co-Executive Director at ClimateVoice
"Drew has a powerful combination of skills and experience as a natural organizer, presenter, advocate and sustainability leader. He has a deep understanding of what builds a healthy, thriving employee sustainability ecosystem and fortunately for all of us, he is great at teaching others how to build this at any company."

Lisa Altieri, Founder and CEO of BrightAction
"Drew is in a league of his own when it comes to engaging and inspiring employees on sustainability and climate action. There is an endless pool of technical corporate sustainability experts out there, but they are crying out for people like Drew who can help them translate the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ into the ‘how’ for employees."

Lucy Piper, Director of Work for Climate
"It's been truly inspiring to work with Drew. During the brief but intense project we worked on together, he clearly demonstrated his capacity for creating a plan, generating team support and bringing this all to a fabulous result."

Robin de Vries, Product Lead @ The Ocean Cleanup
"Drew is passionate, organized, and driven. His willingness to go above and beyond to achieve a desired outcome is laudable. I have had the opportunity to work with him over the years on numerous employee driven sustainability initiatives and have continually been inspired by his tenacity."

Katie Ross, Director of Carbon Reduction Strategy and Market Development @ Microsoft
"Drew is a great out-of-the-box thinker that has the capability to put ideas to practice. We partnered on an ambitious project to clean plastic pollution out of river systems, that would have not gotten this far without his communicative skills and resourcefulness!"

Kees van Oeveren, Project Engineer @ Eneco
"I worked with Drew for 3 years and from day 1 he brought a passion for people, a fresh perspective, and a willingness to try new things that pushed our program to be better. He embodies a scrappy DIY spirit that allows him to accomplish a lot with few resources. Drew is a natural teacher and advocate who ran our volunteer engagement and leadership development efforts while leading one of the largest and most complex communities in our program."

Jaime McGeathy, Director of Communities @ Microsoft
“I worked with Drew for 6 years and can say he exhibits nothing but drive, determination, and creativity to problem solve and make forward progress on some of the toughest challenges the world has in store, all while maintaining empathy and a collaborative approach. He is an absolute joy to work with and his vision and follow-through make him a true leader.”

Holly Alpine, Former Head of Datacenter Community Environmental Sustainability @ Microsoft
"Drew's invaluable support played a pivotal role in our mission to empower and educate employees about climate action. His workshops were truly inspiring, feedback sessions insightful, and he realized an exceptional and engaging E-Learning module on employee engagement with us."

Magdalena Wallis, Team Lead Community @ Glacier

ABOUT ME

I work at the intersection of employee engagement, culture and change management, community building (with a specialization in communities of practice), green skilling, and leadership development. I believe that in order to address the climate crisis with sufficient speed and scale, we need to help companies and their employees work together to rapidly transform.

I have 10 years of experience working in sustainability across the tech, corporate, and nonprofit sectors. In a past life, I was a singer in a touring punk band and an eco-pirate.

I spent the last 7 years at Microsoft and in 2018, I co-founded Microsoft’s employee sustainability community. Now, I consult organizations of all sizes on how to make sustainability part of everybody’s job through the Climate Leadership Collective.

My story

My mission is to make sustainability part of everybody’s job.

Green Team Success Stories: How Employees Advance Climate Action at Work

Meet the man who turned 10,000 Microsoft employees on to climate action

Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.

What I Learned From Getting Laid Off

‘Activist’ is not a dirty word: Redefining what it means to take climate action

Meet the Seattle punk rocker who wants your boss to take action on the climate

Workshop: How to Make Sustainability Part of Everybody’s Job, The Power of Community Organizing

Employee Engagement for Sustainability

How a punk-rocking paralegal harnessed employee power to green Microsoft

3 reasons to make sustainability part of everyone’s job

The Critical Role of Employee Sustainability Communities and How to Build One

"Every Job is a Climate Job"

Interview with ClimateVoice

Climate at Work: Building Impactful Workplace Sustainability Communities

Microsoft Sustainability Connected Community

Microsoft Hackathon Leads to AI and Sustainability Collaboration to Rid Plastic from Rivers and the Ocean

Make Sustainability Part of Everybody's Job

ClimateVoice: Connect the Dots

Inside Job: Crafting Climate Careers Without Changing Employers

Transforming Climate Anxiety to Action webinar

From Stage to Strategy: How Hardcore Punk Ethics Revolutionize Business Leadership

Finding your shortest path to a climate job

Let’s work together

"There are very few employees who have done more to help Microsoft on its sustainability journey than Drew. I regularly talk to colleagues from across the industry about the amazing work our employees have done to self-organize. Behind most of that work, you’ll find Drew’s fingerprints."

"Corporate sustainability of the future will be built on the blueprint that Drew and his colleagues have given the world, and I can't think of anyone better equipped than Drew to lead us where we need to go."

"Drew is a brilliant energetic organizer. He learns quickly, listens well, thinks holistically about interlocking systems, and understands how to build an effective empowered community. He's a pleasure to work with."

"It's been truly inspiring to work with Drew. During the brief but intense project we worked on together, he clearly demonstrated his capacity for creating a plan, generating team support and bringing this all to a fabulous result."

"Drew is passionate, organized, and driven. His willingness to go above and beyond to achieve a desired outcome is laudable. I have had the opportunity to work with him over the years on numerous employee driven sustainability initiatives and have continually been inspired by his tenacity."

"Drew is a great out-of-the-box thinker that has the capability to put ideas to practice. We partnered on an ambitious project to clean plastic pollution out of river systems, that would have not gotten this far without his communicative skills and resourcefulness!"

"Drew's invaluable support played a pivotal role in our mission to empower and educate employees about climate action. His workshops were truly inspiring, feedback sessions insightful, and he realized an exceptional and engaging E-Learning module on employee engagement with us."

ABOUT ME