Meet Our Dedicated Team and Board

Justin Winters is the Co-founder and Executive Director of One Earth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering everyone, everywhere, with the knowledge, inspiration, and opportunity to heal the Earth and reclaim our future. One Earth’s groundbreaking science proves that it’s possible to solve the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss through three pillars of collective action - renewable energy, nature conservation, and regenerative agriculture. They make this knowledge accessible through educational content, inspiring storytelling, and innovative digital tools that give people the opportunity to drive change across the Earth’s 185 Bioregions. 

Prior to One Earth, Justin served as Executive Director of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, where she helped Leonardo reshape his approach to philanthropy and activism, leveraging his position as a global figure to influence decision-makers and the public on the most pressing environmental issues. Justin built the organization’s grant-making program, which awarded over $100 million in grants across 60 countries and created a series of innovative philanthropic funds. She also led the global communications platform, growing its digital media community to 80 million followers and generating approximately 4.2. billion social and online media impressions per year. Through her collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial approach, Justin is building a broad public movement of engaged and inspired changemakers who, together, will help solve the climate crisis and build a vibrant, just future for us all.

Karl is the Deputy Director of One Earth and formerly the Director of Media, Science & Technology at the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. One Earth's Science Program supports academic institutions and NGOs working on the cutting edge of climate and energy science, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable food systems. Through grantmaking and development capacity, the program helps to turn science into action, empowering decision makers in government, civil society, and the private sector. Karl also oversees production and distribution of content across One Earth’s website and social media properties, along with award-winning initiatives such as the Global Safety Net, which was recently named a "World Changing Idea" by Fast Company. Karl is a contributing author to "A roadmap for repowering California for all purposes with wind, water, and sunlight" (Energy, 2014) and later spearheaded the development of the landmark textbook Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals (Springer Nature, 2019). He is also co-author of “A Global Deal for Nature: Guiding Principles, Milestones, and Targets” (Science Advances, 2019), a scientific paper establishing the evidence base for an ambitious conservation agenda covering 50% of the world’s lands and seas, which was endorsed by the IUCN including an interim 30x30 target adopted by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in 2022.

Nuna implements the strategic vision of One Earth through support of on-the-ground action. She grew up on a large, diverse organic farm in Vermont that was also the site of a project by her father to study, domesticate, and protect muskoxen for the economic use of their fine wool by indigenous peoples of the Far North. Conceived on Spitsbergen, Nuna traveled with the Sami and their reindeer, then migrated between the farm and Arctic wilderness and communities with the Muskox project. After traveling the world on her own, studying dance, and completing graduate studies in ecological anthropology, she returned to the family farm to rediscover a love for agriculture and raise two daughters. During the UN Year of Soil, she joined the Jena & Michael King Foundation in Los Angeles and served as its Executive Director for five years. Focusing on regenerative agriculture, healthy soils, and climate, and also the general health of all beings, biodiversity, and living systems, the foundation gave special attention to the rising youth and indigenous movements. Nuna served on the Founding Board of the Mni Wiconi Health Circle, a model for decolonized, Lakota designed health care at Standing Rock.

Jesse oversees One Earth’s internal operating systems.  After a brief career in biotech he attended law school, and has since developed a versatile skill set for guiding nonprofit operations, finance, HR, technology, and risk management. Past roles have included Associate Counsel to the fund that provides benefits to members of NYC’s largest municipal employees union, Managing Director to a small but mighty nonprofit focused on advancing the standard of care for psychological trauma, and Associate Administrative Director to a leading democracy reform organization. Jesse was instilled with conservationist values early in life by his parents, activists who worked in the 1970s to protect the Hudson River from polluters and later to defend New York’s Catskill mountains from would-be deforesters. Outside of his day jobs, he has devoted himself to various causes he believes in, including finding ways to make himself useful in the effort to respond to the ongoing climate emergency. He lives with his partner, dog, and two young kids in western Massachusetts, where hiking trails are plentiful and they have been thrilled to spot groundhogs, bears, foxes, hawks, and a good deal of other wildlife from the back windows of their home. 

Edward oversees One Earth’s digital ecosystem, including websites, social media accounts, and digital campaigns. Previously, Edward managed the Changefactor program that designed and built multiple websites for philanthropic coalitions, including the Lion Recovery Fund, Elephant Crisis Fund, Shark Conservation Fund, Quick Response Fund for Nature, Pangolin Crisis Fund, and Oceans 5, among others. Edward led the creation and distribution of all social media content for the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and the Global Call for Climate Action. He has specialized in building and expanding digital presences for climate coalitions and environmental organizations since 2011. He lives in sunny Los Angeles with his partner and their collection of bioactive terrariums, unconventional pets, and a ridiculous amount of comic books.

Kate is the Philanthropy and Engagement Manager at One Earth, where she works to establish, strengthen, and diversify external partnerships and scale resources for on-the-ground climate action. She has broad experience working in environmental and policy-focused non-profits, including the RAND Corporation, the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Canopy, and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, where she oversaw the Global Wildlife and Landscape Conservation portfolio. Kate holds a master’s degree in Public Administration (environmental policy focus) and an undergraduate degree in Anthropology focusing on primate studies, both from Texas Tech University. She has a deep love and appreciation for wild places and the furry, feathered, and finned critters that call them home. Originally from Texas, Kate lives in Los Angeles with her partner and their french bulldog, Ibby.

Teresa has over a decade of experience overseeing day-to-day nonprofit finance and operations and strengthening infrastructure at various movement-building organizations, including in the areas of reproductive justice, democracy reform, and community among LGBTQ families. Prior to joining One Earth, Teresa assisted with grant writing, bookkeeping, and office management for a small-scale pastured poultry farm employing regenerative agriculture practices in western Massachusetts.

Monica serves as Assistant to the Executive Director, providing broad-based support to the ED across strategy execution, communications, and administration. She is passionate about social justice movements, and most recently worked as a consultant where she worked closely with an array of clients focused on affordable housing, immigration, civil rights, and the environment. Previously, Monica helped support the founding and development of the WILD ELEMENTS Foundation, with the mission to diversify funds and leverage creative stories that support women, Indigenous communities, and people of color on the frontlines of conservation. There she supported the launch of their first-ever WILD Innovators x WILD Advocates cohort and their Partners Program. She also had the opportunity to work with the Green Leadership Trust, advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion by supporting and leveraging environmental leaders of color with board mentorship and opportunities. Monica obtained her Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government at California State University, Northridge.  Originally from Mexico, Monica lives in Los Angeles with her partner and two dogs, Coco and Brownie.

Lindsey has written a variety of content, from children’s storybooks to commodities trader manuals, all with the firm belief everything has a story to tell. A former writer and producer for Totally TV, TubeScience, and Cubcoats, she believes the best way to make people pay attention and care is to make material lively and engaging. Raised in Nebraska and currently living in Los Angeles, she loves the outdoors and can usually be spotted with her head in a book.

Geraldine Patrick Encina is mother of climate justice activist Xiye Bastida and music producer Danzaki, and wife of Mindahi Bastida Muñoz, a principal authority in the Grand Council of the Eagle and the Condor. Geraldine has Mapuche and Celtic ancestry, and her ethnoecological approach has led to groundbreaking findings about the astronomical and ecological basis of timekeeping in Mesoamerica. She is a member of the Otomi Council of the High Lerma River Basin that achieved legal protection of the headwater wetlands in Toluca Valley, Mexico State. She is a board member of the Biocultural Heritage Network of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), the American Renewable Energy Institute, Land Healers and Y on Earth! Over the past decade, she has worked with community leaders and teachers in the Yucatan Peninsula and Central Mexico to promote the use of original calendars in year-round biocultural activities for a good and harmonious living in their ecosystems. Among her publications are: Biocultural Sacred Sites in Mexico and Ecology and Wetland Culture in Almoloya del Río, 1900-2004. Towards a Sustainable Management of Chiconahuapan, a Remnant of the Lerma Wetlands.

Spencer is a biologist, writer, and climate educator passionate about helping create an ecological civilization. After a few years in biotech, he switched careers to become a sustainability consultant and climate writer. Most recently he's worked with Impossible Foods, Sierra Club, Terraformation, Climate Town, Grist, and Paul Hawken to create educational content aimed at furthering climate engagement. He recently co-founded a regenerative farm and community education space in Northern California with his partner and close friends, where he now lives. Spencer holds a Bachelors of Science in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley and a PhD in Bioengineering from UC San Diego.

Oscar is an experienced web developer and digital comms officer with over 15 years of experience helping NGO's develop and implement their digital strategies and infrastructure. Oscar has enjoyed a variety of positions with Oxfam, ​The Global Call for Climate Action, and other Mexican organizations.​ ​ He believes in empowering individuals and organizations through knowledge. Passionate about music and the outdoors, he can be found sometimes playing with a local band, taking a bicycle ride, or camping at the beach in the Yucatan Peninsula with his son.

Danniele's passion for the environment is deeply influenced by the many women who paved the way to build a more sustainable world before her. Danniele worked at Conservation International and Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Her past experience ranges from managing composting operations at a campus farm to local climate grassroots advocacy and fundraising. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Wilson College and a Masters in Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School. Danniele currently resides in Maryland with her husband and their two goofy rescue dogs. In her spare time, she loves horseback riding, hiking in the mountains, and gardening.

Carly’s principal motivation is to help ensure that natural places and wild species can thrive together with humanity now and into the future. To that end, she works to bring to the table (or into the field) uncommon partners, novel approaches, and an open mindset. Carly has led biodiversity planning efforts in Asia, Africa, and South America and has helped design and implement species-based conservation programs across the western US and Alaska. Carly is a co-founder of TerrAdapt, and an author of several recent publications, including the Global Deal for Nature, Global Safety Net, The Importance of Alaska for Climate Stabilization, Resilience, and Biodiversity Conservation, and An Ecoregion-based Approach to Restoring the World’s Intact Large Mammal Assemblages. Carly holds a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Policy from Middlebury College (VT-USA) and a PhD in Biology from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Sophia Kianni is an Iranian-American social entrepreneur and activist studying at Stanford University. She is the founder and executive director of Climate Cardinals, the world’s largest youth-led climate nonprofit, with 9,000 volunteers in 40+ countries. She is the youngest United Nations advisor in US history. Sophia has been named VICE Media's youngest Human of the Year, a National Geographic Young Explorer, among Business Insider’s Climate Action 30, one of Teen Vogue's 21 under 21, and a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree.

Coretta Anderson is the Senior Manager of the Influencer Marketing and Strategic Partnerships team at Earthjustice. She has over 10 years of diverse project experience serving non-profit, public, and private sector organizations and specializes in designing, managing, implementing, and supporting creative and strategic engagement, public outreach, and integrated communications initiatives. Through her work with Earthjustice, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, NRDC, and more, she brings a broad perspective of experience in the areas of strategic alliances, corporate partnerships, relationship management, cause marketing, fundraising/development, public relations, sponsorship coordination, event planning and management, celebrity and influencer engagement, issue and legislative advocacy and public affairs. Coretta currently serves as treasurer on the board of One Earth and resides in Los Angeles, California. 

Jay Halfon is a practicing attorney and public policy strategist. His practice focuses on legal issues affecting tax-exempt organizations. He represents many leading foundations, advocacy groups and political organizations. He has a broad range of experience influencing public policy at the state and national levels. He currently advises and supports a variety of organizations working on climate campaigns including efforts to stop oil and gas extraction in California. Mr. Halfon is a founding board member of the international climate change organization 350 and serves on the boards of several grant-making institutions including the Park Foundation with assets of $400,000,000

As a philanthropist, Jena guides the giving of the Jena and Michael King Foundation, which she created in 1999 with her late husband, Michael, and oversees a donor advised fund through the Jewish Community Foundation. Their endowments focus on creating a world in which all children may thrive.  In 2007, Jena was honored with the "Global Green’s Entertainment Industry Environmental Leadership Award," given to "individuals who exhibit extraordinary leadership reflecting a deep personal commitment to the environment and encourage responsible behavior amongst the public and within the industry." Global Green's mission is to foster a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future, a vision to which Jena remains dedicated. Jena is a founding member of COACH for Kids, which provides medical assistance to underserved children. She has served on the boards of the Environmental Media Association, Kiss the Ground and Healthy Child Healthy World (overseeing its partnership with the Environmental Working Group), and works closely with A Sense of Home. She serves on the boards of the NRDC and OCEANA, and is a member of Mayor Eric Garcetti's L.A. Sustainability Leadership Council. Jena has played a key strategic role in supporting the rise of rural and urban Regenerative Agriculture throughout California and the West, as well as supporting the Indigenous and youth movements. She has co-produced several films, including The 11th Hour, Fantastic Fungi and Kiss the Ground, and is currently working on a feature film of the story of Julia Butterfly Hill and the giant redwood, Luna. Jena was raised in Marin, California and New Zealand. Her concern for the environment and human health were informed and inspired by her rural childhood, her father's environmentalism, her education and practices as a nutritionist and yoga teacher, and her devotion to her four children.

Brad Leibov is a social impact leader driven by his passion for building solutions that benefit both people and the planet. He has served as a founder, co-founder, and chief executive of several pioneering organizations and social enterprises. He brings an exceptional record of leadership, strategy development, and the creation of innovative and impactful programs and initiatives. Currently, he serves as CEO of EarthShare, where he is on a mission to build a larger, more inclusive community of donors committed to sharing their resources and passion for saving our planet. In addition to his work with EarthShare, he is an award-winning documentary photographer. Prior to EarthShare, he served as President of the Liberty Prairie Foundation, Co-Chair of Fresh Taste, Vice-Chair of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, and co-founded Funders for Regenerative Agriculture. In 2020, he was awarded the Edmund Hillary Fellowship in recognition of his work delivering positive impact in New Zealand and around the world.

Rick Ridgeway is an outdoor adventurer, writer, and advocate for sustainability and conservation initiatives. For 15 years, Rick was a VP at Patagonia developing environmental and sustainability initiatives including Freedom to Roam, the Footprint Chronicles and Worn Wear.  He was also founding chair of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (renamed Cascale), which is now the largest apparel, footwear, and home textile trade organization in the world. In addition, Rick is recognized as one of the world’s foremost mountaineers. With three companions, he was the first American to summit K2, and he has done other significant climbs and explorations on all continents, about which he has written seven books. The National Geographic honored him with its “Lifetime Achievement in Adventure” award, and the Explorer's Club with its highest honor, the Explorers Medal. Today, he serves on six boards of conservation organizations, is a featured speaker at conferences and events and, with his recent memoir Life Lived Wild, has returned to his passion for writing. Rick says that since “retiring,” he’s working more than ever.

Rachel Rivera is the Chief Operating Officer of Wild Lives Foundation, a nonprofit organization launched by Jody Allen in 2016. Wild Lives Foundation is dedicated to marine and wildlife conservation and other philanthropic initiatives. In addition, Rachel serves as a board member of Sealife Response, Rehabilitation and Research, an organization dedicated to improving the health and welfare of marine wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. Previously, Rachel Rivera worked directly with Jody Allen in her role as the trustee of the Paul G. Allen Trust and Chair of Vulcan Inc. on philanthropic initiatives. In that role, Rachel worked on philanthropic strategy, including work in oceans, conservation, films, communities, and climate.

Tenzin Seldon is the Founder and Managing Partner at Pulse Fund, a venture capital fund investing in high-growth climate companies. She is a climate leader and venture capitalist, with nearly two decades of experience in climate. She co-founded a net-negative infrastructure company that utilizes the redevelopment and adaptive reuse of historic buildings.

Previously, Tenzin also worked at the United Nations Environment Programme in Thailand, where she oversaw the region’s disaster risk reduction policy. She is an advisor and serves on several private and public boards, including Marathon Digital Holdings, Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, UN NGO Creative Visions Foundation, and One Earth At Pulse Fund, Tenzin has led various deals in the climate sector and holds board positions in companies such as Mast Reforestation, Endera, Twelve, and BlocPower.

Tenzin’s work has been recognized globally: as Forbes Magazine’s “Most Likely to Impact the Next Century,” World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a Harry S. Truman Scholar by the US Congress, and one of OZY Magazine’s “5 Civil-Rights Leaders for a New Generation.” In 2018, she received the 21st Century Icon Awards by the London Stock Exchange. She was honored at the United Nations as an Innovative Disruptor. Tenzin graduated top of her class at Stanford University and became the first Tibetan-American Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.

Sarah Woodhead is an experienced and trusted advisor to conservation organizations around the world. She is deeply committed to the preservation of wild landscapes and the conservation of biodiversity and endangered species.

Sarah sits on the Board of Space for Giants, an organization dedicated to protecting the remaining natural ecosystems of East Africa where the highest density of elephants is found.  She is a Special Advisor to the Giants Club, an invite-only forum for African Presidents and donors to Space for Giants. The organization works alongside African presidents from six countries to implement change to stop poaching, strengthen the judiciary system, and prevent human-elephant conflict.

In 2017, Sarah co-founded the Leuser Ecosystem Action Fund (LEAF) alongside partners Ben Goldsmith and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, with the mission to protect the 2.4 million hectares of rainforest in Northern Sumatra that are home to the region’s last orangutans, tigers, rhinos, and elephants. She has leveraged her public relations experience to raise awareness of the critical importance of the rainforest and has organized events that have raised more than $5mm to support its conservation.

Additionally, Sarah helped launch the newly redesigned Islas Secas in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panama. Sarah’s expertise in branding, image, and sustainability helped develop the luxury eco-lodge located on the 14-island archipelago off the Pacific coast and continues to raise awareness of its dedication to the conservation and sustainability of the region’s exceptional biodiversity.

Earlier in her career, Sarah managed large-scale events for film, fashion, lifestyle, and music, and built an established network of executives and philanthropists who are passionate about making a meaningful impact on the world. In 1999, Sarah launched Woodhead Calliva, a premier public relations firm that supported leading organizations and charities, and later launched her own consultancy focusing on individual clients.

Sarah serves on the board of the Bacon Foundation, a private family foundation that works to protect natural resources and inspire future environmental stewards. Sarah also serves on the Board of Directors of One Earth, and serves as an Ambassador for both Journeys with Purpose and Panamanian Wildlife Conservation.

Driven by a passion for nature, Justin Winters is committed to democratizing climate philanthropy in order to create an inclusive and impactful movement to address the climate crisis from the ground up. She is the Co-founder and Executive Director of One Earth, a nonprofit organization working to galvanize science, advocacy, and philanthropy to drive collective action on climate change. Through One Earth, she is focused on creating a vision for the world that is possible by 2050 – one in which humanity and nature coexist and thrive together. This vision is based on three pillars of action: 100% renewable energy, protection and restoration of 50% of the world’s lands and oceans, and a transition to regenerative, carbon-negative agriculture. Prior to One Earth, Justin served as Executive Director of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation for 13 years, where she built the organization’s grant-making program, which awarded over $100 million in grants across 60 countries and created a series of innovative philanthropic funds, including Oceans 5, Shark Conservation Fund, The Solutions Funds, Lion Recovery Fund, Elephant Crisis Fund, and Quick Response Fund for Nature.

Adriana Navarro Ramírez is a Mexican freelance journalist. She has worked in different mass media such as El informador, Mural, Este País NTR, CNN México, Radio Universidad de Guadalajara, Canal 44 and La Gaceta. In the last couple years, she has had the opportunity to travel to seasides of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras to write chronicles about the way in which the communities have organized to protect their territories and their seas. The chronicles were published in different books: Written with Blue Ink 1 and 2; Leadership in the Mesoamerican Reef and Women of the Sea sponsored by the KFW German Development Bank and Mar Fund, an independent international non-profit organization.

Allison  is a freelance journalist based in Vancouver, Canada, covering science, environment, and climate news for Canadian and international outlets. She is trained as a youth journalist by the Foundation for Environmental Education in partnership with the UNFCCC and UNESCO, having most recently reported from COP23 in Bonn, Germany. At COP23, she was a speaker on a UNESCO panel on climate education. She is currently pursuing a BSc in Global Resource Systems at the University of British Columbia. Her interdisciplinary approaches to studying food systems, agriculture, and the environment provide a foundation for bringing science to the forefront of her journalism. Allison believes that meaningful climate journalism, particularly driven by youth and grounded in evidence-based reporting, is essential to combatting today’s climate emergency.

Angelica Yang is a 23-year old, award winning journalist based in Manila, who has published across all major Philippines newspapers, including The Philippine Daily Inquirer, GMA News Online, ABS-CBN.com, and Rappler. While studying Journalism at the University of the Philippines, she won the 2019 Chit Estella Student Journalism Award for “Best in Journalism Research” and the 2018 UP Science Journalism Award for “Best Science News Story."

Anna Desmarais is a Canadian radio producer and a freelance political journalism correspondent. An early career professional journalist, Anna has worked for newsrooms across Canada and around the world, with bylines for CBC News, Bloomberg BNA, TRT World News, Toronto Star, iPolitics, Global News and the Ottawa Citizen. Her career took her to Toronto, Kathmandu and Edmonton before she landed back in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, in 2018. Anna is still a recent graduate of Carleton University’s Bachelor of Journalism program but she hopes to eventually become a foreign correspondent who covers the world’s most pressing global issues. 

Charley is a journalist from the Solomon Islands. He is an environmental reporter mainly in investigative journalism. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts (Journalism) from Divine Word University in Papua New Guinea. He spent years dedicated to covering climate change and environmental-related stories as the Solomon Islands was one of the first countries to record adverse impacts from climate change, despite being one of the least contributors of greenhouse gas emissions.

Colline Saabwe is a climate communicator based in Uganda. A self-described climate enthusiast, he has worked as a climate activist, farmer, and communicator in Uganda.

Daniel Whyte is a storyteller and journalist with a deep interest in development. He’s the youngest of this group of Fellows! At just 20 years old, Daniel already holds a BA in English and Literary Studies (First Class Honours). In 2019, he was selected as one of the top hundred young journalists and media makers in the world by British Council and he received full sponsorship to attend the 2019 Future News Worldwide conference held at the Thomson Reuters Headquarters, London, UK. He has previously written for Stears Business, HumAngle Media, International Centre for Investigative Reporting, The Cable  Newspaper, among others. 

Flavia Lopes is an environmental reporter with IndiaSpend, a data news platform based in India.  She has previously written for Wire, Article 12, and BehanBox and she was a mobile journalism fellow with Internews and a media fellow with Rising Flame. She is also a graduate of Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics. When not working on stories, you can find her cooking, journaling, or learning new languages. Currently, she is trying her luck with Farsi.

Ishita has been actively involved in journalism for four years and specializes in nature-based solutions, clean energy, and the intersection of gender and climate change. Ishita got into journalism so she could help highlight the efforts of individuals from traditionally marginalized groups in the fight against climate change after noticing the disproportionate representation of certain groups in the media.  She aspires to inspire and empower youth to take meaningful and impactful actions to create momentum for positive change. 

Born in Argentina in 1988, Julian Reingold holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and is currently a student of MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development at University College London (UCL). Fiction writer since an early age, he has shifted from journalism as a hobby to a constant commitment to discuss climate change reality in his homeland, a challenge that still has a long way to go as natural disasters remain outside of the Government’s priorities. After traveling across many Latin American countries, he believes in the possibility of uniting efforts in the region to avoid ecological breakdown by acknowledging the indigenous wisdom of nature and supporting the new ways of social protest in the digital age.

Kartik Chandramouli from Mumbai, India is the Digital Content Editor at Mongabay-India. He works with a network of video contributors to produce and edit videos about environment and conservation. He has also directed and shot a few assignments, including stories from Sundarbans about the changing relationship between environment and people through an Earth Journalism Network grant. He was selected for National Geographic’s Out Of Eden Slow Journalism workshop and developed a photo story on urban floods. His work also includes creating graphics and maps. Kartik’s aim is to use multimedia to effectively communicate stories about the environment. Before joining a news organisation a year ago, he worked in digital advertising for 6 years designing brand campaigns and websites. He led the design team for the latter part of those years. 

Lillian S Keneqa (pronounced KE-NE-A, the “Q” is silent) is a journalist who believes that journalism is a way of life no matter where you work! She is from the small pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. Currently, Lillian is employed as a communications officer with Save the Children in PNG. Previously, she was employed by PNG’s local television media company EM TV, where she contributed stories and also produced the news. Lillian is passionate about community development, mental health, agriculture and climate change/environment and writes about small initiatives individuals are taking to make a difference in their sphere of influence. Lillian also loves to travel and do photography. She believes in the power of storytelling and the positive, life changing impact it can have on individuals.  

Marcela is a journalist, based in Brazil, with special interest in the environment and climate change. Currently, she is a reporter and TV presenter at Rede Minas, and a Public Science Communication postgrad student at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. For the past seven years, she’s been covering environmental issues, with a focus on mining impacts, and she’s produced dozens of reports about themes such as traditional and indigenous knowledge and conservation projects. She’s also the director of a short film, “Amazon Rainforest TV”, and a writer, author of the novel “O nome do Lobo” (The wolf’s name).

Marta Montojo is a Madrid-based freelance journalist who specializes in environmental and climate change reporting. For the past four years she has worked with a variety of Spanish media outlets including La Vanguardia, eldiario es, Agencia EFE and Radio Intereconomía, among others. She has covered environmental issues from Spain, Denmark, Australia, India and the US, and she has also lived in Cuba, where she did research for a journalistic project still ongoing. She is now a regular contributor to specialized magazines such as Ballena Blanca and Ciudad Sostenible as well as to Ecogestiona, a weekly radio show focused on environmental economics.

Milton Antonio López Tarabochia hails from Lima, Perú. He has published in Mongabay USA and Mongabay Latin America about a major oil spill in Peruvian waters . He is very proud of these publications, as he should be, because he was a nominee with the team to the National Journalism Award in the Writing Category. After this publication he continued writing many similar articles, which influenced the Government’s decision to create a special fund for remedying the oil spill catastrophe. 

Naomi is a freelance journalist based in London covering the environment, foreign affairs and culture for a number of British and international outlets. She has covered stories around the world, reporting on farming in Kenya, the Venezuelan migration crisis, and biodiversity in Colombia. Before becoming freelance, she was a writer and commissioning editor on the Guardian's global development network, and contributed to their award-winning series on elephant conservation. She has a masters in journalism from City University London, specialising in humanitarian reporting, and in 2019 she was a winner of MHP's young journalists awards. 

Vaishnavi Rathore is based in New Delhi, India and is an Environment Associate with The Bastion—a development journalism organization. Stories of environmental justice and democracy, governance of commons, forest and land rights specifically pique her interest. Before she ventured into full-time environmental journalism, she spent two years working on ground with communities and their relationship with natural resources. Her experience in the state of Gujarat with Foundation for Ecological Security exposed her to challenges of localizing governance, while working with forest dependent communities in the Himalayan landscapes of Himachal Pradesh introduced her to the Forest Rights Act. There, she was with Himdhara Environment Collective, and was involved in spreading awareness on the Act, facilitating its implementation, researching and advocating on it.

Watsemba Miriam is an award winning documentary photographer and writer based in Uganda, with a background in Journalism and Communication. She is passionate about storytelling, and believes that stories can be an effective avenue for driving change and development. Her dream is to help people express themselves authentically, through storytelling. Miriam is a multiple time grantee, who has published and exhibited both locally and internationally. Through her works, she seeks to archive the truth and provoke action.

Spike Buckley is a Co-founder and former Board Member of One Earth. Prior to One Earth, Spike founded Earth’s Call Fund with a mission to deploy capital to innovators targeting climate change. He is an avid supporter of the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Conservation Colorado, the League of Conservation Voters, and NextGen America.