Theresa Rose Sebastian

Theresa is a climate and social justice activist. Her passion for environmental justice was ignited when her family and herself found themselves stuck in the Kerala floods of 2018. These floods opened up Theresa's eyes to the reality of the climate crisis. Fortunately having the privilege to come home to Ireland where she is living currently, she realised how unfair this crisis will affect people, her native home and her family. She then started her journey to raise more awareness and education. Her work currently revolves around increasing educational awareness through curriculum, social media as well as working on policy reform to ensure a sustainable city to pass on to the next generation.

One action Theresa would like you to do:

“Actively accept the fact that this is not just climate change - it is a climate crisis and an emergency. Accept and understand that you might unknowingly be privileged and not be as badly affected as people from the global South, and use this privilege to fight now. Fight for the person you haven't met yet, fight for your neighbour in a country on the opposite side of the world. We need to fight with each other and alongside each other. And the first step to achieve that is acceptance of truth and privilege.”

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