Why This Muslim Woman Marched And Fights For Climate Justice

In 2007, Nana Firman, the co-founder of the Global Muslim Climate Network and Muslim outreach coordinator for GreenFaith, saw first-hand the devastating impact of climate change when severe flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia killed at least 40 people and displaced an estimated 450,000 people. Seven years later Nana would move to California, where she now works with faith-based networks which focus on climate justice issues. Her work is guided by her Muslim faith, which she states encourages stewardship of the Earth. Nana’s work also highlights the importance of having climate justice work firmly centered on analyzing and challenging the rising connection between markets and religious fundamentalisms, anti-black and brown racism, and the disproportionate impacts on women. Photo credit: Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences