Brendon Barnes is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg. He writes in psychology and environmental health is known to champion the integration of justice into environmental and climate psychology. He has won research, service and teaching awards.
Dr. Lynn Hendricks is a lecturer in the Division of Health Systems and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University. She is a transdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in Social Science and Public Health. She has a keen interest in co-creative and co-productive research within communities and works with digital mediums as well primary arts-based methods.
Dr. Stephanie Klarmann is a Conservation Psychology researcher based in South Africa. Her work has focused primarily on envisioning a conservation psychology that is relevant in the South African context with a stronger focus on environmental justice issues. Other areas of interest include capacity building, conservation/wildlife photography for storytelling, and environmental education for youth.
Thando is a lecturer at the Department of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg. Her research interests draw from feminist and critical psychology theories, she is currently writing on the intersectionality of race, gender and class on identities in contemporary South Africa. Thando has an interest in climate justice, specifically in black youth representation in climate justice discourse.
Shelot Masithi is a climate justice activist and Dais speaker for Force of Nature. She is also the Executive Director of She4Earth, a youth-led non-profit educating children and young people about climate change, biodiversity conservation, and indigenous knowledge systems. Her work involves conservation, adaptation, building awareness with scientists, psychologists, and indigenous leaders. She’s also Algalita’s Stay Stoked 2021 awardee.