For the first part of her 22-year career, Olson represented grassroots conservation groups working to protect the environment, organic agriculture, and human health. Olson founded Our Children’s Trust in 2010 to lead this strategic legal campaign on behalf of the world’s youth against governments everywhere. She leads Juliana v. the United States, the constitutional climate change case brought by 21 youth against the US government for violating their Fifth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property and public trust resources. Olson and OCT are recipients of the Rose-Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism. She received the Kerry Rydberg Award for Environmental Activism in 2017 and is a member of Rachel's Network Circle of Advisors.
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BoF VOICES Day 1: Fashion Confronts a Challenging Future
The industry is grappling with an uncertain outlook amid projections for slowing growth and mounting socio-political unrest, but new technology and business models offer hope for innovative solutions.
BoF VOICES Day 1: Fashion Confronts a Challenging Future
The industry is grappling with an uncertain outlook amid projections for slowing growth and mounting socio-political unrest, but new technology and business models offer hope for innovative solutions.
Clare Farrell: Inside the Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion and the lead plaintiff in a group lawsuit against the US government kicked off the BoF VOICES conference with a deep dive on combating indifference to climate change.
Clare Farrell: Inside the Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion and the lead plaintiff in a group lawsuit against the US government kicked off the BoF VOICES conference with a deep dive on combating indifference to climate change.
Carole Cadwalladr: Is This the End of Democracy?
On the VOICES stage, journalists Carole Cadwalladr, Felix Salmon, Janine Gibson and Yinka Adegoke examined the spread of digital misinformation and why traditional governance is failing everyday citizens.
Carole Cadwalladr: Is This the End of Democracy?
On the VOICES stage, journalists Carole Cadwalladr, Felix Salmon, Janine Gibson and Yinka Adegoke examined the spread of digital misinformation and why traditional governance is failing everyday citizens.