Tania Marien is an independent environmental education professional and the Director of Talaterra — "Speak Earth" — a network of independent environmental education (EE) professionals who contribute to lifelong learning and environmental health in communities.

OK, that's Tania's official bio. After talking with her for a couple of hours and studying what she does and how she works, I prefer to describe her as a "citizen for our age": she's a connector, an organizer, a contributor, a doer, a giver, and infinitely smart about how to approach the highly complex topics of the environment and climate change.