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Our Founder

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Yash Narayan

Founder and Executive Director

Yash Narayan founded ZeroCarbon to create healthy and resilient local communities that tackle climate change. He is the author of the book Stories from the Streets: Why Saving the Planet Means Investing in Informal Waste Workers, based on interviews and experiences he had with informal waste workers on the streets of SF and Portland. He is dedicated to using his career's work to find scalable and sustainable solutions to fight inequities, create opportunities, and improve global living standards. 

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