Waking Up Well: A Morning With Debbie Levin, Environmental Advocate
Welcome to Waking Up Well, a column where we hand-select people we admire and ask them to share how they start the day. We think morning routines are a crucial part of an intentional wellness journey and we’re fascinated by the practices of our favorite figures.
Debbie Levin has spent the last 26 years of her life as CEO of the Environmental Media Association (EMA), where she continues to show up every day to drive environmental change in the entertainment industry. In her time at EMA, she’s launched the EMA Green Seal for more sustainable productions, started a forum uniting figures across business, media, and advocacy, and accomplished many other wins — big and small. Most of the work that EMA does leverages industry and talent to be the voice for climate issues and a sustainable lifestyle. We love the idea of implementing better sustainable systems and bringing visibility to these topics — so you can imagine our excitement when we first met Debbie!
As with any advocacy work, Debbie begins by waking up each morning and showing up for herself first. She lives at the heart of media and entertainment in Los Angeles, an ever-changing landscape that she’s constantly working to improve. Yet even after all these years, she’s still eager to get back at it every morning. After the fires earlier this year, she’s been even more enmeshed in supporting local communities and helping process the collective loss and state of shock.
Below, we hear more from her on the reason she hops out of bed each morning and how she gets it done each day.