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India Logan-Riley

India Logan-Riley is a New Zealand climate activist, who was awarded the 2021 Stanford University Bright Award. Logan-Riley is known for co-founding of Te Ara Whatu, a youth climate activism organisation which consists of Māori and Pacific Peoples (Pasifika).

India Logan-Riley
India Logan-Riley in 2023.
Alma materStanford University
OrganizationTe Ara Whatu
Known forClimate activism

Biography

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Logan-Riley has studied archaeology and Māori history at university.[1] Logan-Riley attended the UN's climate talks in 2015 and 2016, where they were a member of the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus.[2] Their activism focuses on the rights of indigenous peoples.[3] The impact of their activism has been discussed in the same context as that of Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough.[4] They have spoken out on how rising sea levels will disproportionately affect Māori communities, in particular since their communities are already over-represented in poverty statistics.[5] Logan-Riley is connected to Kahungunu, Rangitāne and Rongomaiwahine iwi.[6][7]

In 2017, as a result of conversations at the UN Climate Conference, they founded Te Ara Whatu, a Māori youth-led initiative which focuses on climate activism.[6][7] The group campaign has campaigned internationally at the UN Climate Conferences, and also campaigns at a national level to ensure that indigenous perspectives are part of the climate crisis planning of the New Zealand government.[8]

In 2021 they were awarded the Bright Award from Stanford University, which includes a prize fund of US$100,000.[6][7] It recognises individuals who have an especial impact on "environmental preservation and global sustainability".

Logan-Riley addressed the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they centred the importance of indigenous knowledge and appealed to the politicians present to "get in line or get out of the way".[9]

Awards and recognition

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  • Australian Progress Fellowship[2]
  • Stanford Bright Award (2021)[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ How to be a global citizen: be informed, get involved. Dorling Kindersley. 5 August 2021. ISBN 978-0-7440-2995-6. OCLC 1264128277.
  2. ^ a b "India Logan-Riley". Australian Progress. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ "12 Female Climate Activists Who Are Saving the Planet - 2. India Logan-Riley". Global Citizen. 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ Welford, Mark R.; Yarbrough, Robert A. (2020). Human-Environment Interactions: An Introduction. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-56032-4.
  5. ^ Holmes, David C.; Richardson, Lucy M. (25 December 2020). Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78990-040-8.
  6. ^ a b c d Kubota, Taylor (5 October 2021). "Indigenous climate activist wins 2021 Bright Award". Stanford News.
  7. ^ a b c d Edelman, Zoe (26 October 2021). "Indigenous activist awarded Stanford's top environmental award". The Stanford Daily.
  8. ^ Ritchie, Jenny (3 April 2021). "Movement from the margins to global recognition: climate change activism by young people and in particular indigenous youth" (PDF). International Studies in Sociology of Education. 30 (1–2): 53–72. doi:10.1080/09620214.2020.1854830. ISSN 0962-0214. S2CID 229444474.
  9. ^ "'Honour our knowledge': Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaks at COP26 summit opening". Stuff. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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