Climate activism came early for this Nepali teenager
She used to question herself time and again: What if our mountains melt? What if the Tarai gets converted into a desert? What if we become climate refugees?
published on 2020-12-13 10:12:00
“It is on today’s youths to protect the environment,” says Tanuja Pandey, a 19-year-old law student from Kathmandu who has also been leading a youth environment protection movement for the past two years.
In her childhood, Pandey was fascinated by the eco-friendly cultures of indigenous communities of Kailali district (where she was born) and Jhapa district (where her family later migrated). “That impression stayed with me and I fell in deep love with nature,” she recalls.