Join us for Sustainability Talks! 10 October 2024 18:00 - 20:30

Faiza Oulahsen works as KPMG Associate Director on sustainability, helping organizations transition towards a sustainable business model. Before joining KPMG, she was Greenpeace NL Program Director where she pushed for climate action – from UN climate summits to climate court cases. In 2013 Faiza gained public attention after detention in Russia for a peaceful protest at a drilling platform in the Arctic. She studied Political Science at VU.

Faiza Oulahsen works at KPMG as Associate Director on sustainability, where she helps companies and organizations transition towards a sustainable business model. Before joining KPMG, Faiza was Program Director at Greenpeace Netherlands where she pushed for climate action – through high profile actions, lobby and media appearances, from UN climate summits to climate court cases. In 2013 Faiza gained public attention after being locked up in Russian detention for a peaceful protest at a drilling platform in the Arctic. She studied Political Science at the VU.

Krista Boots is a Master's student in Political Science at Vrije Universiteit and is active within the Party for the Animals and the Youth Climate Movement. Her focus is on ending fossil fuel subsidies and promoting sustainable, socially just policies. Through her travels in Australia and New Zealand, she developed a strong awareness of climate change. Krista is committed to a sustainable world, emphasizing the importance of intersectionality and justice within the climate movement.

Esther Kokmeijer is an artist and explorer residing in Rotterdam and working around the globe. In her work as a visual artist, she mainly focuses on the interaction between human and their natural environment, finding expression in journeys, installations, interventions, photo series, documentaries, sculptures, film essays, books, and performances among others. Our relationship to nature and specifically our relationship with water. The theme of water in all its manifestations, such as liquid ‘water’, gaseous ‘vapour’ and solid ‘ice’, has played a major role in her works for several years. Many of her projects are based around the ‘Global Commons’, the globally shared natural resources of the earth; the high oceans, the atmosphere, outer space and Antarctica.

Magnus Skår is a member of the Young Green Business Club Zuidas, where he contributes to the belief that more can be done to advance sustainability in the Zuidas area. Magnus works towards the production of business initiatives which have the power to change these large companies from within.

Tabitha Saliba co-founded the Green Office VU ten years ago and became its first program manager. After graduating, she established a Green Office at the municipality of Amsterdam to promote sustainability. She is now a manager at the city's Engineering Department, responsible for the sustainability strategy of construction projects. She studied Law at the VU and developed her passion for sustainability as a board member of the SRVU Student Union.