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Emily was born into the environmental movement, with her parents involved in the forming of Greenpeace. For over 20 years, Emily has campaigned on a wide variety of climate and environmental issues. She got her start with saving whales in the Southern Ocean of Antarctica with Captain Paul Watson. Later, she worked as an ‘advocacy journalist’ with MTV Canada and TVO. Since then, she has worked with some of the largest environmental groups on ‘people-powered’ campaigns with Greenpeace, 350.org, and nationally with Environmental Defence Canada. Emily holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University. She is the editor of The Next Eco-Warriors (2011), the author of the Greenpeace guidebook The Mobilization Cookbook (2016), and co-author of Mr. Mindbomb (2023).