Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Anita Soina is a Kenyan climate change activist from the Maasai community. She is the author of the book Green War and the founder of the Soina Foundation.

Q: What’s your most recent climate action? A: I run an initiative called “A tree a child” that offers climate education to learning institutions, and incorporates tree growing. The bigger picture is to encourage officials from local and national governments to become patrons, so they understand the urgency. 

Q: What is your earliest conscious memory of the climate crisis? A: I witnessed from a young age rivers drying up, water shortages, droughts, floods… But only later did I understand they are linked.

Q: Who is your greatest role model for climate action? A: Wangari Maathai championed conservation here in Kenya, went through torture and stood firm, built a network of women and youth: Her legacy still lives.