Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer. She is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, distinguished scholar at Bowdoin College, co-editor of the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save, and author of What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. She is in love with climate solutions

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How to Move Away From the Climate Brink

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson explores what climate success could look like—if only we let it.

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Be Tenacious on Behalf of Life on Earth

Dear class of 2023: This is your moment and your mission, writes Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

These Black Icons Have a Novel Idea to Save the Ocean

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson discusses ocean justice with Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila, winners of the 2023 'Nobel Prize' for the environment.

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

We Can't Solve the Climate Crisis Unless Black Lives Matter

The Black Lives Matter movement is not a distraction from saving the planet. We can’t solve the climate crisis without people of color, but we could probably solve it without racists.Whether it’s Hurricane Katrina or...

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
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