Thimali Kodikara

Thimali Kodikara is series producer and co-host of the groundbreaking podcast, “Mothers Of Invention”, on feminist solutions to the climate crisis. Alongside her co-hosts, former Irish president Mary Robinson and comedian Maeve Higgins, Thimali interviews BIPOC women and girls around the world on their innovations to avert climate catastrophe at its frontlines. Thimali has negotiated both cultural and justice partnerships with diverse allies including 350.org, Stella McCartney, the American Museum of Natural History New York, and Senator Bernie Sanders who she interviewed on the show days after the 2020 presidential election. She has advised global climate organizations on how to adopt intersectionally-feminist principles in their communications strategies, and was recently invited to consult on BAFTA’s climate education project, albert, to encourage a swell of climate justice narratives in British film and television.

Thimali is a graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London and has lived in Brooklyn, New York for 18 years. At the Festival, Thimali will form part of the Global Voices Panel.

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