<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Last week, I received the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TIME Earth Award&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; at the TIME100 Next gala. &lt;/em&gt;I worked really hard on my acceptance speech because it was an opportunity to recruit &lt;em&gt;those 100 culture-shaping &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;rising stars&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; to get more involved in climate solutions. We need them! &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m sharing this speech with you in the hopes that hearing the way I speak about climate issues in rooms of power will encourage you to also speak up. Because the truth is that every one of us has a sphere of influence we should be activating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the transcript, video, and photos head to my newsletter: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://ayanaelizabeth.substack.com"&gt;ayanaelizabeth.substack.com&lt;/a&gt;. And while you're there, I'm curious: What would you have said if you had that microphone? Let me know in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you to &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://futurebeing.earth"&gt;Future Being&lt;/a&gt; for keeping this podcast ad-free, to Remoy Philip for producing this episode, and to assistant producer Jenisha Shrestha.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Okay, Earthlings 🌎, that’s it for now. We’ll be back next week with a piping hot new interview episode. Stay tuned…&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? at &lt;a href="https://ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

How do you convince a room full of influential people to care about climate change… in 6 minutes? 🎤

NOV 7, 20259 MIN
WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?

How do you convince a room full of influential people to care about climate change… in 6 minutes? 🎤

NOV 7, 20259 MIN

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<p><em>Last week, I received the </em><strong><em>TIME Earth Award</em></strong><em> at the TIME100 Next gala. </em>I worked really hard on my acceptance speech because it was an opportunity to recruit <em>those 100 culture-shaping </em><a target="_blank" href="https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/"><em>rising stars</em></a><em> to get more involved in climate solutions. We need them! </em></p><p>I’m sharing this speech with you in the hopes that hearing the way I speak about climate issues in rooms of power will encourage you to also speak up. Because the truth is that every one of us has a sphere of influence we should be activating.</p><p>For the transcript, video, and photos head to my newsletter: <a target="_blank" href="http://ayanaelizabeth.substack.com">ayanaelizabeth.substack.com</a>. And while you're there, I'm curious: What would you have said if you had that microphone? Let me know in the comments.</p><p>Thank you to <a target="_blank" href="https://futurebeing.earth">Future Being</a> for keeping this podcast ad-free, to Remoy Philip for producing this episode, and to assistant producer Jenisha Shrestha.</p><p>Okay, Earthlings 🌎, that’s it for now. We’ll be back next week with a piping hot new interview episode. Stay tuned…</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? at <a href="https://ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/subscribe</a>