I say this with no exaggeration, there is no doubt in my mind that we witnessed a piece of history at @cop26uk in Glasgow. I would feel honoured to be in the presence of just one of these women individually (they are all actual superstars who are quite literally making the world a better place) – but to be with them altogether – was almost overwhelming. I felt a bit like I was in the presence of the female Avengers assembling before The Battle of Earth!
However, as I have spent time with them over the last few weeks, I’ve realised they are also just ordinary women committed to taking extraordinary steps, for the better… So in these next few posts, I will introduce them by giving you the extraordinary and the ordinary, because it’s important you know that they consider everyone that cares about this issue – one of them and I have seen that in real time. They really believe it’s not individuals like us that can change things – it is small, synchronized actions and changes we make together en masse that can change the world. ♥️
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
SWIPE FOR SNEAK PEAKS OF #COP26 PANEL – STAY TUNED FOR THE FULL PANEL LINK COMING SOON ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
—From Sophie Lambin, @solambin
“Climate Avengers take on COP26!
Amidst all the noise and activity of #COP26, there was one event that really stood out for me. Young climate leaders gathered from around the globe for a surprise session The New York Times’s bewitching Conference of the Trees, to discuss the future of leadership in the climate movement.
They exposed the systems and circles that place too much emphasis on single, iconic leaders, and not enough on the benefits of more diverse and well-distributed leadership models. We have been blinding ourselves, it seems, to the value of true representation, which simply cannot be borne from a single figure, no matter how charismatic. Leaders’ who are BIPOC or who have disabilities are often denied the recognition that ‘famous people’ receive by default. Does the climate challenge need celebrities, or diverse and inclusive voices to secure a fair and healthy future?
The speakers condemned a widespread refusal, in our societies, to recognise the power of collective leadership, highlighting a tendency towards divisiveness, misrepresentation and exclusion. On the contrary, they argued: collective, coalition-led leadership is most conducive to the intersectional thinking that the climate challenge requires.
Greta Thunberg, Vanessa Nakate, Malala Yousafzai, Tori Tsui, Viviam Villafaña, Daphne Frias, Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. and Dominique Palmer made it clear that they want their messages shared and spread – not fetishised and attributed to a single climate mascot on the global stage. We need urgent and radical systems change, they concluded. We must not let ourselves become overwhelmed by the many challenges and difficult conversations ahead. We must draw upon each other’s strengths, find our inner Avenger, and do what we can, together. Because everything we do is enough, so long we’re not acting alone.”
Greta Thunberg has described herself as a true nerd at heart. She is a climate & environmental activist from Sweden who is active in the “Fridays For Future” movement, which is an international, intersectional movement of students striking for climate change. She identifies as being on the autistic spectrum which she calls her superpower.
@gretathunberg @fridaysforfuture
Time to suit up — choose your hero 🦸♀️ Full link of NYT Cop26 panel dropping soon, keep an eye out 😉
Amanda Gorman set the US on fire at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. She is the country’s youngest and first ever youth poet laureate and plans to run for president in 2036. Swipe to watch “Earthrise” ♥️🌎 @amandascgorman
Amanda Gorman set the US on fire at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. She is the country’s youngest and first ever youth poet laureate and plans to run for president in 2036. Swipe to watch “Earthrise” ♥️🌎 @amandascgorman
Amanda Gorman set the US on fire at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. She is the country’s youngest and first ever youth poet laureate and plans to run for president in 2036. Swipe to watch “Earthrise” ♥️🌎 @amandascgorman
Amanda Gorman set the US on fire at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. She is the country’s youngest and first ever youth poet laureate and plans to run for president in 2036. Swipe to watch “Earthrise” ♥️🌎 @amandascgorman
Amanda Gorman set the US on fire at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. She is the country’s youngest and first ever youth poet laureate and plans to run for president in 2036. Swipe to watch “Earthrise” ♥️🌎 @amandascgorman
Mya-Rose Craig is an environmentalist campaigning for equal access to nature with her charity Black2Nature, highlighting the need to prioritise the rights of indigenous peoples in the climate justice movement. In her book, “We Have a Dream,” she highlights 30 young environmentalists of color from around the planet. She goes by the name Birdgirl online, but because of all the scars she has on her arms from handling Geese – her friends call her “Goosegirl”. At the age of 17 she became the youngest person to see half the world’s bird species, and the youngest Briton to receive an honorary doctorate.
@birdgirluk @officialblack2nature
Vanessa Nakate is currently on the cover of Time magazine under the title – The Activist. For a long time she was the sole protester to stand outside the parliament gates of Uganda. She wrote an incredible book called, “A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis.” She started the Vash Green Schools Project which promotes renewable energy in schools. She makes incredible TikTok videos. She has said she struggled with shyness but has overcome it to start protesting every Friday for the climate.
@vanessanakate1
Malala Yousafzai is a girls’ education advocate. She is a UN Messenger of Peace and co-founder of the Malala Fund. At the of age 11, she became an activist and started fighting for her right as a girl to go to school in Swat Valley, Pakistan. She works to ensure every girl can have access to safe, free, quality education. In her free time she stays up late talking to her friends and she dreams about the beautiful rivers and mountains in her hometown. She has never skipped school…except once to meet with Greta! And her favourite sitcom is Blackadder. She won the Nobel peace prize in 2014.
@malala @malalafund
Daphne Frias describes herself as a disabled climate justice organizer from West Harlem who is passionate about raising awareness on the intersection of disability and climate. As a public health scholar, she is a fierce advocate for ending environmental racism. She is a self proclaimed Tiramisu expert who keeps a running list of her favorites and who – she says – spends WAY too much time watching Harry Styles in concert. She is the former New York State Director of March for Our Lives. And she helped organize New York City’s climate march last autumn.
@frias_daphne
Dominique Palmer is a climate justice activist and organiser in Fridays for Future International. Her activism is focused on mobilising people for the climate, organising climate strikes and various international actions and campaigns, including utilising music and creative means to outreach to people. She was noted in Forbes 2020 Top 100 UK Environmentalist List for her work. She campaigns for bold and systemic action from global leaders, and is a speaker on environmental justice. She believes in finding joy in every day things, loves kpop and has 25 plant children which all have names.
@domipalmer @fridaysforfuture
Viviam Villafaña is a young indigenous woman from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta. In 2020 she sailed across the Atlantic until Covid-19 stopped her. But a global pandemic wasn’t enough to prevent her from spreading her and her community’s message. When she was sailing with “Sail for Climate Action”, she got sick quite often, and said she developed the super power of puking while having deep conversations at the same time. She is part of a project called “Unite for Climate Action”, which started as an inclusive vision within decision-making spaces such as COP26. She is also part of the Cabildo Arhuaco Magdalena-Guajira in Colombia and an incredible climate justice activist at @pactoxelclima.
@gunagu54
Tori Tsui is a climate justice organiser, and (environ)mental health advocate from Hong Kong. She co-founded Bad Activist Collective and Pass the Mic Climate. She is a facilitator in Unite For Climate Action and the organising group – Stop Cambo. She has a Himalayan Persian cat called Pom whose image she makes into stickers which she sends over text message. She describes Pom as an icon of the climate movement. She recently sailed across the Atlantic Ocean as part of the climate think tank “Sail to the COP”. She is currently writing a book on the intricacies of climate grief in the youth movement.
@toritsui_ @badactivistcollective
