Theme: NEXT

Xperience redefining conservation, empowered women, and joy with our eclectic, connective approach — all centered on you and the women who are dedicated to taking care of their communities and places. Entertain yourself with these powerful talks, enlightening in-person play breaks and discover dynamic connections. All three hours will be packed with Xperiences to ignite your imagination and Xpand your mind, propelling you towards intentional, impactful action.

TEDxVailNEXT brings together professionals, emerging leaders, STEM innovators, artists of all kinds, social justice advocates, business leaders, health and wellness professionals, policymakers, culture shapers, authors, and more — all united in the desire to navigate what’s next and work towards global progress. Make friends that will last a lifetime, connections that will help unlock your full potential, and become part of a community that believes in the power of possibility. TEDxVailNEXT embraces diverse voices and fresh ideas to inspire the next generation of changemakers. Possibility meets action. Reconnect with your local community by inspiring play breaks in the tech check, snack break, and post-event local call-to-action conversations exchanging womb wisdom with your local leaders.

Learn more about how we take personal legacies of leadership forward. Outsmart the climate crisis by deep and active listening to the unique roles these women play in the climate movement. Discuss leadership, legacy and ways to make a lasting impact. Join us in shaping a future with boundless horizons and diverse perspectives working for a brighter, more just world.

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Ankita Shah

Executive Director of Bighnaharta Nepal

Ankita empowers women preventing climate impacts miItigating floods/atmospheric rivers. She asks: "How can we engage women of indigenous communities in environment conservation?" Using their indigenous knowledge/wisdom and transforming it to nature-based solutions. Ankita works with rural women in planting broom grasses to stabilize soil from erosion and provides women with income from making brooms and crafts.

Athanasie Mukabizimungu

Rwandan Waterkeeper of the Virungas National Park

The habitat of mountain gorillas in Virungas National Park depend on this. She asks, "How can rural women make a positive difference for their families and for the environment?" One woman with an idea and the will to share it can create sustainable change for people and nature. Community organizer and created the Imberheza Gahunga Project (building water tanks on top of homes in Rwanda so women do not have to go into the Volcanos National Park to collect water)

Isabella Cortes Lara

Co-founder and Executive Director of Women for Conservation

Isabella is a sexual abuse survivor & healing Xpresses herself beyond the trauma of her link between SRHS and conservation. She asks, "How can we empower women to save nature through a holistic approach?"

Jacqueline and Kristine Farmer and Obame

Founder

Female gaze "Nature Thru Her Eyes" film festival, Jacqueline serves Jackson WILD Board, female perspective, Film: Living with Lions" Jacqueline is on the Board of the Jackson Wild Film festival. Her talk features Eric Rugabandana who is film producer of Living With Lions in Tanzania.

Janet Nguyen

Senior Vice President, Planet Women 100 Woman Pathway Project

Janet asks, "Can we stop the loss of diverse female leadership in the environmental movement?" She works to reverse the heavy toll of feminine bias with unique female-centered leadership development. Janet focuses on identifying and advancing senior-level female and minority talent into important environmental leadership positions and creating an innovative, compassionate, anti-racist, and more equitable work culture.

Kahea Pacheco Kahea Pacheco

"Kahea Pacheco (Kanaka 'Ōiwi) (Hawaii) Co-Executive Director of Women’s Earth Alliance

Kahea wonders, "How do we design efficient, effective and long-lasting solutions to the climate crisis?" By holistically investing in Indigenous- and women-led groups working for, with, and at the grassroots.

Kayce Anderson

Founder & CEO, For the Good

Kayce is an educator on the connection between child marriage and conservation. She asks, "What change can we make at the household level to improve humanity’s wellbeing and our relationship with the planet?" She believes we need more women in the global south to be equipped and emboldened through education to drive their own lives and share in household decision-making. For the Good in the Loita Hills of Kenya works with communities to build schools and enables girls to stay in school.

Nyaradzo Hoto

Former Sargeant of the Akashinga in ZImbabwe

900 woman anti-poaching squad were led by Nyaradzo. She asks, "How can we turn threatened ecosystems into social impact machines for global benefit?" Unleashing the power of women in conservation ignites social transformation and scalability. Akashingas have reduced poaching of elephants and rhino by 80%. Winner of the RANGER AWARDS 2021! Also see Akashinga film! https://films.nationalgeographic.com/akashinga

Penda Diallo

Professor

Mitigation of mining is one of the biggest threats to nature. Penda asks, " How may we ensure that unlettered rural women with indigenous and traditional knowledge can equitably contribute to and benefit from conservation conversations and funding opportunities?" Before joining Camborne School of Mines (CSM), Penda was Senior Resilience Advisor at CARE International-UK, providing technical support and project development assistance on resilience building projects in various CARE country programs including Niger, Nepal, Somaliland, South Sudan, and Haiti. Before joining CARE she was a livelihoods and governance advisor, where she worked on natural resource management projects in Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cameroon. Previously she had worked as an environmental consultant for AECOM, and in research and communications roles for the Conflict, Security and Development Group in King’s College London, Helen Keller Worldwide in Guinea.

Rebecca Kormos

Author

Rebecca intertwines nature of women in nature. She wonders, "What is one critical social construct that must be dismantled in order for any climate change solution to be effective and sustainable?" She believes patriarchy is bad for men, women, and the planet. She makes a powerful argument that greater inclusion of women in conservation and climate science is key to the future of the planet

Sara Inez

Indigenous Columbian Amazonian Artist & Co-founder and Executive Director of Women for Conservation

As a sexual abuse survivor & healing, Sara Xpresses herself beyond the trauma of her link between SRHS and conservation. She asks, "How can we empower women to save nature through a holistic approach?"

Zainab Salbi

NGO founder of Women for Women International and Daughters for Earth

Zainab asks, "Can we afford more wars in the midst of the climate crisis?" Wars and climate change are often seen as two separate things dealt with by two different mindsets. However, as someone who has worked in both wars and the climate change space, she argues that the two are interconnected. We can’t address climate change without fundamentally revisiting our relationships to conflict and the impact of wars on climate change. Time 100 impact award! Check out her previous TED Talk.