Activist.
Global speaker.
Social entrepreneur.
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From students in the classroom, to leaders in the boardroom: my mission is to help people step up rather than shut down in the face of the climate crisis."
Clover Hogan is a climate activist and
the founder of Force of Nature.
She has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted within the boardrooms of Fortune 50 companies, and helped students in 50+ countries take action.
Clover has taken the stage alongside global change-makers such as Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva; interviewed the 14th Dalai Lama; and her TED talk has been viewed almost 2 million times.
WRITTEN INTERVIEWS
"At 22, This Young Activist Has Found Ways To Channel Her Eco-Anxiety Into Action"
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![Another grim story from inside the boardroom 🤡
Within the headquarters of a major retailer, an analyst pulled up images of Bangladesh — where most of their manufacturing happens — and explained that at current rates of global heating, as much as a third of the country will be underwater by 2050.
Images flooded into my mind. Abandoned homes; destroyed crops; millions of people on the move. I remember thinking, “This is it. This is the moment where these people realise that they can't continue with business-as-usual. That their business model is not just morally corrupt, but existentially doomed.”
But that's not what happened.
In a blink, the conversation pivoted to where they might have to move their manufacturing. What about Vietnam? Will Vietnam be underwater? What about India? Will India be too hot? There was no pause for Bangladesh. No empathy, no accountability.
The economic system we have today is morally bankrupt. Human lives lose out to quarterly returns. There can be any number of ‘good people’ working within corporations, yet it makes little difference. To quote the late David Graeber: “The motivations of the capitalists don’t actually matter. There is a certain dynamic within the system as a whole which means you could be the nicest person in the world; you could have the best intentions possible; you could love your workers more than yourself… [but] it doesn’t matter if you’re in a competitive marketplace.”
Power does not disrupt itself. Corporations will never choose to do the right or responsible thing; it goes against their very DNA. Change must come from the outside.](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/584367577_18381778204144832_3459038712178025425_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=108&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=LG1z3clQVpMQ7kNvwHo3x1h&_nc_oc=AdlojBnv7AFvE0Xh2yWZz__xqHrqgxJQZjcpvVfuZjuKmRTar-EWmoYp0vviAiCSs0c&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=bc7ZMKDySQhpgKS4v3JkhQ&oh=00_AfiExP9KfFfe4aIExjRtUELv4WQfl1guvEo52_Vqwny10A&oe=692AD305)
![“We don’t need 100 perfect activists but millions of imperfect ones.”
When I started out as an activist, I wanted to live in a way that aligned with my values. Yet this soon devolved into holding myself, and everyone around me, to an impossible standard.
I later learned about the calculated effort from big corporations to misplace responsibility with individuals — like BP’s creation of the carbon footprint calculator.
The ensuing culture of shame and blame has caused division within our movements, and prevented folks on the ‘outside’ from joining in. People are tired of being made to feel guilty for their individual lifestyles — especially when people in power continue to get off the hook.
To take a simple example: people should recycle, but if we’re not lobbying politicians to regulate the companies flooding us with plastic, then we’re ignoring the impending tsunami to fix a leaky tap.
We need to embrace imperfection in activism, and work together to create the systemic changes we so urgently need.
[o] 2023 at @changenow_world
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#ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #SocialMedia #Activism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Media #Twitter #X #Trolls #CancelCulture #CallOutCulture #Sustainability #SustainableLifestyle #GreenLiving #EcoConscious](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/481886620_18347892190144832_2686414178448470197_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=a3PTqHfvqT8Q7kNvwHaRidQ&_nc_oc=Adm_sC85t_e5LRpUv2y3fD8dqG1SVcv4oLqg-eVF5hfALfm3MNPpwQ8DXE6K_baz7Iw&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=bc7ZMKDySQhpgKS4v3JkhQ&oh=00_Afj-rdyNehhBKqeOwaTRnzDBfk7VtyHqh9jlUfdJgXljWw&oe=692AAB9B)
!["Would you rather have someone representing the interests of 8 billion people, or someone representing the interests of 10 shareholders?"
You can’t have a functioning democracy when paid lobbyists are allowed to gut regulation to protect billionaire corporations. We must end corporate lobbying, now.
[o] @economistimpact
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#ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #SocialMedia #Activism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Media #Twitter #X #ElonMusk #Elon #GlobalHeating #Trump #Censorship #FreeSpeech #protest #CivilDisobedience #JustStopOil #NonViolentAction #business #sustainablebusiness #regulation](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/475093614_18346263409144832_7725588993778410072_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=110&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=fr3vcC6gYtAQ7kNvwFZRzwc&_nc_oc=Adnx2eV2Pqm65ebrI4DrrTpCQmJ4W5KUyIVQBNdlKeJtZ6JFdZwLFAubvfS7gfl1AFU&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=bc7ZMKDySQhpgKS4v3JkhQ&oh=00_Afih7b0TGG8alZSR_qZK3OWoj17mFDx7Ox9W7ECDh04LIw&oe=692ACCA3)
!["People's frustration is misplaced, and that's not an accident. There's a coordinated effort by people in the media, working in collusion with the fossil fuel industry, to redirect anger away from the billionaires; away from the owners of the press..."
Climate scientists have been trying to sound the alarm for decades. Fed up with continued denial, and inaction, many of them have joined ranks with @just.stopoil and other protest movements.
Civil disobedience alone won't solve this crisis, but it is an essential tool in our arsenal. To dismiss it, or belittle the activists putting their lives and freedoms on the line, is to ignore history... as well as play into the hands of the fossil fuel industry.
We must redirect our anger and frustration at the people suppressing activism. The people doing everything in their power to protect business-as-usual, in order to sustain their personal wealth and status.
[o] @impact_day
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#ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #SocialMedia #Activism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Media #Twitter #X #Trolls #ElonMusk #Elon #GlobalHeating #Trump #Censorship #FreeSpeech #protest #CivilDisobedience #JustStopOil #NonViolentAction](https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/475446259_18345479110144832_396411287751127973_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=nkdQp2he7bQQ7kNvwHiio79&_nc_oc=AdlxDW1hd6Qfw6XzCqoZtjk5ycB2hUxplnJLbAdDabbpjLVOvFwD7vOZ2HI7Qlyl2mA&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=bc7ZMKDySQhpgKS4v3JkhQ&oh=00_AfjJgW5F-6_5Pf6HzUJWMp_py7HCcZNsc_BUydreLhTJBg&oe=692ABDFA)
