Marji Puotinen, Australia. What do Penguins and coral reefs have in common? Taking creative climate action in Australia and beyond! Marji Puotinen is a research scientist studying the impacts of climate change and tropical cyclones on the world’s coral reefs. Combining her love for coral reefs and concerns [...]
Herbert Murungi, Uganda: My daughter will grow up in a world that is already experiencing the fall outs of climate change. 31 year old Herbert Murungi, from Kampala Uganda, is a father, environment scientist, and social entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Rural Environmental Sustainability Initiative-RESI, a social [...]
Rayana Burgos: Mobilizing faith for climate action in Brazil Rayana Burgos is a young Brazilian political scientist working to achieve climate justice. She is Umbandista, an Afro-Brazilian religion, and believes that faith and the environment are connected, because she finds her spirituality in nature. Rayana is a Youth [...]
Leanne Brummell, Australia: “I’m just a mum who thinks these gas projects shouldn’t be happening” Leanne is co-founder of Australian Parents for Climate Action and a key coordinator within Parents for Future Global. She is also a member of the Knitting Nannas, a collective using knitting and artivism [...]
Eileen McGinnis: “Love for my child motivates me to act on climate.” Building a climate community for parents in Austin, Texas Eileen McGinnis is the founder of The Parents' Climate Community in Austin, Texas, USA, which provides meetups for parents concerned about the climate crisis. Since its [...]
Aphrodice Nshimiyimana: “We need a collective effort on climate that will last from generation to generation” - intergenerational climate action in Rwanda Aphrodice Nshimiyimana is an environmental communicator based in Rwanda. He facilitates climate action and environmental conservation work in grassroots communities. He has established a network [...]
Yasmina Hasni: “The environmental issue is a parents’ issue” mobilizing mothers for climate action in Indonesia 38-year-old Yasmina Hasni found herself grappling with anxiety over climate change. She decided that the best way forward was to share the anxiety and find a solution. This thought led her [...]
Aydah Akao: “The mothers are very strong, but they are concerned.” Experiencing climate change as a mother in the Pacific. 43-year-old Aydah Akao lives with her four children in the Solomon Islands. The devastation caused by cyclones and flooding on the islands got her thinking about climate [...]
Helena Kääriäinen. Bringing “granny wisdom” to the climate movement in Finland Helena Kääriäinen is a clinical geneticist and Research Professor at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland. Now in her early seventies, the grandmother of four is a founding member of Aktivistimummot (Activist [...]
Every third child in Delhi has damaged lungs A conversation with Bhavreen Kandhari The global climate parent movement is about building connections between parents working on climate change across the world. We learn from and support each other. So, in the run up to COP27, Mary De Mocker, [...]
