Podcast appearances and mentions of elizabeth wathuti

Today's guest on Cleaning Up is Damilola Ogunbiyi. Damilola is CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, the UN partner organization dedicated to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) – access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. Damilola is a returning guest on Cleaning Up after first joining us for Episode 62 in 2021. She's back to tell us how SEforAll is progressing in its mission to bring electricity to the whole world. After talking Michael through a raft of SEforAll's new initiatives – across everything from clean cooking to carbon markets - Damilola ends with a passionate plea to change the conversation around the energy needs of the developing world:“What is happening is you're using a conversation of no fossil / fossil to fund nothing… The crux of it is, if you look at the money that's going in to Africa, 1.5% of all renewable investment? It's absurd, it is embarrassing.”Make sure you like, subscribe, follow and share Cleaning Up. We're growing fast on LinkedIn, and we'd love for you tell your professional network about us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleaning-up-with-michael-liebreich/You can find everything you need to keep up with Cleaning Up here: https://linktr.ee/mlcleaningupRelevant Guest & Topic LinksLearn more about SEforAll's mission: https://www.seforall.org/Find out more about the parameters of SDG7: https://www.seforall.org/sustainable-development-goal-7-sdg7Read and explore last year's Energy Progress Report 2022: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/Damilola first featured on Episode 62 of Cleaning Up in 2021: https://www.cleaningup.live/ep62-damilola-ogunbiyi-energy-the-red-thread-through-the-sdgs/Edited Highlights from Episode 62 are available here: https://www.cleaningup.live/p/ep62-eh/Episode 118 of Cleaning Up featured Achim Steiner, Administrator of of UNDP and Co-chair of UN Energy alongside Damilola: https://www.cleaningup.live/ep118-achim-steiner-sustaining-development/Our episodes featuring Alain Ebobisse, Elizabeth Wathuti and Bill McKibben can all be found in our  Development playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe8ZTD7dMaaDSF7Z5EpAvtWOs8HPUEdC3Guest BioDamilola Ogunbiyi is the CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy. Before joining SEforAll, Damilola was the first female Managing Director of the Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency, where she initiated the Nigerian Electrification Project, a programme that to date has provided energy access to over 5 million people across NigeriaBefore joining the Federal Government of Nigeria, Damilola was the first female General Manager of the Lagos State Electricity Board. Under her leadership, five independent power projects were completed to deliver over 55 megawatts of power to Lagos State hospitals, schools, and government facilities.  Damilola is a member of the Global Leadership Council of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, an Advisory Board member of the Centre on Global Energy Policy, a member of the Development Advisory Council of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, a member of the Clean Cooking Alliance Advisory Board, a member of the Advisory Board of University of Oxford's Future of Cooling Programme, and Co-Chair of UN–Energy.Damilola holds a bachelor's degree in Project Management with Construction and a Master's degree in Construction Management with Public Private Partnership from the University of Brighton. 

Renowned Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti delivered a moving keynote speech at edie's biggest face-to-face event, edie 23, on 2 March. Hear her speech in full here, with her calls upon leaders to "open their hearts" in solving the world's biggest and most complex challenges.

Does anyone listen to politicians anymore? If not, who do we sit up and take notice of? Can music make change? Is it part of artists and musicians Re-sponsibility to make change?  How much of a difference can they really make ? We are back this week with another RESET REBEL V EARTH PERCENT edition, chatting to the CEO of the AFEN Sylvie Montello Creator & founder of Oceanic Global & Storytellers Ibiza,  Doumi. Plus we finish with a little glimpse of new music from Nick Mulvey and a little final conversation about the climate action track he has just released with EP and created called,  "A prayer of my own" and its remix by Luke La Joya with the words of climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti.  Much food for thought in todays episode as Ibiza summer returns.  more info on our website, www.theresetrebel.com

Den 26-årige kenyanske klimaaktivist Elizabeth Wathuti overvældede verden med sin tale til de politiske ledere på COP26 i Glasgow. Hun blev et forbillede for klimademonstranter og anviste en proteststrategi, som taler til det bedste og det højeste i os alle. I denne Langsomme samtaler fortæller Wathuti om sine personlige erfaringer med klimaødelæggelser, hvordan hun blev klima-aktivist som 7-årig og en historie om kolibrien som inspiration for klimakampen.  

Elizabeth Wathuti, Founder of Green Generation Initiative (GGI). Green Generation Initiative has been working on a range of solutions to address the challenges of; climate emergency, deforestation and biodiversity loss, eco –anxiety and ecological grief and society disconnected from nature. We first learned of Elizabeth when she gave one of the most poignant speeches I heard at COP 26 late last year. As she spoke of the suffering of her people and the animals who are already ravaged by the effects of climate change in her native Kenya, she asked the audience to open their hearts to the idea of feeling some of the pain others are feeling. To allow ourselves to feel true empathy from others, and realise that our actions and fates are all intertwined, even as some parts of the world are more effected now than we are. It was a heart wrenching speech that over powered any of the talks given by world and business leaders who continue to support fossil fuel and other destructive industries. We discuss how she finds the resilience to always be moving forward, what her community efforts have achieved, and also again asks us to open our hearts to understand what is happening in places like Kenya where climate change is so desperately affecting people who had nothing to do with creating it. This is ultimately one of those conversations that offers as much hope as it does the reality of where we are today, and I hope that Elizabeth's words will leave you feeling as moved as they did us. Learn more here: https://www.instagram.com/lizwathuti/

How can we get urgent climate action that is also just? This is the question we explore in Series Two of the People vs Inequality podcast, learning from the stories of change-makers that are turning the tide for climate justice.We are kicking off with one of the most inspiring climate activists of today.  Elizabeth Wathuti shows that youth climate activism is not new, as  she planted her first tree at age 7 and turned anger into action by founding the Green Generation Initiative in 2015. Inspired by the late environmentalist and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai she shows what it means to nurture care and leadership of young people, whilst ‘cracking down the system' that is working against them. Hear why she called on world leaders ‘to open their hearts' at COP26 and how she plans to make sure they deliver for climate justice – for her fellow Kenyans, for Africa and for the world.To find out more about  Elizabeth Wathuti and her work  check out:Elizabeth Wathuti COP26 World Leaders Summit Speech : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73LIu66ojQGreen Generation Initiative website: https://greengenerationinitiative.org/ Wangari Maathai Foundation website:https://wangarimaathai.org/ Keep in touch with us!Email us! - peoplevsinequality@gmail.comTwitter: @pplvsinequalityBlog: https://peoplevsinequality.blogspot.com/ The show is a collaboration between Barbara van Paassen (creator and host), Elizabeth Maina (producer), Alexander Akello (audio engineer) with financial support from the Guerilla Foundation.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams brings you the best interviews from the show in 2021. Featured are conversations with Aya Chebbi, a youth activist, Abdi Nageeye, Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, Elizabeth Wathuti, a climate change activist, Sangu Delle, CEO of Africa Health Holding and Johnny Miller, photographer of Unequal Scenes.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams brings you the best interviews from the show in 2021. Featured are conversations with Aya Chebbi, a youth activist, Abdi Nageeye, Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, Elizabeth Wathuti, a climate change activist, Sangu Delle, CEO of Africa Health Holding and Johnny Miller, photographer of Unequal Scenes.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams brings you the best interviews from the show in 2021. Featured are conversations with Aya Chebbi, a youth activist, Abdi Nageeye, Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, Elizabeth Wathuti, a climate change activist, Sangu Delle, CEO of Africa Health Holding and Johnny Miller, photographer of Unequal Scenes.

Acknowledgement of country News Headlines Elizabeth Wathuti addresses COP26 in Glasgow in November. Elizabeth Wathuti is a founder of the Green Generation Movement in Kenya.  Henry Rajendra is the Deputy President of the NSW Teachers Federation. Henry joins Thursday Breakfast to discuss Tuesday's strike action and the demands of public school teachers in NSW. Henry is a teacher who moved into organising several years ago and he has spearheaded the campaign to highlight the acute shortage of teachers in NSW public schools.  André Dao is a writer and researcher. Andre joins us to discuss 'Growing Up Bilingual in Australia' a new podcast that speaks to bilingual children and their parents about language, culture and what it feels like to be multilingual in Australia. The podcasts first two episodes will be launched on the 18th December. Justin Warren, chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, Inc., speaks with us about concerns regarding the Australian Federal Police's recent announcement about the use of Massively Parallel Sequencing technology, a new technology for forensic profiling called Massively Parallel Sequencing. Justin also gives us a wrap of current Parliamentary inquiries into legislative pushes by government that risk curtailing Australians' digital rights. Jamie McConnachie, Executive Officer of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service or NATSILS, joins us to discuss the national disgrace of 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and the urgent need to implement all recommendations in the Commission's report. Listeners can read NATSILS' policy statement Black Lives Matter: always have, always will here. Songs Kutcha Edwards - We Sing Miiesha - Price I PaidBarkaa - Blak Matriarchy

With the ink still drying on The Glasgow Pact, we're already hearing the results from Glasgow being labeled in binary terms like “Success” and “Failure” While we know that some stunning pledges and progressive language in the Pact came from some of the negotiations, it is also true that historically these pledges have not been met completely, or have been missed entirely. Full stop. So with millions of humans suffering under the systemic injustice of rising global emissions, how do we meet this moment to reduce those global emissions and break those unjust systems of oppression? And how does the COP process make those necessary changes politically possible? And in the next eight years?! Maybe it's as simple as starting with silence. This week we speak with Elizabeth Wathuti, environmentalist and climate activist from Kenya. She is the founder and president of Green Generation Initiative, and Head of Campaigns and Daima Consortium Coordinator for the Wangari Maathai Foundation. Elizabeth brought the house down at COP26 this year with her speech in which she led a moment of silence followed by the urgency to every Head of State in the room to “ please open your hearts”. You won't want to miss what she has to say to us on the show! Stick around ‘til the end for an incredible music track from Knomad Spock! _ Excerpt from Elizabeth Wathuti's speech at COP26, reproduced courtesy of the UN. Excerpt from the Opening Ceremony of the World Leaders Summit at COP26, November 2021. Available here: Elizabeth Wathuti at COP26 “Please Open Your Hearts” Speech — Christiana + Tom's book ‘The Future We Choose' is available now! Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter: Signals Amidst The Noise — Mentioned links from the episode: Read: Martin Wolf's piece in The FT __ Thank you to our guest this week, Elizabeth Wathuti! Elizabeth Wathuti Environmentalist | Climate Activist Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn — The incredible Knomad Spock is our musical guest this week! Knomad Spock Twitter | Facebook | Instagram — Keep up with Christiana Figueres here: Instagram | Twitter Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn Paul Dickinson: LinkedIn | Twitter — Follow @GlobalOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!

- Det som gir meg håp, er at hvis vi har politisk vilje – kan vi gjøre mye for barn og unge som vokser opp i dag, sier klimarådgiver Siri Luthen i Redd Barna. Under klimatoppmøtet i Glasgow gikk Elizabeth Wathuti opp på talerstolen. Den 26 år gamle kenyanske miljø- og klimaaktivisten fortalte om hetebølger og skogbranner som rammer Algerie. Hun fortalte om flom i Uganda og Nigeria og om tørre elver og tapte avlinger i hjemlandet Kenya. Hun ba verden åpne hjertene og handle – for barnas skyld – som har minst skyld i klimakrisen men som må leve med konsekvensene.                        Verst for barn som allerede har det vanskelig - Klimakrisen er forferdelig urettferdig. Den rammer generasjoner ulikt. Og den rammer land ulikt, sier Luthen.   Redd Barna hjelper barn i over 120 land som er rammet av sult, fattigdom, krig og konflikter. Klimakrisen forverrer situasjoner for barn som allerede har det vanskelig. I høst publiserte Redd Barna rapporten Born into the climate crises. Den viser hvor mye oftere barn født i 2020 vil oppleve hetebølger, tørke, flom, skogbranner og tapte avlinger i løpet av livet, sammenliknet med hva foreldre- og besteforeldre-generasjonen opplevde. - Barn og unge må bli hørt - På klimatoppmøtet i Glasgow ble det tatt små steg i riktig retning. Men innsatsen matcher overhodet ikke de krisene vi står overfor, sier Luthen. Hun og Redd Barna jobber for at barn og unge i mye større grad må bli tatt hensyn til, hørt og inkludert i internasjonalt klimaarbeid. - Det er deres fremtid dette gjelder. Og barn og unge har gode perspektiver på hva som må gjøres. De vet hva som skjer i deres lokalsamfunn når flommen kommer og bygningene raser. De vet hva som skjer når mor og far ikke kan dyrke jorda. Vi må høre på de som opplever klimaendringene. Og da har barn og unge viktige stemmer, sier Luthen.  

In this special episode inspired by the COP26 summit, Meet The Leader compiles the habits and mindsets top leaders say we'll need to stay on track to meet climate goals, such as: accepting imperfect compromises, forging partnerships, building leadership incentives and more. This episode includes insights from top global leaders (Barack Obama, Christiana Figueres), climate activists (Elizabeth Wathuti) and top C-Suite leaders (Vattenfall's CEO Anna Borg; Yara's CEO Svein Holsether; Russell Reynolds' CEO Clarke Murphy; CEO Mahendra Singhi Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited and IKEA's CDO Barbara Martin Coppola). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this special episode inspired by the COP26 summit, Meet The Leader compiles the habits and mindsets top leaders say we'll need to stay on track to meet climate goals, such as: accepting imperfect compromises, forging partnerships, building leadership incentives and more. This episode includes insights from top global leaders (Barack Obama, Christiana Figueres), climate activists (Elizabeth Wathuti) and top C-Suite leaders (Vattenfall's CEO Anna Borg; Yara's CEO Svein Holsether; Russell Reynolds' CEO Clarke Murphy; CEO Mahendra Singhi Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited and IKEA's CDO Barbara Martin Coppola).

In this special episode inspired by the COP26 summit, Meet The Leader compiles the habits and mindsets top leaders say we'll need to stay on track to meet climate goals, such as: accepting imperfect compromises, forging partnerships, building leadership incentives and more. This episode includes insights from top global leaders (Barack Obama, Christiana Figueres), climate activists (Elizabeth Wathuti) and top C-Suite leaders (Vattenfall's CEO Anna Borg; Yara's CEO Svein Holsether; Russell Reynolds' CEO Clarke Murphy; CEO Mahendra Singhi Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited and IKEA's CDO Barbara Martin Coppola). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

„Aš nenoriu gąsdinti, bet manau, kad žmonės iki šiol per mažai baiminosi klimato krizės, – nebevynioti žodžių į vatą ragina Peteris Kalmusas, klimato mokslininkas iš JAV. – Kai namas dega, imiesi veiksmų. Eini į lauką, skambini gaisrininkams, pasirūpini augintiniais ir daiktais. Nelieki sėdėti prie televizoriaus degančiame name.“Tuo metu aktyvistai iš įvairių pasaulio šalių sako, kad laikas tuščioms kalboms išseko. „Dabar, kai patogiai sėdite šiame konferencijų centre Glazge, apie 2 milijonai mano šalies gyventojų dėl klimato kaitos kenčia badą. Šiemet nebuvo abiejų lietaus sezonų ir mokslininkai sako, kad vandens gali tekti laukti dar 12 mėnesių. Tuo metu mūsų upės džiūsta, derlius žūva, sandėliai stovi tušti, galvijai ir žmonės miršta,“ – emocingoje kalboje tarptautinės klimato kaitos konferencijos dalyviams sakė Elizabeth Wathuti, jaunoji klimato aktyvistė iš Kenijos.Laidoje skamba piliečių organizacijų balsai iš ką tik pasibaigusios Jungtinių Tautų klimato kaitos konferencijos Glazge.Autorė Vaida Pilibaitytė

As the Glasgow climate conference enters its final hours, will we see a deal? Glenn Campbell, Kevin Keane, and Harriet Bradshaw discuss the frantic last days of negotiation and compromise from inside the UN Blue Zone at COP26. Will it be enough to keep the world at 1.5 degrees of warming? Featuring an interview with Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti.

Climate Justice addresses climate effects that are borne by peoples who have had no real connection with causing the problem, nor have they gained any special benefit from the historic exploitation of fossil fuels. Thus global warming has sometimes been called climate colonialism, while climate justice has been linked to racial justice, because the poorest of the poor tend to be people of colour. Because of this structural violence of climate consequences, there should be a systematic redistribution of resources, and differential policies and institutions, that would reduce global inequality, and pay for climate adaptation by poorer countries at the richer countries' expense. Today Understorey features women leaders of colour attending the first day of COP26, each separately calling on world leaders to make practical plans connected with their heart and their genuine will to act: we hear from Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, powerfully laying the call for action at the feet of the polluters; environmental advocate for Samoa, Brianna Fruean, speaking up for island states around the world; and Kenyan environment campaigner, Elizabeth Wathuti, daring world leaders to admit and face the consequences of climate disaster, not just in the future, but as it is happening in Africa right now. Photos: UN Climate Change

Swusch (dt. Synonym für Zack, oder auch swoosh, Bewegung und Schnelligkeit und so… naja egal) die vergangene Woche ist rum und da hat sich wieder einiges getan in der Welt. Dokter und Tine haben Euch einen kleinen Cocktail der vergangenen Woche zusammengemixt. Da die Inzidenz weiterhin rasant steigt (swoosh), gibt's auch dieses Mal wieder ein paar Löffelchen zum Thema Impfen und Sorgfaltspflicht für Arbeitgeber*innen, einige Gramm zum Weltklimagipfel COP26, der gerade in Glasgow stattfindet. Hierzu kommt noch ne Messerspitze Austausch über Greenwashing. Als Beigabe fügen Dokter und Tine noch die Diskussion um die Journalistin Nemi El- Hassan und den geplatzten Arbeitsvertrag mit dem WDR hinzu. Ne Prise Bullshit darf natürlich auch diesmal nicht fehlen. Garniert wird das Ganze mit der Krönung einer ganz wunderbaren Königin, nämlich der Klimaaktivistin Elizabeth Wathuti aus Kenia, die beim Weltklimagipfel eine wahrlich herzergreifende Eröffnungsrede gehalten hat. Gönnt Euch. Zum Wohl!

Diese Woche mit Belarus, nem Pfizer-Pfusch, ansteckenden Geimpften, Boostern, Impfpflicht, Testen, Pflege, Switch-Mangel, Superreichen, Stranded Assets, Seychellen, Elizabeth Wathuti, Oury Jalloh, einer guten Nachricht, dem Börsenticker und einem Faktencheck von Katharina Alexander.

Young people from around the world are at this week's global summit in Glasgow to advocate for urgent solutions to address climate change. Elizabeth Wathuti, a 26-year-old climate activist from Kenya, talks about COP26. And, hostages held in Iran back in 1979 were promised restitution — $4.4 million each — in legislation passed by Congress and signed by former President Barack Obama. But almost none of that money has been paid to them. Kate Koob and Barry Rosen, two former hostages, join us.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores the growing call for climate justice across Africa. Our guests include Lily Odarno, director of Energy and Climate Innovation, Africa at Clean Air Task Force, Glory Oguegbu, a climate change activist, Elizabeth Wathuti, founder of the Green Generation Initiative, Kemo Fatty, executive director of Green-Up Gambia and Muthoni Masinde, creator of the ITIKI app.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores the growing call for climate justice across Africa. Our guests include Lily Odarno, director of Energy and Climate Innovation, Africa at Clean Air Task Force, Glory Oguegbu, a climate change activist, Elizabeth Wathuti, founder of the Green Generation Initiative, Kemo Fatty, executive director of Green-Up Gambia and Muthoni Masinde, creator of the ITIKI app.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores the growing call for climate justice across Africa. Our guests include Lily Odarno, director of Energy and Climate Innovation, Africa at Clean Air Task Force, Glory Oguegbu, a climate change activist, Elizabeth Wathuti, founder of the Green Generation Initiative, Kemo Fatty, executive director of Green-Up Gambia and Muthoni Masinde, creator of the ITIKI app.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores the growing call for climate justice across Africa. Our guests include Lily Odarno, director of Energy and Climate Innovation, Africa at Clean Air Task Force, Glory Oguegbu, a climate change activist, Elizabeth Wathuti, founder of the Green Generation Initiative, Kemo Fatty, executive director of Green-Up Gambia and Muthoni Masinde, creator of the ITIKI app.

Elizabeth Wathuti is a Kenyan environment and climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, which nurtures young people to be environmentally conscious and has planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya. She grew up in Nyeri County, which has the highest forest cover in Kenya, planting her first tree at the age of seven and establishing an environmental club in her high school. She was part of the leadership of Kenyatta University Environmental Club (KUNEC) where she led tree plantings, clean ups and environmental education and education on climate change. She is a recipient of a Wangari Maathai Scholarship award for her outstanding passion and commitment to environmental conservation. She is also a full member of the Green Belt Movement, which was founded by the late Professor Wangari Maathai who is Wathuti's role model and a big inspiration and influence. In 2019, Wathuti was awarded the Africa Green Person of the Year Award by the Eleven Eleven Twelve Foundation, and named as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans by the Africa Youth Awards. She has also been featured on the Queen's Commonwealth Trust website.

On this installment of our series, The Road To COP26 Presented By Octopus Energy, we talk to Elizabeth Wathuti, the Global South Co-Chair of the COP26 Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council, about advocating for the Global South as one of the world's foremost young leaders in the climate movement. She explains how COP26 can better represent the needs and solutions of all people around the world and why most global leaders are failing to recognize the rampant inequality between nations during the COVID-19 and climate crises. Elizabeth also recalls how her early love of nature inspired her work and what she's doing to pass that on to a new generation. Elizabeth is the founder of Green Generation Initiative, which has planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya. She is a recipient of a Wangari Maathai Scholarship and full member of the Green Belt Movement. She was named one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans by the Africa Youth Awards.   Learn more about the Green Generation Initiative Thank you to our sponsor Octopus Energy, a 100% renewable electricity supplier. Octopus Energy is currently serving millions of homes around the globe in countries like the United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand, and Germany.  Subscribe to our Substack newsletter "The Climate Weekly": https://theclimateweekly.substack.com/ As always, follow us @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion Hifi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel! Join our Facebook group. Check out our updated website!

In this Africa Day 2021 episode of Sustain267 podcast we bring the “SameStormDifferentBoats; Telling the African climate crisis story” conversation, hosted by the Wangari Maathai Foundation in commemoration of the late Wangari Maathai's birthday. Youth climate activism has continued to raise the consciousness of the urgency with which public and political action on the climate crisis is required. The continent of Africa bears the brunt of the impact of the climate crisis and young Africans are at the frontline of climate action, however, they are not seen on the front page (and sometimes even deleted from the front page), nor are their voices heard during the debates on climate change. What will it take to get their voices to the table? What do they offer to the conversations? and what are they optimistic about? The WMF Chairperson, Wanjira Mathai, hosted this conversation with Greta Thunberg, Elizabeth Wathuti a young climate activist from Kenya, Vanessa Nakate a young climate activist from Uganda, Olumide Idowu a climate activist from Nigeria and Professor Youba Sokona, a climate scientist from Africa. Click here for more about The Wangari Maathai Foundation Learn about and follow the speakers here: Wanjira Mathai: Twitter Elizabeth Wathuti: Twitter & Instagram Vanessa Nakate: Twitter & Instagram Olumide Idowu: Twitter & Facebook Prof. Youba Sokona Watch the webinar on Youtube here Click here to become a Patron and support the production of Sustain267 Podcast Follow us on Twitter & Instagram and like the Sustain267 Facebook Page to continue the conversation

This introductory episode starts from the very beginning by asking if Africa is headed in the right direction? It also asks what type of seeds are we planting for the Future? We speak to Elizabeth Wathuti is a Kenyan environment and climate change activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, which nurtures young people to love nature and be environmentally conscious from a young age. She has now planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya through her Green Generation Initiative. PODCAST CREDITS Graphics Artwork: Neo Rakgajane Script Editing: Brittany Kesselman Additional Script Editing: Rasmus Bitsch Marketing and Operations: Lebo Leitch Sound Recordist: Carl Odera Sound Editing: Rasmus Bitsch Soundtrack/Music: The Good People Writer & Host: Jedi Ramalapa