Exclusive – in conversation with Mitzi Jonelle Tan and Erica McAlister
We went to the Natural History Museum’s Generation Hope: Act for the Planet event to highlight both the anti-imperialist climate justice activist’s and the entomologist’s insights on the climate crisis and how we can drive positive change for the Earth’s future. Mitzi Jonelle Tan is an environmental justice activist from...
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Exclusive – Meeting student welfare activist Nasir Khuehami
We spoke with student activist and National Convener of Jammu & Kashmir Students’ Association about his work towards ensuring the safety and security of Kashmiri students by coordinating evacuations, relief drives, and protests. ‘I am duty bound to try and help’, says Nasir Khuehami while echoing his motto as...
Exclusive – Chelsea Miller talks sustainable-movement building
A leading voice in racial justice and digital organising, Chelsea Miller is the co-founder of Freedom March NYC, one of the largest youth-led civil rights groups in America. We spoke to her about how considering long-term impact should always take precedence over promoting band-aid solutions. ‘People can’t be what they...
Exclusive – Schuyler Bailar on striving to engage with our shared humanity
We spoke to the athlete, author, and advocate for trans rights, radical body acceptance, and mental health awareness about his work to provide us with the fundamental language and context of gender so we can pave the way to understanding, acceptance, and inclusion. In 2015, Schuyler Bailar made headlines...
Exclusive – Meet documentary makers Common Table Creative
As the future of the world balances on a knife edge, these impact documentary filmmakers have started a conversation about how the one thing we share could be the one thing that saves us. If each generation has its cross to bear, then climate change is surely ours. Gen...
Exclusive – How Wawa Gatheru is closing the climate movement gaps
In 2021, the environmental justice activist founded Black Girl Environmentalist to centre Black girls, women, and gender-expansive people in the climate movement while shifting inequitable power structures that create barriers to access. We spoke to her about what this involves. Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru has made it her mission to guarantee...
Exclusive – How Tap Social is helping prison rehabilitation
Tap Social is a unique and thriving social enterprise in the heart of Oxford, combining craft beer with prison rehabilitation. Walking into the Market Tap, you would not have guessed that this warm and lively venue opened just two months earlier. Located in the centre of Oxford’s Covered Market, Tap’s newest site is a constant current of tourists and locals checking out the craft beers and freshly baked goods. Staff and customers...
Exclusive – In conversation with The Conversationalist
Armed with a steadfast passion for dialogue, Sophie Beren founded a non-partisan educational platform to bring people together, across differences, through meaningful human connection. We spoke to the self-proclaimed Gen Z ‘unifier’ about what this involves. When it comes to difficult conversations, most of us are inclined to avoid them. Engaging in discussions with those who have varying opinions can be a powerful thing, however, as long as they’re...
Exclusive – Chatting to the ‘Gen Z Historian’ Kahlil Greene
The self-professed Gen Z historian, who uses content creation to channel his passion for history, social justice, and public speaking, educates young people on how to build their knowledge so as to best support the causes they care about most. We spoke to him about what this involves. ‘Everyone has a different way of enacting change,’ says Kahlil Greene. ‘For me, it’s educating.’ Exemplifying this statement, the 23-year-old began his journey...
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...
