Billy Parish, Co-Founder and Coordinator of the Energy Action Coalition, has brought together over 40 diverse, youth-led organizations into a joint campaign to catalyze the transition to a clean energy economy called The Campus Climate Challenge. 

Billy was a 2004 Brower Youth Award Winner, 2005 Rolling Stone magazine "Climate Hero," Mother Jones magazine's 2006 "Student Activist of the Year," and was recently named a "Fellow" by Ashoka, the global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs. 

A co-author of the report "New Energy for Campuses," a guide for colleges and universities on how to cost-effectively cut their greenhouse gas emissions, Billy works to train students and equip them with the tools they need to implement local climate solutions.

Billy has taken four years off from Yale, where he was co-chair of the Yale Student Environmental Coalition and was majoring in Ethics, Politics & Economics.  Born in New York City, Billy now lives in Flagstaff, AZ.

Coordinator, Energy Action Coalition - www.climatechallenge.org
Ashoka Fellow - www.ashoka.org
Occasional Blogger - www.itsgettinghotinhere.org