Craig Miller, Senior Southwest Representative Defenders of Wildlife

The Mexican Gray Wolf: Road to Recovery?

Craig Miller is a conservationist from Tucson, Arizona. He has been active in southwest wildlife and wildlands protection issues since 1988, with an emphasis on Mexican gray wolf recovery. As the senior southwest representative for Defenders of Wildlife, he has been developing and implementing regional wildlife and habitat conservation programs since 1993. He is also co-founder of Northern Jaguar Project, a binational initiative to conserve jaguars throughout their northern range, where he served as vice president for twelve years. Prior to joining Defenders, he worked as an environmental consultant, outdoor adventure guide, wilderness study area adopter and as a wolf advocate for Preserve Arizona’s Wolves – the first citizen group focused on returning endangered Mexican gray wolves to their historic home in Arizona.

Impact Earth: Wildlife, Episode 2

Anya Schoolman, Executive Director, Solar United Neighbors

Accessing Renewable Energy: Neighbors Going Solar Together, Anya has worked for decades on environmental projects and policy up and down the Western Hemisphere. This work has helped her grapple with the issue of sustainable development and how to make complex issues relevant to the community. Solar United Neighbors got its start when her son Walter asked, “Mom, can we go solar?” In her role as Executive Director, Anya has been instrumental in the passage of landmark solar legislation and regulation. In April 2014, the White House selected Anya as one of 10 White House Champions of Change for Solar Deployment for her groundbreaking work to deploy solar in the National Capital Region.

Impact Earth: Energy, Episode 3

Aired: July 1, 2020

Michael Charles, SustainUS COP 25 Delegation Leader; Community Building and Partnerships Coordinator

Until the Day We Say All is Beautiful Again

Hailing from the Southwest, Michael has developed a love for the world through many years of exploring Mother Earth’s beauty, respecting her gifts, and interacting with cultures across the globe. He is Diné, from the Navajo Nation, and has lived across the country pursuing his interests in academia. Currently, he is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow working on his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on sustainable process design and explores how ecological systems can be included into technological design and decision-making to expand the boundaries of traditional engineering.

Michael has also worked at the UN Climate Negotiations (COP) the past few years and focuses on indigenous issues, working with the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC). He recently co-led the first US indigenous youth delegation to these negotiations in Madrid, Spain with SustainUS. SustainUS is a youth-led organization advancing justice and sustainability by empowering young people to engage in advocacy at the domestic and international levels. In 2018, he was recognized with a Dreamstarter Grant from Running Strong for American Indian Youth to work on higher education accessibility issues for Navajo high schoolers living on the reservation and was also named a Movement Builders Fellow by the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) in 2018. In 2019, he was selected as a Cultural Preservation Ambassador in addressing human trafficking in Native communities and bringing broader awareness to missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW).

His work has been featured by Teen Vogue, REI Co-op Journal, Intel’s blog, and several podcasts. Although his interests and advocacy transcend many disciplines and labels, most of his work is focused in increasing indigenous representation in climate activism, politics, and higher education in the pursuit of justice and collective liberation.

Impact Humanity: Episode 1

What does it look like when ambition and collaboration are fostered in the philanthropic sector to drive resources to frontline leaders and organizations working to build a vibrant future for all? One Earth believes it is possible to solve the climate crisis. It is an optimism fueled by groundbreaking science, game-changing potential of philanthropy and the power of community led-action. We can solve the climate crisis and Justin Winters is joining us to illuminate the path to do just that.

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