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#1 - Organizing to survive. The power of community with Joanna Sustento

34 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2022 at 4:04 pm.
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On November 8, 2013, Joanna's life changed forever. Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated her community in Tacloban, the Philippines. As a survivor-turned-climate-activist, Joanna's story of loss, resilience and hope puts a human face to the climate crisis.

Tune in as Joanna shares why she has turned to organizing within her community and around the world to create change and hold those responsible to account.


About Joanna:

Joanna is a survivor turned climate activist. after surviving Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. She has served as a voice for the people of Leyte and other climate-impacted communities by humanizing the climate crisis through the power of storytelling. She has spoken in international climate meetings organized by the United Nations, Greenpeace, and other international organizations.

Her activism brought her to Norway's Arctic sea in 2017, where she confronted oil drilling, and spoke to the youth and Norwegian Parliament; to a peaceful protest in Poland against coal, and The Climate Pilgrimage- 1,500 kilometer walk from Rome to Poland across 6 countries over 65 days in 2018; to a lone and silent protest in front of a major global fossil fuel company in 2019.

While still active in promoting the rights of climate-impacted communities, she joined Greenpeace Philippines as a Public Engagement Campaigner where she finds working with the different sectors of the community- especially the Filipino youth most fulfilling.