Dr Simon McMillan is a qualified geologist and teacher. His teaching intertwines the environment and learning; for which he has won numerous awards. He founded Kaikorai Valley College’s Urban Farm in 2013, and for eight years developed both the Urban Farm and its learning activities. As an earth scientist, Simon has long been aware of how the climate has changed […]

Phoebe Nikolaou and Rilke (Ri) Comer are co-founders of Students for Climate Solutions- a Wellington based voluntary organisation that delivers innovative strategies to mitigate climate change and achieve climate justice. As young people, climate change is an ever-present factor in their lives, but it was later in life where they realised the role they could play in addressing it. Speaking […]

Robert Lyall is the programme director of decarbonisation at WSP – New Zealand’s leading engineering consultancy. Last year, WSP announced a major new initiative to fight climate change: halving the carbon footprint of their infrastructure designs and advice provided to their clients by 2030. They are implementing this alongside their sustainability (operational) target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% by […]

Linn Araboglos is the Chief Executive Officer at Wellington Community Fund and is chair of the Community Trusts of Aotearoa / New Zealand’s Climate Change Working Group, which established the Funders Commitment on Climate Action in 2021.  Linn views “climate action as community action”. Prior to joining the world of philanthropy, Linn had a background in social development. A common […]