We can only better take care of the planet when we are also doing well. As we advocate and fight for climate justice, it’s really important that youn… - Vanessa Nakate

It hasn’t rained for two years. To experience what that means in a community, to see how much people are suffering and how much help they need, I really got to see how the climate crisis is affecting so many lives and destroying so many livelihoods, and that it’s mostly women and children who are suffering the most.

Having dominion over the Earth is about responsibility and service to the planet and its people, because God is not a God of waste and exploitation.

Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but it’s not on the front pages of the world’s newspapers. Every activist who speaks out is telling a story about themselves and their community, but if they are ignored, the world will not know what’s really happening, what solutions are working. The erasure of our voices is literally the erasure of our histories and what people hold dear to their lives.