Vanessa Nakate
Helena Gualinga
Vanessa grew up in Kampala , Uganda and in 2019 began a solitary strike against inaction on the climate crisis . In 2020 , she joined around 20 other global youth climate activists , publishing a letter to participants at Davos . The letter called on companies , banks and governments to stop subsidizing fossil fuels .
Advocating for the rights of the Sarayaku community to maintain custody over their land , Helena is advocating against continued exploitation of the environment for private gains by big oil . Her work also centers our connection to nature .
Xiye Bastida Dr . Katherine Wilkinson
Xiye is one of the lead organizers of the Fridays For Future youth climate strike movement , founded Re-Earth Initiative , and is featured in the All We Can Save anthology published in 2020 . Xiye was born and raised in Mexico as part of the Otomi – Toltec indigenous peoples and her work advocates for climate justice .
An author , strategist and teacher , working to heal the planet , Dr . Wilkinson co-founded and leads The All We Can Save Project with Dr . Ayana Elizabeth Johnson , in support of feminist climate leadership . She also co-hosts the podcast A Matter of Degrees , telling stories for the climate curious with Dr . Leah Stokes .