Anita Okunde
(She/Her)
Anita Okunde is a 18 year old university student at the University of Oxford studying PPE but also an award winning activist and public speaker focusing on issues specifically surrounding intersectional climate justice and feminism. Anita’s work has a focus of putting those disproportionately affected by the crisis we face at the forefront of the climate movement.
This work has led to her being listed as one of the top 100 environmentalists according by Forbes and also featured in The Independent the Guardian. As a 2022 I Will Ambassador Anita hopes to continue to inspire young people and amplify their voices.
Her with sustainability has always been centred around putting BIPOC people at the forefront of the climate movement. This has included setting up press conferences, taking up space in white-dominated areas of climate activism and speaking out against environmental classism.
