Climate Change

Leslie is an ecologist, educator, and naturalist studying wild pollinators in Vermont. Before moving to Vermont, Leslie studied wild pollinators in Costa Rican forests and coffee farms, Minnesota prairies, and the urban wilds of Boston. She is also a Vermont Master Naturalist and serves on the Vermont Pollinator Working Group steering committee.

Jasmine Lamb is a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point and a current PhD Candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Maine. Jasmine has worked in environmental justice for Wabanaki Tribal Nations and founded the Sipayik Resilience Committee to support citizen-led tribal resilience initiatives, including increasing access to energy efficiency and renewable energy technology and other climate resilience actions.

Brook M Thompson is a Yurok and Karuk Native American Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz ENVS, scientist, civil/ environmental engineer, children's book author, water activist, and artist. Thompson's areas of expertise includes Chinook Salmon on the Klamath, environmental justice, restoration theory, and Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

Christopher Ihinegbu's research integrates environmental justice into wildfire and flood resilience, focusing on practical approaches to facilitate cascading resilience. His work aims to inform environmental advocacy and translational science by promoting leverage for equitable disaster resilience. As a Climate Justice Champion with the Climate Action Campaign, he advocates for equitable climate solutions.