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Exclusive – in conversation with Daphne Frias and Selina Leem
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Exclusive – in conversation with Daphne Frias and Selina Leem

We went to the Natural History Museum’s Generation Hope: Act for the Planet event to highlight both the climate justice activists’ insights on the climate crisis and how we can drive positive change for the Earth’s future. Daphne Frias is a Latina climate justice activist, disability awareness advocate, and storyteller born and raised in West Harlem, NYC. As a freelance organiser, she spends her time speaking at various colleges, summits,...

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Exclusive – Genesis Butler on animal agriculture and the climate crisis
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Exclusive – Genesis Butler on animal agriculture and the climate crisis

We spoke with sixteen-year-old activist Genesis Butler about the inextricable link between animal rights and the climate crisis.   At the age of six, Genesis Butler decided to become vegan. It was a move unexpected by her parents, who were raising her in a home that combines Black, Mexican, and Indigenous heritage and in which meat-based meals have been woven into the culture for millennia. But to Genesis, who spent her free...

By London, UK
Exclusive – Isaias Hernandez sees climate justice as multifaceted
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Exclusive – Isaias Hernandez sees climate justice as multifaceted

The Gen Z environmental educator, who goes by ‘queerbrownvegan’ on social media, is committed to guaranteeing that the links between the disparate issues feeding into our ecological emergency are well understood. We spoke to him about why centring identity, race, and indigeneity in the conversation is decidedly necessary for this to be achieved. It would be an understatement to say that Isaias Hernandez, who goes by ‘queerbrownvegan’ on social...

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Exclusive – Lana Weidgenant on food systems and climate action
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Exclusive – Lana Weidgenant on food systems and climate action

I spoke with Gen Z environmental activist Lana Weidgenant about the importance of pushing for sustainable consumption habits to nourish humanity without destroying the planet. In May, animal-rights group Mercy for Animals debuted For Nature, a hard-hitting short film conceptualised and scripted by Greta Thunberg. Filled with images of environmental destruction, it directly links humanity’s exploitation of animals with the worsening climate crisis. ‘When we think about the villains of the climate...

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