Elias Jabbe is a native of Los Angeles and multilingual world citizen who has studied at campuses including Los Angeles Trade–Technical College and UCO Angers in western France. He is the founder of the global Sustainability Stories journalism series covering projects launched by California’s green leaders including IoES professors as well as international initiatives in Paris and Dubai during the road to COP21 and COP28.
After living in both cities and taking part in MIT Media Lab Dubai Workshop with IDEO, he joined the U.S. Green Building Council California ‘Green Building Corps’ volunteer program and supported Southern California gardens such as the Reverence Project and RootDown LA’s KitchenPod as a gardener. He became a UCLA Center for Diverse Leadership in Science NSF Climate Resilience Fellow during the summer of 2024.
Elias Jabbe’s extended biography and UCLA CNSI symposium presentations organized in collaboration with UNESCO Paris are available on the USGBC-CA website along with his contact information and media portfolio on Elias213.com.
