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20 year old Climate Justice Activist. Otomi-Toltec. Co-Founder of @ReEarthInit organizer with @fridays4future 🌎 🇲🇽 @penn
May 3, 2022 6 tweets 1 min read
Yesterday I learned that institutions, corporations, and brands are not impenetrable— they’re all made of people who, for the most part, want to be part of the solution when it comes to the climate crisis It’s important to bring with us those who have not yet found their place in the climate movement who have huge reach and influence
Dec 26, 2021 15 tweets 3 min read
Thought after attending #DontLookUp premiere as a climate activist First of all, this is not a movie about how people would react to the end of the world— it’s a movie about how people ARE reacting to the existential threat that IS the climate crisis
Jan 29, 2020 6 tweets 1 min read
10 tips for being a climate justice activist:

1- Don’t start from scratch, there are hundreds of existing initiatives that you can join

2- Maintain good communication with your peers and the adult organizations that you partner with

3- Take good care of yourself and others 4- Make your activism intersectional, include all stakeholders in your decision making, and don’t tokenize

5- Just for the sake of efficiency, don’t do things the patriarchal way, the racist way, the exhausting way, or any way that excludes marginalized voices
Dec 15, 2019 15 tweets 5 min read
Thoughts of a 17-year old on #COP25:

First of all, there is very little international news coverage, which makes it hard for people who were not at COP, or involved in the environmental moment, to know what’s going on at the place that’s is supposed to define climate ambition So let me break it down for you:

1) Only *one* big polluter, the UK, released a plan to cut carbon emissions by 2050

2) Article 6, which decides whether or not “human rights” are to be included in carbon markets, was inconclusive. Hint: human rights are a *must*