sustainability Tag Archive

ACE INTERVIEW: Maureo on Queerness in Climate Activism

Raquel Martinez

Maureo Fernandez y Mora (he/they) is a youth activist based in Northampton, MA and Associate State Director of Clean Water Action Massachusetts.

ACE INTERVIEW: Alex Silva on Influencer Power in Activism

Raquel Martinez

Alex Silva (he/him) is a recent high school graduate, climate content creator, and founder of the EcoTok collective. He uses his voice on social media to advocate for different environmental causes and previously led an environmental club at his school for three years. Alex also volunteers for Chispa NV, a grassroots climate organization that focuses on environmental justice.

ACE INTERVIEW: Philip Aiken on Being an Environmentalist in the Digital Space

Raquel Martinez

Philip Aiken hosts the eco podcast ‘just to save the world.’ He is an environmentalist, creative and a community organizer in Austin, Texas with a background in Engineering and a Masters degree in Renewable Energy. Phil is currently a videographer working with sustainable brands and environmental organizations, a prominent eco TikToker, and founding member and director of media production at Intersectional Environmentalist 501 (c)(3).

ACE INTERVIEW: Aryaana Khan on COP26

Raquel Martinez

Aryaana Khan (she/they) is a 20-year-old youth climate organizer located in New York City. She has been a part of the Youth Fundraising Advisory Board (YFAB) and a Senior Fellow at ACE, and is currently a Biologist in the making at the City College of New York. As she prepares to attend COP26 with ACE, Aryaana has shared some thoughts around the conference and the outcomes she is hoping for.

ACE INTERVIEW: Indy Howeth on COP26

Raquel Martinez

Indy (he/him) is currently in his third year at American University in Washington D.C., where he is based, working towards a B.A. in Legal Studies and Sociology, and will be attending COP26 in Glasgow next month as part of ACE’s delegation. Before working for ACE, he worked as an Engagement Intern for The Climate Reality Project where he is most proud of organizing a webinar on Indigenous Leadership within the climate movement, featuring many Indigenous climate speakers. He is now a part of the ACE team as a Storytelling Intern after working to grow the organization’s social media accounts – most notably on TikTok – as a Social Media Intern.

ACE INTERVIEW: Alaina Wood on Digital Climate Activism

Raquel Martinez

Alaina Wood (she/her) is a 25-year-old Sustainability Scientist based in the mountains of Tennessee. Alaina conducts science communication work and is the co-founder of EcoTok, a collective of Environmental Creators conducting climate activism on TikTok.