Designer, environmentalist, educator, husband, and dad (not necessarily in that order), Todd Barsanti is a Professor of Design at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. Teaching since 2002, his primary focus in academics is in design foundations and in the integration of sustainability issues into design curricula. An award-winning designer with two decades of professional and academic experience, Todd operated his own studio, Elemeno Inc. in Toronto from 1998 to 2011. 

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Todd has a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies as well as a diploma in Environmental & Sustainability Education from York University. 

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Trained by former US Vice President Al Gore in 2013, Todd has dedicated much of his free time to spreading the reality of our climate crisis through voluntary speaking engagements and acts as mentor to 500+ climate leaders in Southern Ontario. Todd has also created graphic communications for the Canadian branch of Climate Reality, including posters promoting messages about sustainability and logos for various programs.

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Todd is also head coach of his daughter’s (10) and son’s (12) house league hockey teams.