Women are
uniquely and more often negatively
affected by climate change, but they
also have unique, important and often
overlooked contributions to solving the
crisis. We examine here how some women
from different generations are working
to help our environment.
- Osprey Orielle
Lake is the Founder and
Executive Director of the Women’s
Earth and Climate Action Network
(WECAN) International. It works
nationally and internationally with
grassroots and frontline women
leaders, policy-makers, and diverse
coalitions to build women’s
leadership, climate justice, resilient
communities, and a just transition to
a decentralized democratized clean
energy future. She has received a
number of awards for her work and has
a recent book: “The Story is in Our
Bones: How Worldviews and Climate
Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis”.
She will talk about her work and the
Women’s Momentum Assembly for a Just
Fossil Fuel Phaseout, a recent global
assembly of women working on these
issues.
- Magnolia
Brown is senior in high
school from Delaware County, PA, who
has developed a podcast, “What in the
World?! A Sustainability Journey”, to
educate herself and other teens about
sustainability. She describes what
motivated her as a young person, her
process in launching this podcast and
the effect it has had.
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