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One Earth, One Future: 7 Years of Climate Activism and Learning

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Greetings Rotarians,  Thank you for returning to my blog series. These past two months have been very busy with the closing of my last term and the start of summer in Sweden. In this blog post, I will reflect on the past 7 years of engaging in climate activism. As you know, I am a Rotary Grant Scholar for the Environment, so I have had a long passion for climate activism in Arkansas and abroad.  This will be a longer post! So feel free to skim. Let me share a little with you, my journey and inspiration to engage in climate action, and why it is so important as Rotarians to save the planet.  Where It Began (2018-2019) My interest in climate change began in 2018 with the activism of Greta Thunberg . You may recognize her name. She is a world-famous Swedish climate activist who inspired the Fridays for Future movement. Greta left school and protested against fossil fuels and bringing global attention to the climate crisis. Her example inspired millions of youth.  I...
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Answering the Call to Service: Rotary and the Decline of Global International and Humanitarian Aid

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Greetings Rotarians,  I hope you have all been well! This blog post is going to be more technical in nature and policy-focused. It will focus on the decline of international and humanitarian aid globally. This phenomenon has often been discussed on the news. In my program at Lund University, it is discussed in almost every class, as many of my professors are humanitarian and development aid specialists.  While I am studying a Master of Science in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation, international development and humanitarian assistance are hugely connected. Often, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian aid, development, and disaster recovery all occur in the same process. So, I would like to share with you some of my research on this and how it relates to Rotary. But first, some good news!  The Institute for Economics & Peace Just last week, I was accepted to become a global ambassador for the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) , a research th...
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