Ainhoa Martinelli is from Switzerland and is 19 years old. She works in a Montessori school and will begin to study geography in the fall. Ainhoa started her activist work in her early teenage years with Fridays for Future. She is now an active part of various international climate movements such as the Global Climate Strike, Debt4Climate, and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, making her the perfect person to talk to about the issues we will all have to face.

Ainhoa and I will be talking about activist burnout, the dark side of volunteer tourism, what the climate movement has to do with the exploitation of formerly colonized countries, the climate crisis overall, and how Eurocentrism, privilege, and inequity are often disregarded factors that should be taken into account in environmental discussions. We are also talking about how our consumerist ways are hindering environmental protection efforts and what we can do to decrease the pace at which this planet is dying.

Find Ainhoa on Instagram: @_.ginia.ainhoa._

Mentioned resources
Climate Strike Switzerland: https://climatestrike.ch/
Debt for Climate Movement: https://www.debtforclimate.org/
Global Youth Biodiversity Network: https://www.gybn.org/
Fridays for Future: https://fridaysforfuture.org/
The Outlaw Ocean Podcast: https://www.theoutlawocean.com/the-outlaw-ocean-podcast/
Ted Talk: "The White Savior Complex: The Dark Side of Volunteering"
Ted Talk: "The Problem With Voluntourism"

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