Celebrate Earth Day with the words that matter most! Join us for a conversation about the power of language in climate action, hosted by Arc’teryx ambassador Pamela EA on Monday, April 22nd at 7:00 pm at Arc’teryx SoHo.
There will be a book swap, as well as healthy, delicious food provided by Le Botaniste. Beer provided by Other Half Brewing.
Celebrate Earth Day with the words that matter most! Join us for a conversation about the power of language in climate action, hosted by Arc’teryx ambassador Pamela EA on Monday, April 22nd at 7:00 pm at Arc’teryx SoHo. There will be a book swap, as well as healthy, delicious food provided by Le Botaniste. Beer provided by Other Half Brewing.
Join Anne Therese Gennari, educator, and author of The Climate Optimist Handbook; Alexandra Climent, grassroots environmentalist, explorer, artist, and founder of Endangered Rainforest Rescue; and Ayisha Siddiqa, environmental and human rights defender, and Climate Advisor to the UN General Secretary, in conversation with Rebecca Gerny, Authors on Climate Words host and Climate Books coordinator.
Prepare your best climate questions for the panel and pack your favorite books to swap. See you there!
Climate Words is a non-profit organization that is giving people the tools they need to talk about climate. They invite authors, scientists, Indigenous leaders, policy-makers, explorers, and designers to define a word that is central to their frontline climate work. Each definition is supported by research, photography and resources for further learning.
“We want to bring people together, reconnect them with the Earth, and inspire them to align their work with a regenerative and resilient future.” – Pamela EA, co-founder and creative director of Climate Words, and Arc’teryx ambassador.
Are you interested in increasing the impact of Climate Words? Click here to make a direct donation to climate literacy efforts, and learn more about other ways to contribute.
**Attendance to this event is RSVP only! Seating is limited, so if you RSVP and are unable to make it, please cancel your reservation via your email confirmation. Thanks in advance!
Where: ARC'TERYX Soho, 169 Spring Street, New York NY 10012
When: April 22th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Alexandra Climent is a rainforest conservationist, artist, and the founder of Endangered Rainforest Rescue. For several years, Alexandra has led expeditions into the Darién Gap of Panamá, in search of endangered tree species for seed collection. Through her organization, she restores biodiversity on depleted land while prioritizing the protection of indigenous rights and primary forests. Her artistic practice involves utilizing materials gathered from fallen trees in the rainforest, with the aim of showcasing the rainforest's beauty and highlighting its urgent need for protection.
In 2023, Alexandra was selected as the United States Country Leader for the G20's Changemaker Summit and appointed as a "Next Generation Explorer" by The Explorers Club in NYC, of which she is a member.
Anne Therese Gennari is a TEDx speaker, educator, and author of The Climate Optimist Handbook. As a workshop host and communicator, Anne Therese focuses on shifting the narrative on climate change so that we can act from courage and excitement, not fear.
She believes that climate optimism has the ability to not just change the world, but lives, families, and organizations. It’s an act of healing and self-empowerment that opens up for curiosity and solutions-thinking; a driver for positive change, innovation, and growth. She has lectured at schools including City College of New York, Columbia University, and Harvard, and worked collaboratively with brands like Tetra Pak and BMW.
Ayisha Siddiqa is a Pakistani-American human rights and land defender serving as a Youth Climate Advisor to the UN Secretary General. In 2020, she co-founded Polluters Out, a global youth activist coalition, and helped launch the Fossil Free University, an activism training course. As part of her activism, Ayisha has helped organize multiple school strikes for climate action that mobilized hundreds of thousands of young people. She has directed and led campaign efforts at the international level to help achieve victories such as the Loss and Damage Fund at COP28. Her expertise in lobbying around climate negotiations has earned her recognition as a strategist among national and youth delegations in the UNFCCC.
As a fellow at the Climate Litigation Accelerator at New York University School of Law, Ayisha is serving as the project manager of the “Future Generations Tribunal” The Tribunal is a series of hearings that will be held all over the world to collect witness testimonies from young people, mothers children with the primary question “What rights have to be established today to protect generations to come.” She sits on the board of the Home Planet Fund and is on the Steering Committee of the Youth Climate Justice Fund. Ayisha was recognized on the cover of TIME magazine, as one of the Women of the Year 2023. Ayisha has contributed a chapter in “The Revolution will not be Litigated” and “The climate book by Greta Thunberg.”
