7:04 PM F I D I 3 9 C LU B CHANGE A LITTLE, LIVE A LOT A new environmental collaboration of young professionals in our industry, The Global Green Initiative (GGI), began recently and involves members of FIDI 39 Club, IAM YP and LACMA Next. Here, Morgana Somers, FIDI 39 Club President, and Jessica Deutschmann, Vice-President, talk about the project MORGANA SOMERS, FIDI 39 CLUB PRESIDENT WW W. F I D I. O R G FF293 OctNov19 pp36-39 FIDI 39 Club.indd 37 FF: Can you tell us how the idea of a collaboration came about? Morgana Somers (MS): The idea started a few years ago when we met IAM YP and LACMA Next to brainstorm collaborative projects. At the time, both the FIDI and LACMA conferences were scheduled to take place in Brazil, right after one another. We were all very keen on taking part in a Brazilian tech project with LACMA. However, when the conferences ended up changing locations, the joint tech project never happened. LACMA Next approached us at the recent FIDI Conference in Amsterdam to reignite our collaboration. Jessica and Isabelle Harsch (FIDI 39 Club Board Member) conducted a sustainability workshop at the FIDI 39 Conference and shared their experience and passion with LACMA and IAM. Everyone agreed quickly that focusing our collaboration on the issue of sustainability is the perfect fit. We are in the infancy of the Global Green Initiative and, for now, our goal is to raise awareness. We want this project to grow organically and, above all, our mission is to drive our industry towards a more sustainable future. FF: Why the Global Green Initiative? Jessica Deutschmann (JD): We were able to agree right away on one topic we all care about, 37 18/09/2019 12:51