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Episode Synopsis
Meet Ciara Byrne, a documentary filmmaker and social impact entrepreneur. In 2013 Ciara and Kim MacQuarrie founded Green Our Planet and together with their team they helped create one of the largest and most comprehensive school garden and hydroponics programs in the United States. Currently, Green Our Planet is operating in 44 states and impacting over 250,000 students. In 2019 Ciara was selected from 5,000 applications along with 19 other nonprofit leaders to be a 2019 Obama Fellow. The Obama Foundation is supporting Ciara and the team at Green Our Planet to scale their program across the United States and beyond. In 2001, Ciara set up and ran a film production company, Lion Television, with offices in LA and New York. During that time, she managed over 60 employees and produced hundreds of films a year for PBS, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, PBS, BBC, Fox, and E! Ciara uses her background in television to include educational films as a core part of the Green Our Planet offerings to schools.Check out our channel for more podcast episodes! Don't forget to follow us on our socials too to learn more tips to START, GROW and SCALE your business.https://blueskybizconsulting.com/ https://www.facebook.com/blueskybizconsulting https://www.instagram.com/blueskybizconsulting/Don't forget to learn more about Ciara and her work at: http://www.greenourplanet.org/ Follow her at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciara-byrne-3548619/ Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-our-planet/
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