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Ernst John Kaars Sijpesteijn: Organizing grandparents and seniors across Europe to fight for climate policies that will protect future generations

Ernst John Kaars Sijpesteijn: Organizing grandparents and seniors across Europe to fight for climate policies that will protect future generations Ernst John is a musician and events coordinator living in Amsterdam. He has been organizing on sustainability issues and European cooperation since the mid-nineties. Over the [...]

Dr. Susan Pacheco: If people really understood how air pollution are damaging their children’s health

Dr. Susan Pacheco: “If people really understood how climate change and air pollution are damaging their children’s health, the tone of the global climate conversation would change.” Dr. Susan Pacheco is the mother of three grown children and a professor of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at McGovern [...]

Lisa María Madera: Restoring rivers, weaving community, and connecting to Mother Earth through ancestral traditions in Ecuador

Lisa María Madera: Restoring rivers, weaving community, and connecting to Mother Earth through ancestral traditions in Ecuador Lisa María is a mother, writer, and educator who serves as community weaver and riverkeeper for the Colectivo Rescate del Rio San Pedro, a group that creates intergenerational mingas to [...]

Maren Glüer: Across the generations – how my mother and my daughter spurred me into climate action

Maren Glüer: Across the generations - how my mother and my daughter spurred me into climate action A medical and organisational psychologist PhD based in Hamburg, Maren Glueer says that going to a climate strike with her teenage daughter in 2019 and seeing thousands of committed passionate [...]

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