Simran Sethi
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Simran Sethi (born October 12, 1970 in Munich, Germany) is an Indian American journalist, television producer and activist of Indian origin. She graduated cum laude in 1992 from Smith College with a BA in sociology and gender studies. In 2005, Sethi was awarded an MBA in sustainable business by the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco.
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[edit] Career
Sethi began her media career in 1993 as a documentary producer for MTV. In 1994, she became a host/producer for MTV Networks Asia News, eventually taking the anchor chair at that program in 1995. She co-created and ran the news department for MTV India in 1996. She anchored and produced their news broadcast until 1997, after which she developed her own production company, SHE TV.
Sethi returned to the United States in 1999 and hosted Daily Remix for Oxygen Media. After working as a consultant for business and activist groups, she became the anchor/writer for the public television series Ethical Markets. Sethi is the contributing author (with Hazel Henderson) to the companion book for that series, Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy which was awarded a Bronze Medal for Best Business Ethics Book from Axiom.
Sethi co-created, hosted, and oversaw all video and audio content for Treehugger.com, the largest environmental website on the Internet. Under her management, TreeHugger won the 2006 Vloggie for Best Green Vlog. Lauded in Vanity Fair: The Green Issue as Simran Sethi "The Messenger" Sethi hosted a forum on global warming with Nobel Laureate Al Gore for Al Gore on Live Earth and created an audio podcast series for Gore’s non-profit, Tune In: Podcasts About How You Can Make a Difference. She has been identified as a Vanity Fair's Women's Impact Report, and named one of the top Eco-Heroes of the Planet by the UK’s Independent (July 2007).
Sethi formerly served on the board of advisors for New York City-based NPR station WNYC, and on the board of directors for the National Radio Project. In addition, she has appeared as an environmental expert on various TV programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show: Go Green This Earth Day, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and Martha Stewart. She is currently a contributing environmental correspondent for NBC Nightly News Greening the Super Bowl, MSNBC, CNBC and The Today Show.
Sethi is the Lacy C. Haynes Professional Chair at the University of Kansas School of Journalism & Mass Communication, where she teaches courses on the intersections between media and the environment, sustainability, and communication in developing countries.
[edit] Awards
- Axiom Bronze Medal for Best Business Ethics Book: Ethical Markets: Growing The Green Economy (2008)
- Environmental Media Award: Best Environmental Documentary for Sundance Channel's Big Ideas for a Small Planet (2007)
- Webby Award Peoples Voice Award for TreeHugger.com (2007)
- Vloggie Award Best Green Vlog for TreeHugger.com (2007)
- New York International Film and Television Award for MTV News 24 Hours in Rock and Roll (1995)
- Cable ACE Award for MTV News Hate Rock (1994)
- New York International Film and Television Award for MTV News Help Not Wanted (1991)
- Houston Worldfest Award for MTV News Help Not Wanted (1991)
- New York International Film and Television Award for MTV News Freaks, Nerds, and Weirdoes (1990)
- Houston Worldfest Award for MTV News Sex in the '90s (1989)
[edit] Books
- Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1933392233 (with Hazel Henderson)
[edit] Press
- 2/19/2008 The University Daily Kansan Environmentalist Shares Her Passion With Lawrence
- 1/29/2008 Lawrence.com Punditocracy
- 1/2008-2/2008 Body + Soul Magazine A Green Goddess
- 12/7/2007 WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show Green Lining On A Silver Tree
- 10/19/2007 Bioneers By The Bay podcast
- 10/15/2007 KCUR Up To Date with Simran Sethi
- 10/1/2007 The Pitch Kansas City Best Of 2007: Best Celebrity
- 9/19/2007 Good Times Weekly: Renewable Power to the People
- 9/3/2007 Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune: Let Them Eat Pie Photo Gallery
- 8/21/2007 Winston-Salem Journal: Being Herself: 'Green' activist finds way to get her messages out
- 7/30/2007 Variety: Crow, Laurie David, Melissa Etheridge, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Simran Sethi, Bonnie Raitt Celebrities Focus on Environmental Issues in Various Ways
- 7/3/2007 Lawrence.com, Red, White and Green
- 4/30/2007 Lawrence.com, eco 2.0
- 3/2007 Domino Magazine, My Green Life: the on-the-go journalist
- 3/2007 Common Ground Magazine: Conversations: Simran Sethi
- 12/5/2006 The Keeper, Keeper.com Interview with Simran Sethi (audio)
