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This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held May 19-21.
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MORE ABOUT TATUM CONDON
Tatum is a founding member and operations director of Austrian Environmental Litigation NGO AllRise. Tatum comes from a communications and marketing background where she worked on a number of international brands. She has spearheaded The Planet Vs Bolsonaro public communications campaign which accompanied the complaint filed at the International Criminal Court against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in October 2021. This is the first time a public campaign has accompanied the filing of an international complaint.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatum-condon/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tatum_Condon

MORE ABOUT NORA GHERBI
Nora is the Founder of WHo CAREs!? Chronicles and a co-founding partner of the ChangeNOW summit.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noragherbi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhocaresCSR
Instagram: @whocareschronicles

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This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held May 19-21.
Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world

MORE ABOUT NIELS VERMEERSH
Niels Vermeersch is a Belgian micronationalist and the founder of the Grand Duchy of Flandrensis: the only country in the world that doesn’t want any humans on its territory.
Flandrensis (official: vzw Groothertogdom Flandrensis) is an environmental non-profit organization that focuses on climate change and Antarctica. Flandrensis is committed to informing, raising awareness and mobilizing citizens about climate problems and encourages them to implement climate-friendly and sustainable measures in everyday life. To achieve this objective, Flandrensis uses the concept of a “micronation”. It means that the organization has the characteristics of a “state” (territory, national symbols, citizens, ministers, ambassadors, etc.), but which as such is not recognized under international law.
On the basis of an interpretation of the Antarctic Treaty, Niels claimed in 2008 five Antarctic islands to raise awareness on ice melting. The concept of micronationalism is applied to draw attention to climate change in a creative way and has no purpose in gaining recognition as a country. In 2022 the micronation has more than 800 citizens worldwide.
Niels is one of the first who introduced the concept of environmental micronationalism, using micronationalism to raise awareness for climate change.
Due this unique concept Niels is frequently asked for interviews for academic papers and as a speaker he gave several presentations on micronational conferences.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niels-vermeersch-b86977146/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flandrensis_gov

MORE ABOUT SHOOKA BIDARIAN
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Instagram: @shookabidarian

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Created by Kowawa Apurinã, Amanda Dias and Nora Gherbi - curated by Rachel Hentsch - brought to you by the Change NOW Summit 2022. Featuring Kowawa Apurinã, Amanda Dias and Nora Gherbi.

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Kowawa Apurinã Indigenous Leader and anthropologist, translated by Amanda Dias, and hosted by Nora Gherbi, shares with us her academic work and shamanic words. "My blood is earth."

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This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held May 19-21.
Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world

MORE ABOUT KOWAWA APURINA
Kowawa is an Apurinã from the Middle Purus River, a southern tributary of the Amazon. She is the granddaughter of a shaman and the niece of a cacique (village leader). Learning Portuguese at the age of ten, Kowawa made her way to a Brazilian university, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Law, a licensure in Visual Arts, an MA in Education and another MA in Anthropology. She is a PhD student in Anthropology at the Federal Fluminense University in Niterói and is currently undertaking a doctorate exchange program at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris. Her research examines the Tupinambá people’s process of retaking land in southern Bahia, Brazil. Kowawa is an important indigenous leader, as well as an environmental and human rights activist. She is the co-founder of an institute for preserving Apurinã lands, the Instituto Pupykary, as well as the Brazilian Articulation for Indigenous Anthropologists.

MORE ABOUT AMANDA DIAS
Amanda Dias holds a PhD in Sociology from both the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in France and the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Her doctoral research involved a comparative study of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and Brazilian favelas. She was a post-doctoral research fellow for the project Global Prayers, Redemption and Liberation in the City (House of World Cultures in Berlin and the European University Viadrina Frankfurt), investigating the emergence of Islam in the Brazilian religious field. Author of Aux marges de la ville et de l'État. Camps palestiniens au Liban et favelas cariocas (Karthala/ IFPO, 2013), Amanda interrogates the contribution that documentary cinema can make to anthropology as a means of knowledge creation. She also completed the Holds-on documentary filmmaking workshop with Atelier Varan in Paris. Her current research focuses on indigenous intellectuals in Brazil.

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This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event for the planet, held May 19-21.
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MORE ABOUT YANN LECHELLE
Yann Lechelle, CEO of Scaleway, is shaping what is the leading cloud alternative provider with unique European attributes and values. Previously, he has founded, grown and exited a total of five tech startups, many specialized in developing alternatives to the world’s largest tech giants. More recently, as COO, he grew Snips.ai, a leading voice and AI deeptech startup from seed to exit in a trade sale to Nasdaq-listed Sonos. Yann is also a founding member of France Digitale, HUB France AI (as well as board member), and GAIA-X.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ylechelle/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ylechelle

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MORE ABOUT HINDOU OUMAROU IBRAHIM
Environmental activist and member of Chad’s pastoralist Mbororo community, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim began advocating for Indigenous rights and environmental protection at age 16, founding the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)
to introduce new income revenue activities for women and collaborative tools such as 2D and 3D participatory mapping to build sustainable ecosystems management and reduction of nature-based resource conflicts. Her vision is to grow support for both traditional knowledge and science to improve resilience to climate change especially for rural communities.

She is a member of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) and served as co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change during the historic UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris. She is dedicated to the protection of all Indigenous peoples, from the Congo to the Arctic, and the value of their knowledge in the fight against climate change. She advances environmental protection for Indigenous peoples by participating in international policy dialogues held around the three Rio Conventions; Climate Change (UNFCCC), Biodiversity (CBD), and Desertification (UNCCD) pressuring governments to recognize land rights of Indigenous peoples and advance their solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation.
Currently cochair of the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) and cochair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum (IIPFCC) on Climate Change for COP27 in Africa Egypt. UNPFII African member and Vice-Chair nominated by indigenous African peoples organizations.
Ibrahim’s work with indigenous communities at the local and global level has achieved broad recognition and support including, the Rolex enterprise award 2021; the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award; Riverdale Country School's 2021 Jolli Humanitarian Award featuring a building named after her. the 2020 Refugee International’s Refugees International Holbrooke Award; the Daniel Mitterrand Prize; appointment as a UN SDG Advocate; Conservation International Board Member and Lui-Walton Senior Fellow; Member of the EAT Advisory Board; named Ambassador of the EDEN Project and National Geographic Explorer. She was recognized by BBC as a top 100 women leader and by TIME's Women Leaders in Climate Change. Recognized by African media AkoyaAfrica 100 women leader. Her TED talk on Indigenous knowledge meets science to solve climate change has surpassed more than 1 million views.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hindou-oumarou-ibrahim-2ba22410/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hindououmar
Instagram: @hindououmar

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This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event for the planet, held May 19-21.
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MORE ABOUT ADAM McKAY
Adam McKay, born April 17th, 1968 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), is an American director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film collaboration with the actor Will Ferrell. In 2016, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Big Short. Adam McKay wrote and directed Don't Look Up, which was released on the Netflix platform in late 2021 and was a major international success.

MORE ABOUT AVI DAVIS
website: https://avidavis.net/
Twitter: @avidavis

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MORE ABOUT NORA WILHELM
Nora Wilhelm is a social innovator and systems entrepreneur dedicated to a world where people and planet can thrive. She has been a changemaker since her teens and has a background in youth engagement and active citizenship. She presided the European Youth Parliament Switzerland from 2014-2016 and organised an International Session of the EYP in Laax (GR), under the Patronage of then Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter. In 2017, she co-founded collaboratio helvetica, an initiative that catalyses systemic change towards the Agenda 2030 in Switzerland by cultivating a cross-sectoral innovation ecosystem, running different capacity-building programs and open knowledge sharing. She was recognised for her outstanding contribution by Forbes (30 under 30), UNEP, UNESCO and the Swiss government, and spoke at events such as the Conference of Swiss Development Cooperation and TEDx.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nora_wilhelm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-wilhelm/
Instagram: @nora.wilhelm

MORE ABOUT SATISH KUMAR
A former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, Satish Kumar has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years.
He was just nine when he left his family home to join the wandering Jains, and 18 when he decided he could achieve more back in the world, campaigning for land reform in India and working to turn Gandhi’s vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality.
Inspired in his early 20s by the example of the British peace activist Bertrand Russell, Satish embarked on an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage. Carrying no money and depending on the kindness and hospitality of strangers, he and a colleague walked from India to America,via Moscow, London and Paris, to deliver a humble packet of ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of the world’s then four nuclear powers. In 1973 Satish settled in the UK becoming the editor of Resurgence magazine, a position he held until 2016, making him the UK’s longest- serving editor of the same magazine. During this time, he has been the guiding spirit behind a number of now internationally respected ecological and educational ventures. He co-founded Schumacher College in South Devon, where he is a Visiting Fellow.
In his 50th year, Satish undertook another pilgrimage – again carrying no money. This time, he walked 2,000 miles to the holy places of Britain, a venture he describes as a celebration of his love of life and nature. In July 2000 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth.
In July 2001, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster, and in the November of that same year, he was presented with the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for promoting Gandhian values outside India. In 2009 Satish was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) by the University of Exeter. In 2013 he was made Doctor of the University by the University of Suffolk. In 2014 Satish was appointed an Oxfam UK Ambassador. Satish is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Gross National Happiness Centre of Bhutan.
His autobiography, No Destination, first published by Green Books in 1978, has sold over 50,000 copies. He is also the author of You Are, Therefore I Am: A Declaration of Dependence,The Buddha and the Terrorist, Earth Pilgrim and Soil, Soul, Society.
In 2005, Satish was Sue Lawley’s guest on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. In 2008, as part of BBC2’s Natural World series, he presented a 50-minute documentary from Dartmoor, which was watched by over 3.6 million people. He appears regularly in the printed media and a range of radio programmes including Thought for the Day and Midweek. In recognition of his commitment to animal welfare and compassionate living, he was elected vice-president of the RSPCA. He continues to teach and run workshops on reverential ecology, holistic education and voluntary simplicity and is a much sought-after speaker both in the UK and abroad.

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Laura-Jane Gautier asks Dr. Chris Johnstone about Active Hope, how each of us can access and activate our hope and thereby our capacity for action, and what are the necessary 3 steps to start. More information about Dr. Chris Johnstone: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-johnstone-b0779045/

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This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held May 19-21.Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world

MORE ABOUT MELATI WIJSEN
Melati is a 21 year old full time changemaker. She has founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags with her younger sister and has been leading the movement driven by youth since 2013 at the age of 12. She has also started the people movement One Island One Voice and the social enterprise, Mountain Mamas. Melati has given two global TED talks before she turned 21 and has spoken on world stages such as the UN and has also been selected as FORBES top ten most inspiring women in the country. She graduated from high school one year early and has since been honored by TIME as part of the annual list of most influential teens in the world along with CNN Heroes Young Wonders and FORBES 30 under 30. Recently, Melati has co-chaired the World Economic Forum GPAP committee, sat on the inaugural Expert Advisory Panel for the Earthshot Prize, and has had her film, Bigger Than Us, premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival 2021. Today, Melati has launched her new company, YOUTHTOPIA, which is all about youth empowerment through short and meaningful peer to peer programs and providing them the tools they need to be changemakers. Melati believes that young people can accelerate change and her vision is to make YOUTHTOPIA the go to platform for young people to learn about frontline skills.

MORE ABOUT HARRY WATERS
Harry Waters has buried deep in the TEFL world for over 14 years. He is a trainer for the ELTon award winning Pearson and BBC Live Classes project. He is also the learning guide for Pearson and BBC Studio’s project Speak Out for Sustainability.
Recently he’s been working hard with the Macmillan ESDC team in their quest to help build a more sustainable future. He’ll be their speaker at this year’s IATEFL in Belfast.
His passion for teaching and obsession with the planet led him to create Renewable English an online English course, providing free classes and materials aimed at raising climate change awareness across the globe. Harry is also a passionate teacher trainer.
Outside of work he is a devoted Dad and husband to the two most wonderful ladies alive (in his opinion of course). He is the trustee for the British charity Kids Against Plastic and a radio presenter for Teacher Talk Radio. He describes himself as an imperfect environmentalist with a love of flags and funky second-hand shirts.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-waters-5750ab139/
Twitter: @Renewablenglish
Instagram: @renewableenglish

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