When Rekia Foudel returned to her native country of Niger as an adult, she noticed something that would change her life forever. She met climate entrepreneurs everywhere, but few of them were getting the funding they needed. After earning an MBA in the U.S. and spending five years working in corporate finance, Foudel found herself […]
Let’s face it: it is easy to give in to despair and cynicism in the face of the myriad challenges in our world today. But Subhra Bhattacharjee sees cynicism and despair as luxuries that humanity cannot afford right now. A firm believer in human agency and the power of solidarity, she chooses to confront them […]
Meliponiculture may be a mouthful for many, but for Ysa Calderón, raising and breeding stingless bees is part of how she gives back to her community. A Quechua descendant from the Lambayeque region in northern Peru, Calderón is a conservationist, chemical engineer, ecopreneur and stingless beekeeper who threads her Indigenous heritage and knowledge into everything […]
Growing up in Uganda, Catherine Nakalembe witnessed her mother and other farmers grapple with unpredictable weather patterns with no access to agricultural data. Bent on making a difference, she devoted her PhD at the University of Maryland to exploring land cover change, agriculture and drought in northeastern Uganda – applying her knowledge to address challenges […]
Sonya Dewi has always been fascinated with how everything in life is connected through patterns and processes. Now, she devotes her career to creating links between political infrastructure, conservation and ecosystem services as a landscape ecologist and the Director of Asia for CIFOR-ICRAF. Based in Indonesia, Dewi has spent decades using remote sensing data to […]
Not many 13-year-olds speak in front of Congress. Célia Xakriabá wasn’t like most 13-year-olds. “The Indigenous movement shaped me,” explains Xakriabá, now a member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies for the state of Minas Gerais. Passionate about Indigenous education and activism, Xakriabá became the first Indigenous woman to join the State Department of Education of […]
“Every one of us is a storyteller, and every time we open our mouths we have opportunities to shift the landscape.” Meet Danielle Khan Da Silva – award-winning queer South Asian–Portuguese photographer, filmmaker, writer, intersectional conservationist and National Geographic Explorer. Khan Da Silva’s photography and documentaries are captivating, not only because they’re professionally dazzling, but […]
Ever since she was a child in the Bolivian highlands, Dayana Blanco has always felt deeply rooted to her land and the waters of Uru Uru Lake – a Ramsar site home to dozens of bird species. But times have changed, and the lake’s waters have become tainted with pollution from mining, plastic waste and […]
