Asher Jay is a force of nature. Her passion for the planet, the animals, and for doing the right thing is infectious.
She’s known as a designer, artist, and conservationist and has also been a stand-up comedian, a key advisor to a Venture Capital Growth Fund focusing on Saas AI, and is turning her hand to founding a tech company too!
And everything Asher does, she takes to the max where USNC named her a United Nations Women Design Star in 2012 and was designated an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic in 2014.
Asher Jay uses her public figure as a force for good creating a campaign against blood ivory. Through her compelling paintings, sculptures, installations, animations, ad campaigns, and films, Asher’s work has contributed to raising consumer awareness and empowering citizen action. Her singular purpose: to solve for a sustainable, holistic future that fosters tangible coexistence between humanity and the wild.
From business to design, Asher’s efforts have always pushed the boundaries on and explored technology as the final frontier to promote access and address inequity. Asher and her team aim to foster an inclusive, cyclical paradigm that takes humanity out of its exploitative, deficit-causing expression and into models of mutualism. Working for people and planet with purpose Asher asserts, “individually we can tell stories, but together we can change the narrative.” +
Timestamps:
- 5:55 – Asher talks about capitalism and the relation to conservation
- 9:11 – Asher makes the point that corporations need to shift mindset and actions for sustainability
- 11:10 – Asher talks about her focus to make sustainability easier
- 14:46 – Asher talks about how changing corporation and personal mindset will be difficult but necessary
- 20:53 – Asher talks about hiring people for their merit
- 21:55 – Asher talks about the advantages of startups
- 28:52 – Asher talks about systemic inequalities
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