Pip Wheaton - The Climatics Co-Founder

Growing up in rural Australia made Pip intensely curious about humans’ impact on the rest of the natural world. Her childhood saw her planting trees and rounding up sheep, finding snakes in her bedroom and echidna in the garden, and solo walks gazing at exceptionally starry skies. Pip works on climate change, both locally where she now lives in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara, and globally. Her work is informed by systems theory and a fierce sense of justice: her decision to work on climate is based on the recognition it is a symptom of deep faults in our social, economic, and political systems. She has worked in social entrepreneurship, local government, academia, and philanthropy across Australia, South Africa, the UK and Aotearoa. Pip is an award-winning social entrepreneur for founding enke: Make Your Mark, a youth leadership organisation in South Africa.