Zahra Basil
Co-Coordinator Love Letters to Earth
Zahra Basil (she/her) is Co-Coordinator of Love Letters to the Earth at Re-Earth Initiative. At 18 years old, from Lahore, Pakistan, she is a senior in high school, doing her A-Levels.
Besides being active at Re-Earth Initiative she has served as the Environmental Ambassador of her high school, worked on local projects and documentaries on sustainable waste management and is a core team member of Project-19, a youth organization, aiming to build a just and sustainable future post-covid.
«To me, intersectionality in the climate movement remains the most pivotal to its success.»
During my first Re-Earth Initiative team call about two years ago, I realised that climate activism was kind of my thing. I joined RE-I in 2020, during the apex of the pandemic. I was a young girl with strong opinions and the ambition to change the world but no means of doing so. Re-Earth Initiative gave me direction in this incredibly confusing time. It gave me a platform to voice my perspectives whilst nurturing my ambition and allowing it to be fulfilled in certain ways.
To me, intersectionality in the climate movement remains the most pivotal to its success. Alongside, climate justice is particularly important to me.