In this interview, Kenyan wildlife biologist and elephant conversationist, Dr. Winnie Kiiru, shares her educational journey, the barriers to African women in STEM careers, and her dedication to fostering youth local knowledge through her organization, CHD Conservation Kenya.

Mina Flores-Cantrell on the water and energy crises in Guam, fighting militarization and colonization, and what it means to root her environmental advocacy in dedication to her Indigenous identities.

The writer and Zero Hour Philippines Founder on mental health and climate anxiety, prioritizing authenticity, and the dangers faced by environmental defenders in the Philippines.

The Fridays for Future Philippines and MAPA organizer on climate imperialism, confronting white saviorism in the climate movement, and how her Filipino heritage has shaped her climate justice activism.

The Start:Empowerment co-founder on grassroots organizing, queer liberation, and fostering connections with love and vulnerability as their activism philosophy.

The Start:Empowerment co-founder on radical imagination, environmental justice education, and community care as a central climate solution.

The Intersectional Data Science Engineer on the connection between technology and environmental justice and why we must make STEM more inclusive.

The Tuesdays For Trash Founder on her Nigerian-Israeli background, movement-building, and navigating the environmental space as a Black woman.

The Singaporean writer on being an “activist-in-progress” and the pros and cons of digital media and social media advocacy.

The Polluters Out Co-Founder on exclusion at COP26, rebelling with poetry, and why the fossil fuel industry must be abolished.