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 Milena Fraccari | Mar 17, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
Last week, something powerful happened in Brasília. During Brazil’s National Animal Week (March 10–12), organized by the Ministry of the Environment through the Department of Animal Protection and Defense, civil society came together in an unprecedented way to push...
