Save the date for Friday, June 27, 2025 for LA's coolest climate party: The Badass in Green Awards!
Our annual awards serve as the primary fundraising event supporting our non-profit initiatives at EnviroVoters. Our organization works year-round to build the political will and power to solve the climate crisis, advance equity and create a roadmap for global action. We cultivate and elect environmental champions, turn electoral victories into policy wins, hold lawmakers accountable, and build political power among all communities across the state to achieve climate justice.
Join us for an evening of music, drinks, and plant-based bites as we celebrate this year’s Badass in Green Honorees alongside a room full of climate champions, activists, CA leaders, enviro partners, and anyone who cares about solving the climate crisis.
Last year’s Badass in Green Awards sold out, so you don’t want to miss it! VIP tickets include access to the Badass Pre-Reception with presenters, honorees, and special guests.
When: Friday, June 27 at 6 p.m.
Where: Smogshoppe 2651 South La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Who: Climate champions, activists, CA leaders, enviro partners, and everyone who cares about solving the climate crisis
Get your tickets before they're sold out!
6:00 p.m. Pre Awards Reception | 7:15 p.m. Awards Presentation & Reception
All GA tickets include premium hosted bar, plant-based bites, complimentary valet parking, and access to the 7pm main reception and Badass in Green Awards program.
VIP tickets include all of that, plus access to the 6pm VIP Reception with honorees, speakers, and special guests.Â
2025 Honorees
California Firefighters aren’t just on the ground when big emergencies happen—they work all year to keep communities safe with controlled burns and fire safety, preparedness, and home hardening education programs. We are so grateful for the dedicated, badass California firefighters that protect our state, and we’re honored to recognize them at the 2025 Badass in Green Awards.​
Accepting this award: David Gacad, President of Sierra Madre Professional Firefighers Local #5216 and Dave Gillotte, President, LA County, FF Local #1014​
Resource Innovations is a woman-founded and women-led energy firm creating transformative impacts in the renewable energy space. Founder & CEO, Lauren Casentini, has shown bold leadership in equity-centered clean energy work and commitment to scalable climate solutions. With over three decades at the forefront of transforming the energy landscape, we are honored to recognize her and Resource Innovations as a 2025 Badass in Green Honoree.
Accepting this award: Lauren Casentini, Founder & CEO of Resource Innovations​
2025 Special Guests
2025 Sponsors
Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP
Environmental Defense Fund
Health Net
Persefoni
Assemblymember Dawn Addis
Assemblymember Chris Ward
Congressmember Luz Rivas
CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals
LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath
Stones’ Phones
The Strategy Group
UFCW Western States Council
The Better World Group
BlueGreen Alliance
Environmental & Energy Consulting
Los Angeles Waterkeeper
Mitchell M Tsai Law Firm; Perotti & Carrade
S.E. Owens & Company
Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers
Giving Levels
Sponsorships start at $1,000 with benefits progressive at each level.
Agitator- $1,000
- On-screen sponsor listing at event
- Admittance for 2 guests to the main event
- Inclusion in post-event social media
Resistor- $2,500
- On-screen sponsor listing at the event
- Admittance for 4 guests to the main event
- Inclusion in post-event social media
Fighter- $5,000
- Half-screen sponsor listing at the event
- Verbal recognition during the event
- Inclusion in post-event social media
- Opportunity to include merch in event gift bag
- Admittance for 5 to the main event + 2 of these guests are also invited to join the VIP pre-party!
Fearless- $10,000
- Logo on event invitations
- Half-screen sponsor listing at event
- Verbal recognition during the event
- Digital ad opportunity
- Inclusion in pre and post-event social media
- Opportunity to include merch in event gift bag
- Admittance for 6 to the main event + 4 of these guests are also invited to join the VIP pre-party!
Badass- $25,000
- Primary brand affiliation with the event
- Logo on event invitations and on all
event marketing materials - Half page sponsor listing during event
- Showcase looping video content on displays during event
- Verbal recognition during the event
- Admittance for 6 to VIP pre-reception + main event program
- Inclusion in all event social media + opportunities to collaborate
- Opportunity to include branded merch in event gift bags
- Membership in the Eco Power Caucus donor circle, which includes opportunities to engage with EnviroVoters staff and leadership
Presenting- $50,000
- Sole co-presenting credit
- Logo on event invitations an on all event marketing materials
- Full-page sponsor listing during event
- Logo on step & repeat at the event
- Showcase looping video content on displays during event
- Verbal recognition during the program
- Admittance for 10 to VIP pre-reception + main event program
- Inclusion in all event social media + opportunities to collaborate
- Opportunity to include merch in gift bags
- Speaking opportunity during program
- Membership in the Eco Power Caucus donor circle, which includes opportunities to engage with EnviroVoters staff and leadership
$10,000+ Custom Package
Tailor your sponsorship to fit your needs with benefits that match your organizational priorities!
Custom benefits may include: Branding opportunities, marketing collaborations, GA & VIP ticket bundles, merch for event gift bags, speaking opportunities, presenting opportunities, verbal recognition, VIP seating at event, social media shout outs, membership into the Eco Power Caucus, and more!
Prefer to sponsor by check?Â
California Environmental Voters
1111 Broadway, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94607
EnviroVoters’ Tax ID number is 94-3169564
For questions about your donation, email ReJeana Goldsborough: Rejeana@envirovoters.org
Why Sponsor?
Support Climate Action
California Environmental Voters’ mission is to transform our political system to stop the climate crisis, build resilient, connected and green communities, and create a more just and sustainable economy. Sponsoring the Badass in Green Awards empowers our nonprofit mission across California.
Brand Exposure
You or your organization will be credited as a sponsor during the event and receive additional brand exposure online through EnviroVoters’ marketing channels. Top-level sponsors receive heightened exposure and affiliation with the awards.
Community Recognition
As a sponsor, you or your organization have the opportunity to be recognized in promotional material,and highlighted during the program, showing all of California, and its political and environmental communities, your commitment to solving the climate crisis.
Previous Honorees
Kamala Harris
Al Gore
Adam McKay
Nicole Taylor
Genesis Butler
Violet-Sage Walker
Dolores Huerta
Issac Bryan
Previous Speakers
California Lieutenant Governor
Eleni Kounalakis
California Attorney General
Rob Bonta
Los Angeles Deputy Mayor
Nancy Sutley
Congresswoman
Laura Friedman
California Senator
Henry Stern
Assemblymember
Ash Kalra
California Environmental Voters is 501 (c)(4) non-profit organization, and our Tax ID Number is 94-3169564. Gifts are not tax deductible as a charitable donation for federal income tax purposes.
What We Do
California Environmental Voters is focused on building the political power to solve the climate crisis, advancing justice, and creating a roadmap for global action. We are California’s voice, statewide and nationally, for bold climate action. We elect and cultivate environmental champions, turn election victories into policy wins, hold our lawmakers accountable, and build political power to transform our political system and achieve climate justice. Learn more about what we do.
