We face a global climate crisis; its cause is as well-known as its cure. We are destroying our home by the way that we produce and use fossil fuels. In this informative and inspiring solutions-based talk, renowned award-winning investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz shares stories from her global reporting for outlets including Rolling Stone and CNN exploring the many ways that women and girls from Afghanistan to Alabama are leading the way to the end of the fossil fuel era. Antonia asks, “will the rest of us be brave enough to follow their leadership? Antonia Juhasz is an award-winning investigative journalist and author. Her bylines include Rolling Stone, Harper’s Magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic, CNN, Ms., The Advocate, and The New York Times. She is the author of three books: Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill, The Tyranny of Oil, and The Bush Agenda. Antonia reports from the frontlines of conflicts over fossil fuels and the climate crisis, including from Afghanistan, the Amazon, the Alaskan Arctic, and a mile below the ocean’s surface in the Alvin submarine in the Gulf of Mexico. Her investigations focus on oil and the communities most impacted by and resisting its harms. She highlights women and girls, as their stories are least often told. She follows a trail of oil as it seeps into virtually every corner of human existence: politics, economics, health, human rights, struggles for equity and justice, war, peace, the environment, and climate. She is a 2020-2021 Bertha Fellow in Investigative Journalism. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
