Artivism is where art meets activism — where creativity becomes a force for justice. In movements for human rights, social and climate justice, I’ve learned that facts and policies alone are not enough. Real change happens through people’s hearts and imagination. web.facebook.com/reel/2653990...

🎙️The Lunch Break with Varshan Sookhun Join me this coming March 05, 2026 at 13:15 SAST on Lotus FM as we reflect on legacy, land, justice, and hope. We’ll be touching on the vision of the Riky Rick & Anton Chaka Memorial Forest, the spirit of Mayibuye iAfrika, and the Human Rights Month.

I’ll be delivering a Keynote at the Alkebulan Society for Environmental Sustainability2026 International Virtual Symposium. Feb. 26, 2026 🕦 11:30AM WAT “Why Africa and the World Need a Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative" us06web.zoom.us/j/8137916607... Meeting ID: 813 7916 6073 Passcode: 381708

On the 4th anniversary of our son, Riky Rick's passing, we are announcing something rooted in memory and the future The Riky Rick & Anton Chaka Memorial Forest at Rustlers Valley is a living space of hope, dignity, & youth empowerment.

Four years on, Riky’s love still lights the way. Honouring his belief that creativity heals, culture unites, and young people matter. Through the Riky Rick Foundation and the Global Artivism movement, his spirit lives on in every artist uplifted, every voice amplified, every act of courage.

Social justice is not a slogan. It is the foundation of peace, dignity, & survival. This World Day of Social Justice, we are reminded that declarations mean little without delivery. In a world of deepening inequality and climate breakdown, justice must move from conference halls into communities.

“You can’t take comfort from exporting the 3rd largest amount of fossil fuels, then saying it’s not our problem. That’s not how the climate challenge works.” @kuminaidoo.bsky.social urges Australia to become a true ally to the Pacific & support a just transition. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdYw...

I  will be joining the Institute for Global Negotiation as Keynote Speaker for IGN e-Conference 2026, which will be moderated by Dr Hayley Walker. Theme — “When Reason Meets Its Limits: Understanding #Irrationality in Negotiation” https://www.global-negotiation.org/e-conference-2026-keynote

🎙️Africans must be able to respond to African problems. In this episode, Hardi Yakubu reflects on why movements rooted in people — not profit, not extraction, not outside saviours — are essential for Africa’s future. 🎧 Full episode now live. youtu.be/PZzfaU-6g3Y?...

Dear friends, After a year of work, my essay "What We Owe the Water: It's Time for a Fossil Fuel Treaty" — published with @australiainstitute.org.au and @fossiltreaty.bsky.social is now finally out australiainstitute.org.au/store/what-w...

“The tides are rising — yes — but so are we.” 🌊 My new essay, What We Owe the Water, is out now with the Australia Institute. Australia stands at a crossroads as a major fossil fuel exporter. This crisis is moral, not just economic. This essay explores why we need a @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Sharing this opportunity to those building power from the ground up The Jerry Greenfield National Grassroots Organizing Program supports community-led efforts that build collective power, confront injustice, & organize for systemic change. 25 Feb(4PM ET) benandjerrysfoundation.org/national-gra...

What does it mean to be an activist today? In this episode of Power, People & Planet, I am joined by Hardi Yakubu, Coordinator of Africans Rising, Justice, Peace and Dignity, for a conversation on leadership, solidarity, and building people-powered movements across Africa. youtu.be/PZzfaU-6g3Y?...

Family. Memory. Love Thinking of my brother Kovin today — wishing him good health, deep peace, and plenty of laughter. We’ve walked a long road together: through loss, struggle, and life’s many twists. Through it all, you’ve been steady, grounded, and quietly strong. Happy birthday, my brother❤️

In our next episode of PowerPeoplePlanetPodcast, I am joined by Hardi Yakubu, Coordinator of Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity. 🎧 Episode dropping soon.

Affluenza may be humanity’s most dangerous disease. The obsession with endless accumulation is destroying dignity, community, and our living planet. Overconsumption is not prosperity. Growth without justice is just extraction in disguise. medium.com/@kuminaidoo/...

I joined Compassiveste to talk about why we must move beyond activity-based activism. Real change requires persistence, discipline, and moral courage. If we’re serious, we must stop measuring activism only by how loud we are and start measuring it by the results we achieve youtu.be/c8d62AN6yUc?...

Sharing an opportunity for human rights defenders who may be interested. The European Parliament’s 2026 Sakharov Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders is now open for applications. 📪 Apply by 15 February 2026 (midnight CET) (short url) www.europarl.europa.eu/sakharovpriz...

GDP has defined “success”—even when it rewards pollution, extraction, and burnout while ignoring our living planet. Through Fossil Fuel Treaty and Global Artivism, we’re working to turn off the tap on extraction and reclaim imagination to build life-affirming alternatives. #ReclaimTheEconomyWeek

Last January 20, 2026, I joined the Davos 2026 Founders & Leaders Forum fireside chat — not from the Alps, but from my study. We spoke about the urgent need for a full, fast, fair, and funded fossil fuel phase-out, a just transition centred on workers and the Global South.

For 30 years we’ve tackled climate change without sufficiently confronting its root cause: fossil fuels. That’s like mopping the floor instead of turning off the tap. I sat down with @civicusalliance.bsky.social to explain why a @fossiltreaty.bsky.social Initiative is essential for our world today

2026 opens w/ clear eyes and stubborn hope. Even as democracy is attacked and climate action delayed, solidarity, imagination, and people-power are rising. From frontline leadership to a million voices demanding an end to fossil fuel expansion—this belongs to all of us. ✊🌍 @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Sharing this opportunity from the Culture & Animals Foundation. CAF is offering US$40,000 in grants for 2026 to support projects that strengthen our understanding of human–animal relationships and advance respect for animal rights. 🗓Applications open January 1–31, 2026 cultureandanimals.org/grant…

As we step into a new year, we begin with gratitude and intention. We welcomed the holidays quietly — pausing, breathing, and being fully present with family after an intense and demanding year. In 2026, the work continues — for climate justice and human dignity. Happy New Year to all of us.

Sharing for awareness: a call for submissions for writers and artists across the Black diaspora. “Blackness,Queerness, and Nature” (working title) explores Black queer relationships with nature, climate, land, water, and the cosmos. 🗓Due Mar 1, 2026 🔗 www.thelupinecollaborative.org/callforsubmi...

“Your eco-anxiety is a sign your humanity is intact.” In Power, People & Planet, I speak with climate justice activist, author, and musician @toritsui.bsky.social about eco-anxiety, fossil fuels, Palestine, and the power of art to turn grief into collective action. 📺 youtu.be/v6VAWvRqErk?...

PS: Apologies to those not visible in the screenshot and are on the second page on Zoom— technology got the better of me when capturing the photo, but your presence and contributions are deeply valued.

We had a productive meeting with the Global Artivism Council yesterday, reflecting on the past year and where the movement is currently in. As always, I am deeply appreciative of the collective wisdom, care, and commitment in the room, and looking forward to what we can achieve together in 2026.

A reminder for #HumanRightsDay: We can’t fight for justice if we burn out the people fighting for it. In this On The Contrary episode, Louisa and I reflect on why care, self-care, healing, and well-being is essential to building movements that last. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

"We needed a counter-movement of love-led stories.” — Shilo Shiv Suleman The Army of Fearless Women is rising—artists reclaiming streets, shifting narratives, and using beauty as resistance across South Asia and beyond. youtube.com/shorts/Ln5yG...

Last week, Global Artivism and The Festival Academy came together to explore how we can amplify cultural power, deepen solidarity, and co-create pathways toward a more just, equitable, and flourishing world. Rooted in shared values, we are reminded that culture is a force for change for all.

Louisa and I, together with the Riky Rick Foundation and the Global Artivism Movement, are proud to stand with artists and activists who know this struggle against corruption must also be cultural. 📢 Ngeke ngithule. Ngeke ngikwenze.

Great to see the power of the arts and culture being drawn upon to have a positive impact on the fight against corruption in South Africa at the Ngeke Festival held in Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, last December 6, 2025. Even more inspiring is seeing young people taking leadership.

✨ ARTIVISM IS A FORM OF DREAMING ✨ In this episode of Power, People and Planet, Shilo Shiv Suleman reminds us that artists help movements imagine futures that don’t exist yet — and then make them real. Listen to her full episode at youtu.be/vtMB0Z6ZAgI?... #PowerPeoplePlanet #Artivism #KumiNaidoo

On 6 Dec, I’m joining the NGEKE Festival at Constitution Hill — a celebration of courage, creativity and South Africans saying: Enough is enough. Corruption steals dignity and opportunity from all of us. When we come together, we are unstoppable. Tickets are free — www.ngeke.co.za

A surprising but welcome development when #COP30 closed yesterday--including the first time a COP President has ever said the words "phase-out." Despite a lackluster final COP30 outcome text, the COP30 presidency offered vocal support for the 2026 conference in Colombia.

Disappointed by COP30’s weak outcome, but not defeated. People power keeps pushing where governments stall. We rise, we multiply, we continue. #ClimateJustice #COP30

Colombia and the Netherlands announce they will co-host the 1st First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in 2026 🎉 A landmark event setting the stage for dialogue towards international cooperation, aligning with the recent AO of the ICJ #ColombiaSinFosiles2026

We’ve just been evacuated from the COP30 Climate negotiations at Belem. We are currently in a safe zone and all accounted for. Hoping everyone is safe.

We’ve just been evacuated from the COP30 Climate negotiations at Belem. We are currently in a safe zone and all accounted for. Hoping everyone is safe.

Grateful to have been part of this session by @unrisd.org @ilo.org, and @unicef.org on the intersections of social protection and #climateaction a few days ago. 🌏 Highlighting the important role that rights-based #socialprotection plays in tackling poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability.

We talk about how: ✨ How beauty can save us and help us heal 🔥 Why rebellion and imagination are essential political tools 🌱 What it means to root climate action in wonder, magic realism, and ancient wisdom 🌍 How art and culture power a new wave of movement Watch the episode now

Can beauty become the backbone of a social movement? 🎨✨ In this new Power, People & Planet episode, Shilo Shiv Suleman joins me to explore how fearless artivism turns beauty into power — and imagination into a force for social change.

Small actions, multiplied across thousands of people, can move institutions and save lives. Take Action Here: forms.gle/mX1bj3oJgAB6... Stand with Sudan. Speak about Sudan. Demand justice for Sudan. #DayOfSolidarityWithSudan2025 #SpeakAboutSudan #GenocideInSudan @africansriseuk.bsky.social

December 2, 2025 — Day of Solidarity with Sudan Stand With the Sudanese People. Take Action. Raise Your Voice. On Dec. 2nd, we invite you in solidarity with the people of Sudan, people who have shown the world the meaning of courage, resilience, and unshakable hope. @africansriseuk.bsky.social

Honoured to have been part of such a vital global dialogue at the High-Level Event “Global Ethical Stocktake: an Ethical Mutirão for Climate Action”. 🌎

I joined @democracynow.bsky.social here in Belém yesterday to recap what has happened so far in #COP30 and to talk about why and how wealthy nations should take accountability for the climate crisis. 🔗 Watch the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX3q... @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

Hosted by the Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative, this session brought forward powerful insights, spiritual grounding, and real stories from the frontlines of COP30. See how communities, ethics, and courage can shape a just and sustainable future. ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tg_3y2MG8

🎥 Behind the scenes at our COP30 Climate Wisdom Studio — “Empowering Communities, Protecting the Planet.” Shared this enlightening and informative episode with Maureen Goodman (Brahma Kumaris UK) and Golo Pilz (Anchor & Renewable Energy Adviser)

Join We Don't Have Time for the #COP30 Climate Hub, broadcasting live from the heart of the Amazon! 🌎 Hosted in Belém, Brazil, the Climate Hub will bring together scientists, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, youth activists, and businesses to explore solutions for the planet’s future.