Posts by Melinda Kramer
I Took My Son to Kenya. Together, We Met My Younger Self.
By Melinda Kramer, Women’s Earth Alliance Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director There is a particular feeling that comes from returning to the place that made you who you are, twenty-six years later, with your own child beside you. I felt it the moment we landed in Nairobi. The last light of sun struck the runway exactly as…
Read MoreInvesting in Women’s Leadership: A Climate Imperative at NYC Climate Week
By Amira Diamond, Melinda Kramer, Kahea Pacheco, WEA Co-Directors WEA team and WEA Leaders at an event co-hosted with our partners at Project Dandelion during NYC Climate Week 2024. Last week at Climate Week in NYC, we witnessed an extraordinary surge of momentum for women’s leadership in climate. The collective reach and impact we’re achieving…
Read MoreMalnad Mela — A celebration of Seeds
In an event hall in the small village of Sirsi, on the edge of the Western Ghats in the Indian state of Karnataka, more than a hundred women gather to participate in the Malnad Mela, a decade-old festival organized by Vanastree, a seed saving collective of women farmers. These participants, as well as the 800…
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