beauty worth protecting
“Sustainable Works — the business greening program that Goli co-designed for the City of Santa Monica is by far the City’s most successful business program we had had to date. ”
OUR WELLBEING is CLOSELY TIED TO THE WELLBEING OF THE EARTH
Environmental Sustainability Consultant, Educator & Keynote Speaker
Goli Gabbay is a dynamic and visionary sustainability consultant based in Los Angeles, who has dedicated over two decades to revolutionizing environmental programs, branding, and public education campaigns. As the co-designer and driving force behind one of the most prestigious and groundbreaking business sustainability and climate action programs, "Sustainable Works," Goli has empowered businesses throughout Santa Monica and beyond to embrace sustainable practices and achieve recognition for their environmental stewardship.
With her extensive experience in global environmental projects, including collaborations with the United Nations Environment Program and other NGOs, Goli has solidified her position as an environmental leader. Her passion for creating sustainable solutions has also led her to partner with renowned manufacturing plants, luxury hotels, and corporate offices, including BP Solar, Hotel Bel Air, and Playa Vista.
If you're seeking a creative, innovative and impactful sustainability consultant and educator, look no further. Goli is committed to helping organizations and individuals navigate the complexities of sustainability, ensuring a more prosperous, healthy and earth-friendly future for us all.
Goli is also an international keynote speaker and health and wellness expert and educator. She inspires audiences with knowledge and hands-on tools to become better stewards of the earth and improve human health and wellbeing in her environmental keynote talk “MindBody|Earth: Sustainability as a Lifestyle.” Goli is a graduate of UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
PROTECT THE PLANET & HUMAN HEALTH. SAVE MONEY. GAIN PRAISE
Mission
Goli’s mission to to leave no stone left unturned when it comes to environmental stewardship. In designing environmental programs for organizations, she aims to determine all the possible ways to protect the natural environment by: reducing waste, water, carbon emissions, energy use, chemical use; all the ways to protect human health; cut down on wasteful operational practices which in turn, increase the bottom line; educate employees, and acknowledge environmental achievements through branding, PR, and social media. Goli ensures that her programs become an all around win-win: for the environment, human health, the bottom line, a positive customer experience (ie. for a hotel guest), and public recognition for green achievements.
Who I WORK WITH
Environmental Consulting & Sustainability Program Design for:
Government Agencies
Goli is an expert in designing wide-reaching environmental sustainability and public education campaigns for government agencies. Her most acclaimed program is the design and implementation of the City of Santa Monica's Business Greening Program called "Sustainable Works" which has been operating for over15 years and has helped hundreds of businesses educate their employees, reduce: waste, water, energy, chemicals, and become recognized by the City as a green company. She has also implemented other city-wide environmental programs throughout the State of California, including programs which ensure the safe disposal of electronic waste.
Luxury Hotels
Goli's has extensive experience leading luxury hotels through the process of greening their operations and becoming recognized as outstanding leaders in the “green hotel” movement. Her clients include the iconic Hotel Bel Air, the Lodge at Blue Sky- an Auberge Resort, Four Season’s Beverly Hills, and others. Protecting the environment reduces wasteful materials and operational costs and increases the bottom line. Positive PR for environmental accomplishments attracts the growing number of conscientious clients who wish to support environmentally sustainable hotels (ie. “green lodging.”)
Companies, Brands & NGOS
Goli’s designs innovate and leading edge sustainability program for companies, brands and ngos. From operations to packaging to employee and public education, her aim is to reduce operational costs and increase the bottom line. Positive PR for environmental accomplishments attracts the growing number of conscientious clients who wish to support environmentally sustainable businesses.
The paradigm shift that is necessary is the understanding that the Earth is one system of interconnected elements. What we do to nature, we do to ourselves.
A transformation of the way we operate, produce, consume, and generally interact with the earth is essential to ensure nature’s longevity, biodiversity and health, which is an integral component for our well-being and health.
Highlighted Sustainability Projects
Goli’s Environmental Experience
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA’S BUSINESS GREENING PROGRAM — “SUSTAINABLE WORKS.” Goli co-designed and implemented the prestigious "Sustainable Works" program—a comprehensive city-wide business greening program which addresses: waste reduction, recycling, water use, carbon emissions, reducing harmful cleaning chemicals and employee education. Sustainable Works provides businesses with the knowledge, tools and resources to green their operations and achieve recognition by the City. The groundbreaking program has been implemented at over 1,100 companies throughout the City of Santa Monica and has been running for over 15 years. During design and implementation of the project, Goli also served as the Co-Chair of Santa Monica’s Chamber of Commerce Environmental Affairs Committee.
The City of Santa Monica Office of Sustainability and the Environment calls Sustainable Works “the City’s most successful business program to date.” During design and implementation of the project, Goli also served as the Co-Chair of Santa Monica’s Chamber of Commerce Environmental Affairs Committee.
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP). Goli spearheaded a project with the Director of the UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) and the Earth Communications Office (ECO.) She worked to translate ECO’s award-winning environmental public service announcements (PSA’s) into the six UN languages and distribute them globally. The project resulted in educating and inspiring over 1 billion people worldwide about the environmental stewardship.
THE GREENING OF HOTEL BEL AIR. As the lead Sustainability Consultant to the iconic Hotel Bel Air - recently named the Best Hotel in Los Angeles by Travel & Leisure, Goli worked with the Director of Operations to implement initiatives that reduced: energy, water use, food waste and chemical use and set the standard for the green lodging industry.
THE GREENING OF FOUR SEASONS HOTEL DOHENY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS. Goli helped the hotel reduce the number of chemicals used on-site from 530 "conventional products" down to 12 "non-toxic" products, among other green initiatives.
THE GREENING OF PLAYA VISTA. Goli implemented a waste reduction and recycling program for PLAYA VISTA's Corporate Offices and wrote the "Green Building Guidelines" for one of the largest development projects in Los Angeles.
ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING in THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Goli implemented Electronic Waste recycling programs for Cities including: the City of Palm Springs, the City of Santa Barbara and other Cities throughout the State of California – helping to create the proper infrastructure for thousands of tons of residential electronic waste to be properly disposed of - rather than illegally dumped in landfills.
EARTH COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE. Goli worked with the Hollywood industry to produce the media awareness campaigns for an array of environmental issues, including for the International Year of the Coral Reef and for America’s first radio PSA’s focusing on health and the environment among other campaigns.
LOS ANGLES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS in partnership with TREPEOPLE. As an Environmental Educator, Goli helped develop and launch a cutting-edge environmental outreach and education program that educated 622,000 secondary students throughout LA County. The program called, "Generation Earth," addressed recycling, waste reduction, composting, storm water pollution, and household hazardous waste.
THE GREENING OF MANUFACTURING PLANTS BP SOLAR & EARTHSHELL CORPORATION. Goli designed a comprehensive sustainability program for these manufacturing plants addressing waste, water, energy, purchasing and employee education. She helped resolve a huge waste problem for Earthshell Corporation and and helped reduce Earthshell's waste generation by 90% by diverting their product to a composting site instead of landfill. This action alone reduced the company’s exorbitant waste hauling fees.
THE GREENING OF THE LIGHT GROUP, LAS VEGAS. Goli "greened" the Light Group Corporations Corporate offices in addition to their six bars and restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada. These included Light Nightclub, Jet Nightclub, Mist Lounge, Fix Restaurant, Caramel Lounge + Stack Restaurant.
RECYCLING in CITY OF PALM SPRINGS. After observing the thousands of plastic bottles left on the polo fields after Coachella’s second year in operation, Goli worked with the City of Palm Springs to implement the first ever Recycling Program for the Coachella Music Festival.
Environmental Education KEYNOTE TALK & Master Class
MINDBODY|EARTH: SUSTAINABILITY AS A LIFESTYLE
In this environmental education keynote talk and interactive master class, Goli inspires participants with an in-depth understanding of today’s sustainability issues and teaches practical, hands-on solutions to: reduce our impact on the environment, improve animal welfare, and improve our health.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS GAIN:
An understanding of a linear (non-sustainable) vs. circular economy
An understanding of global environmental issues (climate change, deforestation, habitat loss, species extinction, overfishing, waste, plastic pollution, fast fashion and more)
Hands-on sustainable lifestyle practices that protect the Earth daily
A look at climate emergencies (Australia & the Amazon) and their parallels
An understanding of the widespread and far-reaching impacts of animal agriculture no one thinks about
A look at the ethics of animal agriculture
Understanding the link between animal agriculture and human pandemics
The most powerful action we can take to protect the planet, improve our health and prevent future pandemics
MindBody|Earth
All of life is interconnected. And our well-being fundamentally depends on nature.
By generating a profound sense of harmony and connection with our innermost self and connection and stewardship for the earth, we can create a healthier and more harmonious world.
