Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything, and No is Not Enough. Her new book, On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal was published in September 2019. She is Senior Correspondent for The Intercept, a Puffin Writing Fellow at Type Media Center and is the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Richard Alomar
Richard Alomar is an assistant professor of landscape architecture and extension specialist at Rutgers University. He is also the founder of the Urban Field Studio, a landscape architecture practice that explores the connections between global climate research and implementation. He has designed and managed large-scale master plan projects as well as rooftop gardens and small community parks. His main interests are in visual notation, public spaces and in landscapes designed by nonprofessionals. He holds a BS in agronomy from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and an MLA from Louisiana State University. He is a registered landscape architect in New York and a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.