Panelist
Julieta Martinez,聽founder of Tremandas Hilda Flavia Nekabuye,聽who started the Uganda branch of Fridays for Future, a youth-led global climate strike movement
During that panel, Indigenous participants from Belize, Arizona, Canada, the United States and Panama highlighted a worldview in which values of reciprocity prevail, not only with one another but also between humans and the planet. The earth and animals are viewed not as a 鈥渘atural resource鈥 to be extracted from but as part of an interconnected web.
聽鈥淭he actions we need to take may not be profitable in the short run but if we don't take those actions, human civilization itself is threatened."鈥擥illian Marcelle, CEO and founder of Resilience Capital Ventures, LLC
Nearly 4,000 people from 90 countries convened at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, either virtually or in-person Friday, for a day-long, candid exploration of something speakers contend isn鈥檛 talked about enough: how climate change impacts people鈥檚 lives right now.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
The Julian Cho Society (JCS), founded by Cristina Coc, is dedicated to the conservation of the environments and rights of Indigenous peoples of southern Belize.
Constance Okollet is the chair of the Osukuru United Women鈥檚 Network (OWN) in the Tororo district of eastern Uganda, and is a self-described peasant farmer and mother of seven.
Kishore Rao is Deloitte鈥檚 global consulting sustainability and climate leader, focused on government and public sector clients.
Elham Youssefian joined the International Disability Alliance (IDA) Secretariat in November 2019 as the inclusive humanitarian action and DRR鈥痑dvisor.