Rachana Shah

Location: New York

Rachana Shah

Rachana is a Zero Waste Consultant at Aspire to Zero. She is an activist, public speaker, and mother of two small children, who are among the biggest reasons she works hard to get people to learn about the problems facing our only home, Earth, and get them to change behaviors that are in alignment with nature. She works to forward climate justice because she believes we can change course on the climate crisis if we bring the will and passion we do for keeping our individual homes safe, our schools/workplaces safe, and our communities safe. 

Currently, Rachana works with schools that want to be part of NYC’s Zero Waste Schools program by educating the school community on why and how to implement zero-waste in big institutions. In the past, she has worked with Deloitte Consulting, TerraCycle, Waste Ventures (New Delhi), Climate Reality (led by Al Gore), and more recently Beyond Plastics.  

Rachana lives in Queens in NYC, which is her favorite city because she can pursue her love of Brazilian martial arts, African dance, and Mexican food all in the same day and with just a metrocard and a dream! Still, she is determined to create a slow life in a fast city.