From climate crisis to climate justice

On Monday, I was a panelist at the United Edge online learning event on climate justice. This is my second time to be invited by United Edge. In November last year, I spoke on the climate breakdown and had a really interesting exchange with participants, many of whom were development workers who were working on justice. The Monday event was sort of a sequel for that one, as it pursues the idea of climate justice. The online learning session was attended by 110 participants from many countries. It was a pleasure seeing again my friends Matt Kletzing and Daniel Bevan who founded United Edge and sharing the screen with Doni Marmer and Shikar Agarwal as fellow panelists with Will Midwinter as host, and Grace Tan-Johannes and Sagar Kafle as moderators.

Sharing my story at #CRinPH

Thanks to my dear friend and fellow climate warrior Dean Rebecca Barrios for taking this photo. Check out my full training album.  

(I had the chance to share my story at The Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training in Manila this afternoon. This is how I intended to share it, but the actual was a bit different. It was an honor to be introduced by Climate Reality Board Member Don Henry who I had the privilege of meeting in the Asia Pacific Climate Reality Leadership Congress in Melbourne in 2011. Meeting Climate Reality founder and chairman Al Gore at the backstage was so surreal, but that’s another story.)

I’m a farmer’s daughter. My father took pains to send us to school and not spend a day of work on the farm. But as a child, I loved climbing trees taking showers in the rain, and daydreaming. However, my father’s dream for me was to set out to make something of myself. And despite some detours, I found myself teaching in college and taking up a masters course. I was actually on my way. But I was burned out.