by The Pollination Project | Apr 10, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
Location: Lombardy, Ontario, CANADA Liz Wheeler has spent years listening to animals that most people never think twice about. As the founder of Secondhand Stories, a chicken sanctuary nestled in Lombardy, Ontario, she built her life around the belief that farmed...
by The Pollination Project | Apr 3, 2026 | Education, Human Rights & Dignity, ShiftHappens
Location: Norwalk, California, USA Tanya Camburn is a filmmaker, storyteller, and founder who has spent her career at the intersection of immersive media and ethical technology. Her work has always been driven by a single conviction: that complex, urgent ideas...
by The Pollination Project | Mar 27, 2026 | Climate Resilience, Education, Environmental Regeneration, ShiftHappens
Location: Ogun State, NIGERIA Edidiong Okon Ekong has spent years watching her students arrive at Baptist Day School in Oke Odan, Ogun State, Nigeria, carrying something heavier than their backpacks — hunger. As a Teach for Nigeria fellow and dedicated educator in...
by The Pollination Project | Mar 20, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
Location: Ceará, BRAZIL Eliziane Virgolino Alencar Colares has spent years building bridges between worlds that rarely speak to each other, the world of plant-based nutrition and the communities that need it most. A vegan advocate, journalist, and weekly columnist...
by The Pollination Project | Mar 13, 2026 | Human Rights & Dignity, ShiftHappens
Location: Chicago, USA When access to clothing becomes a privilege, getting dressed in the morning carries a weight most people never have to feel. The Give-n-Receive Inc. was built to lift that weight, and a seed grant from The Pollination Project helped make it...
