Dreaming on a dying planet

Krishna Ariola

Environmental Advocate

Krishna Ariola is a 26-year old environmental advocate from Negros Occidental whose work revolves around renewable energy, conservation, & youth empowerment through organizing communities and storytelling. She is one of the founding convenors of Youth for Climate Hope, a Bacolod-based environmental youth coalition that led the successful Coal-Free Negros movement. She is an awardee of the Negros Occidental Conservationist Award in 2021 & a TEDx Talk speaker for UP Manila. She was also present at COP27 in Egypt, where the Loss & Damage funding facility was established, a landmark victory for the global community calling for climate justice. She is currently a campaigner at the Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED), a think-do institution that provides independent, scientific research and people-oriented analysis of issues pertaining to energy, integrity of ecosystems and the general development path pursued by the country.