Tiffany is proof that you don’t need to give up a flourishing career and domain expertise to make a difference in the climate space. Tiffany’s move into climate work stems from a deep desire to be a steward of the earth, and at Elemental Excelerator, she gets to do just that.

Ilias is an engineering manager at Ecosia in Berlin, a privacy-friendly search engine that plants trees as you browse the web. Ilias has worked all over the world over the last decade: Brazil, England, Spain, and India. What is constant in his story is a commitment to social justice.

Abid has years of product management experience at top tech companies. Now he’s working at OnSwtich, building the simplest way for commercial buildings to switch to solar. Abid’s turning point was an exercise in honesty, writing down his unfiltered opinion about climate change. In this interview we cover being an active citizen, how being an investor helped him find his current role, and what it’s like living in alignment with what’s important.

Leah Thomas is building a platform to support intersectional environmentalism and dismantle systems of oppression in the environmental movement. The platform is led by a council of exceptional environmental activists and sustainability advocates. In this conversation we talk about what intersectional environmentalism means, the years of work behind going viral, and why we can’t talk about environmentalism without the context of race and culture.

Ten months ago Aidan chose to focus her design skills on climate solutions. She talks to us about leaving her job, landing her first climate contract, and the role designers can play in helping the world transition to a climate-resilient economy.

Amy Duffuor started her climate journey in the back of a pickup truck in Indonesia, now she gets to choose what climate startups get funded. Rooted in social justice, she is passionate about investments that have real outcomes for people most affected by the climate crisis.

Asim Hussain was the regional developer relations lead at Microsoft. After realizing the scale of the climate emergency he worked to shift his role, taking on developing an entirely new field in tech called Sustainable Software Engineering.

Few people look at scary climate disasters like the permafrost releasing methane and say “I can do something about that”. Olya is one of those people. Read on to find out about how she went from Google to the Arctic and founded her company Frost Methane.

Last year Soren worked in finance at a pharma company in Denmark. Now he’s in London, and leads growth at a cooperative which retrofits houses with heat pumps and efficient insulation. We talked about he got there, his perspectives on climate solutions and the massive opportunities he sees today. Read on!