Katie Chasman - Directora de Acción Climática en 2811 Geógrafa y MsC en Gestión Urbana

Cheick is the leader of the NGO "350 CÔTE D’IVOIRE", and is engaged with activism and helping West Africa to be more resilient to the climate crisis, specifically with regards to: 1- how plastic pollution is affecting us, our seas, oceans and water. 2- how the fossil fuel industry is destroying our soil. To learn from other experts like Cheick, please sign up for the Climate Action Academy may cohort: bit.ly/caamay

Andy Dobson is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University since 1990. He is an ecologist whose research focuses on the role that pathogens and diseases play in natural ecosystems. He initiated growing up on the edge of the Scottish Highlands where he first became interested in Natural History. He was an undergraduate at Imperial College, London University and did his Phd at Oxford on “The Mortality Rate of British Birds”. His research involves a mixture of field work, mathematical models, and data analysis. Andy has worked on conservation and disease issues in Serengeti, Tanzania and on similar issues in Yellowstone for the last 30 years. He also works on emerging pathogens and the ecological and economic conditions that lead to these outbreaks. He teaches ‘Ecology and Evolution of Parasites’ at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama each Spring which has led to the development of collaborations with STRI scientists on the role that pathogens and parasites play in maintaining diversity in tropical forests. He has long term interests in the evolution of social systems in primates, elephants, and carnivores and how this impacts the population dynamics of their interactions with parasites and human exploitation. Andy is A.D. White Professor at Cornell University collaborating with scientists at the Laboratory of Ornithology and external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute where he works on problems in complexity: how parasites impact the structure of food webs and models for the immune system. He also uses time in Santa Fe to write ecological books for a broader audience. Fun Fact: Andy’s 1996 book “Conservation and Biodiversity” was made into an Imax film “Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance”, directed by Bailey Silleck and narrated by Harrison Ford. Learn from more experts like Andy Dobson in the upcoming cohort of the Climate Action Academy: https://2811.teachable.com/p/climate-action-academy3

Keagan Hall and Emilie Collins are high school seniors at Pontiac Township High School in Illinois. In this video they share their experiences as leaders of Operation Endangered Species and as advocates for the 30 by 30 campaign (30% land conservation by the year 2030). You will hear from more student leaders like Keagan and Emilie and will learn how to teach climate change education in a way that inspires ACTION in the Climate Action Academy. Learn more and sign up for the next cohort: bit.ly/caamay

Georgia Scarr is the co-founder and co-executive director of Eco Circle International. In this video, she shares her experiences with environmental education in high school and explains why teachers need to understand intersectionality in order to effectively teach about the environment. To learn more from Georgia Scarr and other young climate leaders, sign up for the next cohort of the Climate Action Academy: bit.ly/caamay

Born in Riga, Latvia, Lia Grippo spent many of her earliest years foraging and fishing the woodlands with her family. Her early relationship with Nature has remained a constant thread in her life. At an early age, Lia was drawn towards working with young children and has been an early childhood educator since 1989. In 1998, Lia founded Wild Roots Forest School, a thriving preschool and kindergarten roofed by the sky and carpeted with the living woodland floor. Lia is a storyteller, naturalist, parent educator, mentor and educational consultant. Using the arts of storytelling, song, poetry, movement, and play, Lia is dedicated to helping children and families develop their powers of imagination, and through these powers discovering their relationship with all of life. Lia has brought knowledge, compassion, reverence, and magic to her community not only through Wild Roots Forest School, but also through workshops, seminars and mentoring for adults. Lia is a co-founding instructor with The Academy of Forest Kindergarten Teachers, which offers formal training for forest kindergarten teachers. She also serves as President of the Board of Directors for the California Association of Forest Schools. Lia's commitment to excellence sets a high bar in this fledgling field in North America. To learn from other inspiring educators like Lia, join the next cohort of the 2811 Climate Action Academy: bit.ly/caamay