Who we are

Why on Earth should we agitate for urgent *change in humanity’s relationship with its ecological life systems? 

The purpose of the Climate Ecology Emergency Hub is to argue for *change as an imperative, primarily through an approach of ‘artivist’- academic- advocacy; to provoke and promote a pluriverse of thinking whilst fully integrating evidence based on scientific research (including, but not exclusive to, the scientific method).

The anchor of the Hub is the concept of the Climate-Ecology Blueprint and its potential applications, whilst the Blueprint’s principles and justifications are explored through a kaleidoscope of epistemologies.

We hope that our objective-subjective synthesis of content will concentrate both the rational-analytical and emotive-intuitive facets of the mind, so that you may be inspired to act against the prevailing tide that pits growth against postgrowth and surrenders to ecological doomism and inertia.   

The Climate Ecology Emergency Hub has been co-founded and created by Jasmin and Vanessa, with Paola as our web designer.

We welcome you to the Climate Ecology Emergency Hub !

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Our team

Vanessa (‘Nessy’)

Many years prior to my doctoral studies, I had originally trained as a professional classical dancer whilst having always felt an affinity for the fine arts- especially drawing and painting. I had an extensive career as a British Occupational Therapist specialising in Neuro-rehabilitation in the UK’s NHS. During the course of my clinical work, I took a sabbatical and embarked on my MSc in Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex. 
I later became involved in climate and ecology activism and in 2020, was one of the original co-founders in the conception of the UK Climate- Nature Bill and what was to become its Zero Hour campaign, in the role as science coordinator for the CAN Bill’s first and second drafting. This invaluable experience with Zero Hour inspired me to conceive the idea of a Climate-Ecology Blueprint and, along with Jasmin, the creation of the Climate-Ecology Emergency Hub. 
 
I’m a passionate advocate for the potent messaging of science through art and this is reflected through the creative features characteristic of the Hub.  
 

Jasmin

After living for thirteen years away broadening my views about life, I now live in the chilly and often grey coastal area of Helsinki, Finland.

I have researched Peruvian education and pondered questions from race and gender relations to citizenship and land policy. I hold an MA in Medical Anthropology from the University of Sussex, and a PhD in social anthropology from Goldsmiths, University of London.

In my latest research engagement at Mecila, Sao Paulo, I worked with artists to discover how art connects us in ways that can give us insights into building trust needed to tackle the planetary crisis.

Paola

Paola is an artist, web and graphic designer, front-end developer, healer and poet. In her art, she seeks to understand and communicate cosmoperceptions that reconnect human beings with their essence, bringing elements and ancestral wisdom from different peoples and cultures around the world.

She designed and developed Climate Ecology Blueprint visual identity and website.