Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Pooja Tilvawala (episode 97)

Pooja Tilvawala is a climate justice community connector who was born in India, but grew up in the US. She has degrees in Economics and International Studies and first worked at the Meridian Institute to advance ocean policy in Mexico and federal climate policy in the US, form alliances to act on plastic pollution, and more. 

 

Currently, she is the Founder and Director of Youth Climate Collaborative, a designer for Rivet, a finance team member of the Climate Youth Negotiators Program, and an active member of YOUNGO. She focuses on capacity-building for youth, effective storytelling, intergenerational action, power sharing, and microfinance for youth led action. Her purpose in life is to nurture her curiosity and creativity, encourage herself and others to challenge the status quo, and unite people to improve the quality of life for all.   

 

Her social media handles are Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and her company also had Twitter, Instagram and Facebook handles.

 

She talked in the podcast about the work of her friend Alex Lew.

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

 

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