March 7th International Women’s Day 2024 Celebration: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice
Jackson Wild is excited to announce the third edition of its International Women’s Day Virtual Celebration! Co-presented with Nature Through Her Eyes and The VII Foundation, this year’s event will give you a sneak peek into biologist Rebecca Kormos’ upcoming book Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice (available April 30, 2024).
In Intertwined, author, biologist and conservationist Rebecca Kormos elevates the voices of women working to prevent the climate crisis, weaving together their stories to make a powerful case for why women are essential to changing our current trajectory toward catastrophic global warming and environmental degradation. Join us for an insightful look into Intertwined and meet some female changemakers leading the charge.
The event will highlight conversations between Rebecca and two women featured in her book, Ugandan Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, and Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w First Nations Midori Nicolson. Gladys is Uganda’s first wildlife vet, and Midori is a biologist, community officer, and storyteller. Rebecca will be discussing with them storytelling from a female perspective.
This event welcomes guests of all gender identities, including but not limited to women, non-binary, and men, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. To attend, please RSVP by March 6th. The celebration and conversation will take place in the virtual forest in Remo. We look forward to seeing you there!
In Intertwined, author, biologist and conservationist Rebecca Kormos elevates the voices of women working to prevent the climate crisis, weaving together their stories to make a powerful case for why women are essential to changing our current trajectory toward catastrophic global warming and environmental degradation. Join us for an insightful look into Intertwined and meet some female changemakers leading the charge.
The event will highlight conversations between Rebecca and two women featured in her book, Ugandan Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, and Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w First Nations Midori Nicolson. Gladys is Uganda’s first wildlife vet, and Midori is a biologist, community officer, and storyteller. Rebecca will be discussing with them storytelling from a female perspective.
This event welcomes guests of all gender identities, including but not limited to women, non-binary, and men, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. To attend, please RSVP by March 6th. The celebration and conversation will take place in the virtual forest in Remo. We look forward to seeing you there!
Rebecca Kormos
Rebecca Kormos is a wildlife conservation biologist and the author of "Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice." Her book is based on interviews with women conservationists across the globe, interwoven with evidence highlighting the unequal impact of climate change on women, yet how women are often excluded from decision-making processes concerning nature. Rebecca serves as Vice Chair of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Section on Great Apes, which she helped to found in 2003. She is a Senior Associate at Re:wild, a founding member of the Women in Nature Network (WiNN) and has recently become a Board member for the non-profit For The Good, which partners with villages in the Loita Hills of Kenya to empower girls through increased access to education. Rebecca lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, two daughters, and two German Shepherd dogs.
Rebecca Kormos is a wildlife conservation biologist and the author of "Intertwined: Women, Nature, and Climate Justice." Her book is based on interviews with women conservationists across the globe, interwoven with evidence highlighting the unequal impact of climate change on women, yet how women are often excluded from decision-making processes concerning nature. Rebecca serves as Vice Chair of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, Section on Great Apes, which she helped to found in 2003. She is a Senior Associate at Re:wild, a founding member of the Women in Nature Network (WiNN) and has recently become a Board member for the non-profit For The Good, which partners with villages in the Loita Hills of Kenya to empower girls through increased access to education. Rebecca lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, two daughters, and two German Shepherd dogs.
Jacqueline Farmer
Director/producer Jacqueline Farmer set up Nature Through Her Eyes in 2019 with the VII Foundation, to tackle the problem of under- representation of women in the natural history filmmaking space. The organization runs a bi-annual festival, yearly training programmes and has close ties with Jackson Wild.
http://naturethroughhereyes.com
Director/producer Jacqueline Farmer set up Nature Through Her Eyes in 2019 with the VII Foundation, to tackle the problem of under- representation of women in the natural history filmmaking space. The organization runs a bi-annual festival, yearly training programmes and has close ties with Jackson Wild.
http://naturethroughhereyes.com
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is the Founder and CEO of a 20-year-old award-winning grassroots NGO and non-profit, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH). In 2015, she founded Gorilla Conservation Coffee to support farmers living around gorilla habitats. An Ashoka Fellow, Mulago Foundation Henry Arnhold Fellow and National Geographic Explorer, she won 2021 UNEP Champion of the Earth Award - Science and Innovation, 2022 Edinburgh Medal, 2022 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. She is African Primatological Society Vice President and on Women for the Environment - Africa Leadership Council. In 2021 she was listed among Avance Media's 100 Most Influential Women in Africa, and in 2023 was on the BBC100Women list. In 2023, she published a memoir “Walking with Gorillas,” about her conservation and leadership journey shaped by One Health.
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is the Founder and CEO of a 20-year-old award-winning grassroots NGO and non-profit, Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH). In 2015, she founded Gorilla Conservation Coffee to support farmers living around gorilla habitats. An Ashoka Fellow, Mulago Foundation Henry Arnhold Fellow and National Geographic Explorer, she won 2021 UNEP Champion of the Earth Award - Science and Innovation, 2022 Edinburgh Medal, 2022 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. She is African Primatological Society Vice President and on Women for the Environment - Africa Leadership Council. In 2021 she was listed among Avance Media's 100 Most Influential Women in Africa, and in 2023 was on the BBC100Women list. In 2023, she published a memoir “Walking with Gorillas,” about her conservation and leadership journey shaped by One Health.
Midori Nicolson
Midori Nicolson is Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw and lives in her ancestral village, U’kwanalis, on the Gwa’yi River, which stems from the glacier Uxwestolis, an area known by the colonial name of Kingcome Inlet. Midori was born on Vancouver Island and grew up along the coast of British Columbia. She is a biologist whose priority today is to continue doing the work necessary to keep her community going for generations to come. She believes that we must rebuild all our past village sites and sacred spaces to reweave our connection to our past, so we can be strong enough for what the future holds. Midori finds hope in her children’s generation; they have more voice and conviction and less fear about “rocking the boat.”
Midori Nicolson is Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw and lives in her ancestral village, U’kwanalis, on the Gwa’yi River, which stems from the glacier Uxwestolis, an area known by the colonial name of Kingcome Inlet. Midori was born on Vancouver Island and grew up along the coast of British Columbia. She is a biologist whose priority today is to continue doing the work necessary to keep her community going for generations to come. She believes that we must rebuild all our past village sites and sacred spaces to reweave our connection to our past, so we can be strong enough for what the future holds. Midori finds hope in her children’s generation; they have more voice and conviction and less fear about “rocking the boat.”
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