Fellows mentioned in this story: Maxine Burkett

From Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability News:

Throughout roles in the White House, U.S. State Department, and academia, Maxine Burkett has focused on the relationship between environmental change and inequity, its impact on communities, and how law and policy can help build a better world for all.

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I imagine a world in which we’re all thriving, we all have similar opportunities for a good life, and nature itself is also thriving. 

I’ve been teased for having big, lofty ideas and engaging in world building, but my approach is to conceive of a better world while being very specific about the steps to get there. 

As a kid, I remember looking at the National Geographic from December of 1988. The cover was a hologram. There was a glass orb, which was Earth, and when you tilted the cover, shards of glass appeared on the surface. I remember thinking, “What’s going on?” I was quite young, and so making sense of that was difficult because it was scary. But that fear was also a reflection of how deeply I cared about the future of our communities and our planet. 

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