Filmmaker, video producer, photographer, and impact storyteller for NGOs.
About
Leslie Von Pless is the Director, Video and Photography for Environmental Defense Fund, where she shoots, edits, and produces films, video and photography about climate change impacts and solutions. Previously, she was the Multimedia Producer for Lambda Legal and the Multimedia Manager for the Women's Media Center.
Leslie's videos have been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, Upworthy, People Magazine, Mic, Refinery 29, and more. Her work has screened at numerous film festivals and has received recognitions, such as: Telly Awards, Vimeo Staff Pick, Grand Jury Award for Documentary Short at Outfest, Best Short Documentary at Ocean Beach Film Festival, Keynote Film at Glimmerglass Film Days, First Place in WNET Short Film Contest, and others.
Leslie is passionate about nature and the outdoors, and her favorite place on the planet to be is underwater.
For the Forest, For the Future is a series of video stories that emphasize the role that Indigenous Peoples play in conserving nature and why the world needs to support their work.
Mangroves are the passport to our survival as a species. Communities depend on a thriving mangrove ecosystems for food and livelihoods, and a square mile of healthy mangrove forest can sequester carbon 10 times faster than the same area of mature tropical forests. But mangrove forests can also emit greenhouse gases when disturbed or degraded. In Ecuador, fishing communities and scientists work together to restore these forests and understand the climate benefits they provide to the world.
It's the biggest piece of climate legislation in U.S. history promising nearly $370 billion in clean energy incentives. And for Keena Mullins, who comes from a long line of coal mining families, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, can't come soon enough. “We’re on a mission to make sure central Appalachia plays just as important a role in America’s energy future as we did in our country’s past,” says Mullins, who helped co-found a solar installation company in her home state of West Virginia.
