Exclusive – In conversation with Mitzi Jonelle Tan
We went to the Natural History Museum’s Generation Hope: Act for the Planet event to speak with the environmental justice activist about how young people can use their influence and actions to drive positive change for the Earth’s future. Mitzi Jonelle Tan is an environmental justice activist from the Philippines....
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Exclusive – In conversation with Daphne Frias
We went to the Natural History Museum’s Generation Hope: Act for the Planet event to speak with the climate justice activist and storyteller about how young people can use their influence and actions to drive positive change for the Earth’s future. Daphne Frias is a Latina climate justice activist and...
Exclusive – Meet Ishaan Shah, the Gen Z activist fighting modern slavery
We spoke with the 19-year-old UN Youth Representative and co-founder of Stolen Dreams – a youth-led collective driving action around ending modern slavery – about how he is guaranteeing that every human being has access to basic human rights. Ishaan Shah was just thirteen when he learned that slavery is...
Exclusive – COP27’s Biodiversity Day with Kasha Slavner
We spoke with award-winning filmmaker and activist Kasha Slavner about what it means to respect and protect our planet on COP’s Biodiversity Day. Yesterday’s theme at COP27 was Biodiversity Day. Leaders gathered to discuss nature and ecosystem-based solutions to climate mitigation and adaptation. They also built strategies to mobilise global...
Exclusive – COP27’s Water Day with Bodhi Patil & Nyombi Morris
Yesterday was Water Day at COP27. World leaders set out to discuss sustainable water resource management, as well as water scarcity, drought, cross-boundary cooperation, and improving water systems. Currently, 3.6 billion people face inadequate access to water for at least one month per year. By 2050, water scarcity is expected to...
Exclusive – Zandile Ndhlovu on fostering a more inclusive ocean
We spoke to South Africa’s first Black female freediving instructor about her mission to diversify the sea and educate young people of colour on the importance of preserving it. Born in a land-locked South African township, far from any coastline, it wasn’t until adulthood that Zandile Ndhlovu first experienced the...
Exclusive – COP 27’s Decarbonisation Day with Michael Backlund
We spoke to Climate Science president and climate and peace activist Michael Backlund about COP27, decarbonisation, and how young people can get involved in fighting against the climate emergency. Friday of COP27’s first week was officially ‘Decarbonisation Day’, where leaders and attendees will discuss various technologies and campaigns to lower the carbon levels in our atmosphere, as well as examine our transition into a low carbon economy. To get a...
Exclusive – COP27’s Science Day with Ann Makosinski
We spoke to inventor and public speaker Ann Makosinski about science, climate change, and how COP27 can help young people to get their voices heard. We’re back with another exclusive chat with Ann Makosinski, the inventory and public speaker from Canada. In 2013 she won the Google Science Fair with a novel flashlight that uses Peltier tiles to transform human thermal energy into light. She also created the eDrink, a...
Exclusive – COP27’s Finance Day with Oluwaseyi Moejoh
We had the pleasure of speaking with U-Recycle Initiative’s co-founder, Oluwaseyi Moejoh, about one of the most daunting and misunderstood themes of COP27: finance.
Oluwaseyi Moejoh is a Nigerian environmentalist and global change-maker who is enthusiastic about sustainability and the protection of the oceans.
She is the co-founder of U-Recycle Initiative, a youth-led organisation focused on advancing a circular economy in Africa and beyond through reinforcing environmental sustainability and recycling culture.
Exclusive – Why Thijs Biersteker is taking his work to COP15
The ecological artist has created a robotic plant that grows based on biodiversity data from the Natural History Museum. It demonstrates how the choices we make now will affect the state of nature over the next thirty years. We spoke with him about his mission to turn facts into feelings. Thijs Biersteker is an award-winning ecological artist whose work channels creativity into raising awareness about pressing environmental issues. His immersive...
