Leor Rotchild is a nationally-recognized speaker, author, podcaster, and consultant with 20 years of sustainable business experience. He currently serves as the Senior Director at Upswing Solutions, a B Corp certified, boutique sustainability consulting firm. Leor founded an environmental events company called Do It Green, which supported hundreds of events in Canada. He also served as Executive Director of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, a national hub for sustainability leaders across all sectors. Leor's writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail and CBC. His podcast - Pipelines and Turbines can be found on most major platforms and he delivered keynote presentations at events including The Sustainable Events Forum, The Walrus Talks, and the World Forum for a Responsible Economy. He lives in Calgary, Alberta with his partner and two children.
"Having spoken at over 2,000 events, I know full well that how we gather matters. But Leor Rotchild's book takes things several steps further, explaining how we can create events that boost the ""small but mighty"" global movement seeking to ensure that every event and its content is truly future-friendly. — John Elkington, author, Green Swans and Tickling Sharks, and co-founder, Environmental Data Services (ENDS), SustainAbility, and Volans. Leor has beautifully crafted a page-turner in sustainable event management! Centred on the big issues of circularity, climate change impact and purchasing, his easy-to-read storytelling approach is thought-provoking and inspiring. — Meegan Jones, author, Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide, and Director, Institute for Sustainable Events How We Gather Matters is a groundbreaking how-to field guide for the events industry in the 21st century. It skillfully navigates the nexus between impact and sustainable sourcing, offering an insightful and practical blueprint for long-overdue transformative change in a high-profile sector. This should be a mandatory text for any hospitality management course, and bedside reading for corporate event planners. — Bob Willard, Founder and Chief Sustainability Champion, Sustainability Advantage Leor Rotchild's book How We Gather Matters is a must-read for sustainability professionals and event managers around the world. Thank goodness for Leor's event playbook which shows us all how. — Coro Strandberg, President, Strandberg Consulting and Chair, Canadian Purpose Economy Project"