Samia Dumbuya

Samia Dumbuya is a climate educator, facilitator, and the founder of The People’s Ark, focusing on upskilling and educating marginalised communities in the UK to be active climate changemakers. Their work focuses on making climate and environmental education accessible to marginalised communities in the UK. For the past 10 years, they have been facilitating workshops dedicated to climate education to ensure young people and local communities understand the significance of how the climate crisis and the deterioration of the environment impact their lives and planetary health.

Samia uses community engagement as a tool to create space for people to imagine climate-just futures for all and take community-led action. She is a member of the Future Generations Council for Veolia, the world leader in ecological transformation, supporting the organisation to shape circular economies for future generations