Thomas Kostigen

Thomas M. Kostigen is a multiple New York Times bestselling author and award-winning writer. He speaks widely at major conferences and events around the globe, including The Climate Project in Seville, Spain where he shared the stage with Nobel Prize winners Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri; The Aspen Institute; Harvard Business School Alumni Association; The NeoCon design expo; The Commonwealth Club; Disney's Environmentality conference; Mind Valley; Passion Sea (supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation); The Climate Resolve annual gala; Cedars Sinai's patrons affair; Credit Suisse and the United Nations Young Leaders conference; Financial Advisor and Private Wealth's annual impact investing conference, and other forums large and small.
His speaking topics include collaboration, sustainable food system trends, and climate technology.
His most recent book, coauthored with Robert Downey, Jr. is Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time (Blackstone Publishing).Kostigen launched and penned The Climate Survivalist column for USA Today, the Better Planet column for Discover magazine, and is a regular contributor to major publications worldwide, including The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Departures, and more.
His numerous books include, The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time (Crown); You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Links Between What We Do and What That Does to The Planet (HarperOne); The Green Blue Book: The Simple Water-Savings Guide to Everything in Your Life (Rodale); The Big Handout (Rodale); The Extreme Weather Survival Guide (National Geographic); What’s Up with the Weather? (National Geographic/kids); and Hacking Planet Earth: How Geoengineering Can Help Us Reimagine the Future (TarcherPerigee).. He is also the author of the novels Golden Dawn (Macmillan) and Fatwa (Macmillan).
As a journalist, Kostigen has reported from war zones to the world's wonders across five continents, and appears regularly as a guest in the media, including The View, Nightline, Good Morning America, the Today Show, Mornings with Al, The Weather Channel, CNN's Erin Burnett, MSNBC's Morning Joe, Entertainment Tonight, Fox News, the Dennis Miller Show, National Public Radio, CNBC, USA Today, USA Weekend, among many other outlets.