AMY SPENCER HARFF is an energy and climate Senior Consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, an Aspen Institute Future Climate Leader, a Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Art Judge and artist. She is also a co-founder of the Imagine Earth Collective, a DC-based creative community making art events focused on local climate and environmental issues.

Her 2022-2023 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship explored local approaches to creative climate action around the world. During the fellowship, she met and worked with over 350 scientists, NGOs, artists, community leaders, activists, government officials, and academics to understand how creativity can be a catalyst for climate action. She also spoke at USA’s Local Conference of Youth, NY Climate Week, Goldsmiths University (UK), Generation Zero events (NZ), the Sustainability and Ocean Conservation Symposium (IS), and aboard the Peace Boat for the UN Ocean Decade (UK). Her speeches have been translated into three languages.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE She previously worked as a science teacher at the Applewild School, and as a Climate Researcher and Educator with the Appalachian Mountain Club and Adirondack Mountain Clubs. She graduated from Hamilton College as an Environmental Studies and Studio Art double major in 2021. There, she was a member of Hamilton’s Environmental Action Group, and created several environmentally focused art exhibits, including her award-winning thesis, with large drawings depicting how climate change will impact Hamilton’s community. She also made a food waste photography exhibit called, “Inefficient”, and a short film about hiking trail overuse in the Adirondacks. Her work has been exhibited at The Climate Museum, COP28 in Dubai, DC Climate Week, LA Climate Week, Wellin Museum, YOUTHTOPIA Headquarters, Linda Johnson Gallery, Chazan Gallery, Cornell Green Living Fair, Taiwan Dream Community Festival, The W!LD Center, Time and Tide Foundation, Kalo House and the Kirkland Art Center.