GETTING STARTED
Project Dandelion exists to mobilize, resource, connect, and elevate women leading climate solutions. Each of you has been intentionally invited to join The Dandelion Delegation, a group of women leaders from the Global South carrying powerful solutions to today’s most pressing challenges. Together, we’re joining the Skoll World Forum to make that leadership visible, deepen connections with other social innovators, and welcome more women into our growing Dandelion community!
BE A DANDELION
You are a Dandelion because of the climate work you lead and the solutions you carry forward. As such, you represent what it means to be a Dandelion. We encourage you to inspire others through your story, lived experience, and commitment to building a better future for all — and most importantly, to invite others to be Dandelions too!
NETWORK WITH WOMEN IN CLIMATE
Engage with attendees, particularly women involved in or adjacent to climate-related initiatives. Share the mission and goals of Project Dandelion, and invite them to join our community of Dandelions.
✻ Connect with your community before the Forum.
Reach out to your contacts ahead of Skoll to let them know you’ll be attending as part of the Dandelion Delegation. Share the Project Dandelion at Skoll microsite and social posts to signal your presence and intention.
✻ Invite your contacts to the Dandelion ‘Pin Pick-Up Point’.
We’re dialing up our visibility as a community connected through climate work and advancing solutions. Invite leaders who embody the spirit of a Dandelion to collect their pins at the Deli Organic Café, on their way to badge pick-up on the first day and throughout the week. They are also welcome to use the café as an informal space to gather, exchange ideas, and learn from one another.
✻ Wear your Dandelion pin.
Proudly use your Dandelion pin during all sessions and meetings at Skoll World Forum. A simple way to spark conversations and visually represent our community.
MAXIMIZE YOUR DANDELION PINS
Our goal is to pin 300+ new Dandelions by the end of the week. Each of you are encouraged to pin 30 top social innovators who inspire you, connect to your work, or are advancing climate solutions. Make them feel part of a larger and living community! When you pin someone, take a photo and share it in our WhatsApp group with their name, title, and organization. Give them an extra pin so they can continue pinning other leaders.
PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT DANDELION SESSIONS & RELEVANT SKOLL EVENTS
Join sessions and workshops related to climate, gender equality, social justice, and sustainability. Leverage these opportunities to learn, connect, and advocate for our cause. Project Dandelion will make sure to share the official list of events along with our recommendations, prior to the Forum.
SHARE LEARNINGS
At the end of each day, we invite you to post a short reflection in our WhatsApp group: What Dandelion story struck you most, what is the challenge they are trying to solve and how many Dandelions did you pin that day? After the Forum, we’ll plan 1:1’s with each of you, as we’d also like to hear your insights and feedback from sessions you attended, workshops, and interactions with fellow attendees. This information will be valuable for refining our strategies and approaches moving forward.
✻ You might also spot our social team capturing content for our social channels (they will introduce themselves) please don’t be shy if they ask to take a photo of you wearing your pin!
PROJECT DANDELION
Project Dandelion is a global, women-led campaign reimagining climate action by uniting people, amplifying women-driven solutions, and shaping narratives that accelerate systems change.
SKOLL FOUNDATION
The Skoll Foundation supports organizations tackling interconnected problems and advancing solutions from every angle. From disrupting unjust power dynamics and systems, changing attitudes and behaviors, and mobilizing movements, to improving services, policies, and practices.
SKOLL WORLD FORUM
Skoll World Forum is an annual gathering in Oxford that brings together global social innovators, funders, and cross-sector leaders to accelerate solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
KEY LINKS
✻ Navigating Skoll: What to expect at Skoll World Forum
✻ Download the Skoll World Forum App: Apple / Android
✻ Explore the Marmalade Side Festival
✻ Explore Sidebar for Partner Events
✻ Explore Project Dandelion's SWF Microsite
✻ Share your Delegation Graphic
✻ Subscribe to the Dandelion Digest
✻ Join the Project Dandelion SWF WhatsApp Community
✻ Additional Project Dandelion Materials to Explore
WHAT DOES PROJECT DANDELION DO?
We are Dandelions. We believe women lead climate solutions. We accelerate what’s taking root worldwide. Together, we connect people and ideas to amplify women-led climate solutions globally, from the ground up.
Project Dandelion uses communications as a tool for systems change. We connect, amplify, and mobilize women-led climate solutions by shifting culture, expanding legitimacy, and aligning capital with community leadership. We focus on what is already transforming communities, markets, and systems — strengthening and scaling existing solutions rather than inventing new ones.
WHAT DOES BEING A DANDELION MEAN?
You are not a Dandelion because you’ve been pinned, you are a Dandelion because of what you do! Anyone can be a Dandelion. You don’t ‘earn it’.
The Dandelion pin isn’t something you receive as an endpoint. It’s something you activate. So rather than answering 'How do I join?' you reframe the response by answering 'How do I become part of the Dandelion community?'
Here is an example:
Being a Dandelion isn't something you sign up for or register for, it's something you already are. By amplifying women-led climate solutions in your network and creating them in your own spaces, you are embodying what it means to be part of this community! To get more involved with the Project Dandelion collective, here are simple set of actions:
✻ Wear the pin as a signal of connection
✻ Pin another woman whose work is moving things forward
✻ Share what you’re seeing and learning with our community
✻ Help create momentum where you are
✻ Stay engaged with our community through the Dandelion Digest, our Whatsapp community, and our social platforms.
This will help leaders see that we are not a membership community, nor are we the only ones pinning. When you’re pinned as a Dandelion, you carry the mission forward: to pollinate change and recognize other leaders in the space.
Remember: climate is the thread that connects us all. None of us are working in isolation, but as part of a wider, collective effort. We back one another, amplify each other’s voices, and most importantly—connect.
WHY 'DANDELION'?
The dandelion is our symbol because it reflects how we understand change. A dandelion grows in unlikely places. It regenerates in difficult conditions. Its seeds travel widely and take root across diverse landscapes. It does not centralize power; it distributes possibility. In the same way, Project Dandelion operates with distributed leadership and shared stewardship.
We connect innovators, community leaders, policymakers, private-sector partners, and funders. We translate local leadership into broader influence and turn visibility into momentum.
Our work embodies both rebellion and creation, grounded in a foundation of service.
WHY WOMEN?
Across the world, women are advancing climate solutions that are economically viable, socially stabilizing, and environmentally regenerative. They are strengthening local food systems, building climate-resilient health networks, advancing community-based adaptation models, and leading enterprises that integrate sustainability with livelihood security. These solutions are measurable and scalable. However, they remain under-financed, under-recognized, and structurally undervalued within dominant economic and political systems.
We operate from a clear and evidence-informed belief that women-led climate solutions represent a strategic advantage in building a regenerative and resilient global economy. Research consistently demonstrates that women’s leadership strengthens productivity, improves resource stewardship, enhances community stability, and increases long-term resilience. Investing in women-led innovation is not symbolic. It is economically rational and socially stabilizing.
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, SEHAT KAHANI
(She/Her) Dr. Sara Saeed is a physician and digital health entrepreneur expanding access to quality healthcare across Pakistan and the GCC. As Co-Founder and CEO of Sehat Kahani – one of Pakistan’s leading digital healthcare platforms – she has led more than 4.6M consultations through a national network of doctors, impacting +20M lives and strengthening inclusive health systems at scale. A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, Rolex Award Associate Laureate, and fellow of the Cartier Women’s Initiative and Acumen, Dr. Sara brings her expertise to government advisory bodies and corporate boards. She is a globally recognized voice on digital health, resilient health systems, and women’s leadership.
CO-FOUNDER, EASY SOLAR
(She/Her) Nthabiseng Mosia is an award-winning cleantech entrepreneur reshaping how energy reaches people with limited access to the grid across West Africa. As Co-Founder of Easy Solar, she has enabled affordable solar power for more than 1M people while creating +1,000 jobs. Building on decades of experience, she engages the policy, financing, and market forces defining the future of energy investment on the continent. Nthabiseng has been recognised as an Outstanding Social Entrepreneur by the Schwab Foundation, and has spoken on some of the world’s most influential stages, including President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate.
FOUNDER & CEO, VIOLET
(She/Her) Martha de Sá is a pioneering force in developing financial infrastructure that connects institutional capital to nature-based solutions at scale, reaching smallholder farmers and local communities across Brazil. Her work includes launching the Kawa Fund to support smallholder cocoa farmers and the Low-Carbon Agriculture Transition Mechanism to de-risk climate-smart agriculture. With more than 15 years in financial markets, Martha is committed and determined to accelerate innovative approaches that connect global finance to real-economy needs — transforming how investment supports regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, and resilient rural livelihoods.
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, YAYASAN PLANET INDONESIA
Novia Sagita (She/Her) advances community-led conservation and climate resilience across Indonesia’s forest and coastal regions. Raised in West Kalimantan, her work is rooted in enduring relationships with Indigenous Peoples and local communities whose cultures and livelihoods are deeply connected to nature. Throught her work, Novia has strengthened local governance, secured land rights, and supported sustainable economies. As lead of the Collective Governance Fund, she directs flexible finance to community institutions — championing a model of conservation where power, resources, and decision-making rest with frontline leaders driving just and lasting climate and biodiversity outcomes.
AFRICA PROGRAMS MANAGER, WEA
(She/Her) Teresa Muthoni is a leader in community-driven landscape restoration and climate resilience across Africa. She works closely with grassroots women leaders, civil society and institutional actors to embed gender equity and community empowerment into climate and conservation strategies. As Africa Programs Manager at the Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA), she leads regional programmes advancing women’s leadership in ecosystem restoration, climate justice, and sustainable development. She also co-founded Homegrown Sustainability Solutions, championing biocultural restoration that bridges traditional knowledge and modern practice. Teresa strongly believes lasting change arises when communities are resourced, respected and positioned to lead their own pathways to resilience.
FOUNDER, GIRLBOSS NEW ZEALAND
(She/Her) Alexia Hilbertidou is a leading Gen Z voice on gender equality and youth leadership. She founded GirlBoss New Zealand at 16, growing it into the country’s largest organisation for young women, reaching over 17,500 members across 400 schools across New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, the UAE, and the Cook Islands. Through the GirlBoss Edge accelerator, thousands of young people have launched social impact initiatives inspired by her belief that no one is too young to lead. Today, approximately 1 in 7 young women in New Zealand are enrolled in the initiatives. Alexia has served as New Zealand’s Official Gender Equality Ambassador at World Expo, a National Geographic Explorer, a NASA VIP Scientific Communicator, and a Facebook Leadership Fellow.
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, HUMBLE BEE
(She/Her) Monika Shukla is a social entrepreneur advancing scientific beekeeping as a pathway to climate resilience, ecological regeneration, and women-led livelihoods across India. Through Humble Bee, she challenges extractive systems by building inclusive, grassroots economies rooted in nature. Monika is also spearheading BEEKIND, an AI-powered platform that brings pollination intelligence to farmers and beekeepers, turning invisible ecosystem services into measurable value. Recognised by NITI Aayog and the United Nations, Monika champions a “Golden Revolution” where regenerative livelihoods, technology, and grassroots leadership shape a sustainable food future.
CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROJECT DANDELION
(She/Her) As a former executive at The New Yorker, TED, and The Female Quotient, Ronda Carnegie has built her career transforming influential brands and fostering community-driven innovation. As part of TED’s original executive team, she helped evolve the organisation from a single conference into a global media company, founding the TED Institute and co-founding TEDWomen to expand women’s voices worldwide. Today, Ronda serves as Executive Director and Co-Founder of Project Dandelion, a global women-led climate campaign that amplifies the leadership of those most impacted by and most equipped to drive change. Her focus is now in leadership mobilizing collective action to advance climate justice.
CO-FOUNDER, PROJECT DANDELION
(She/Her) Hafsat Abiola is an economist and global advocate for climate justice and women’s leadership. Shaped by her family’s pro-democracy legacy in Nigeria, she has galvanized her commitment to this cause and holds a deep conviction that women’s full participation at every level is essential to building a sustainable future. Hafsat has held senior government roles overseeing the Millennium Development Goals, trade, and investment, and founded KIND to advance service-oriented leadership among women. She is also a co-founder of Connected Women Leaders and Project Dandelion, accelerating collective action toward a climate-safe future. In addition to her climate justice work, Hafsat serves on the World Future Council and is a BMW Foundation Responsible Leader and an alumna of the World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
CO-FOUNDER, PROJECT DANDELION
Pat (She/Her) is a trailblazer in media and an advocate for women’s equality, breaking barriers as a journalist, Emmy-winning producer, pioneering executive, and activist leader. Her lifelong commitment to amplifying women’s stories and advancing representation has shaped the media industry and continues through a global coalition of leaders solving critical issues. As co-founder of Project Dandelion, she champions women-led climate justice, leveraging leadership for a more equitable and sustainable future. As editorial director, co-founder, and host of TEDWomen, Pat amplifies powerful, underrepresented voices. Her commitment to social justice includes board service with the Sundance Institute, Skoll Foundation, and Carter Center. She’s also the founding chair of the Women’s Media Center and a Congressional appointee to the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
IMPACT & PARTNERSHIPS, PROJECT DANDELION
(She/Her) Poppy Mason-Watts is a global media and impact strategist dedicated to using storytelling to drive climate and social change. She co-founded WaterBear, an impact streaming platform, where she led growth, partnerships, and impact strategy, growing the platform to more than 3 million users. Her career spans senior roles at National Geographic and FOX Networks Group across EMEA and APAC. She is now a board advisor for a renewable energy group and serves as Impact & Partnerships Global Director at Project Dandelion with a focus on fundraising, impact and corporate partnerships.
LATIN AMERICA CATALYST, PROJECT DANDELION
Mariana Camardelli (She/Her) is the General Director of TEDxAmazônia, where she has built one of Latin America's most distinctive platforms for ideas at the intersection of ecology, community, and systemic change. Rooted in the Amazon and fluent in the region's most urgent conversations, she brings deep knowledge of how local leadership translates into broader cultural and political momentum. As Project Dandelion's Latin America Catalyst, she works to connect and amplify women-led climate solutions across the region, strengthening the networks and narratives that allow that leadership to reach the influence and investment it deserves.
COMMUNITY & PARTNERSHIPS, PROJECT DANDELION
(She/Her) Ursula is a Campaign & Partnerships Director focused on collective action and climate solutions. After several years in advertising and branding, she set out on a mission to build high-trust partnerships across sectors while bringing impact campaigns to life. Ursula has led global partnerships, strategy, and programme delivery for impact-driven organisations such as The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, WWF, Girl Effect, UNOCHA, UNDP, and a range of purpose-led NGOs. She also has a true passion for cultural movements, learning from frontline leaders and communities, and using storytelling as a catalyst for change. She now serves as Community and Partnerships Engagement Lead at Project Dandelion.
SOCIAL MEDIA, PROJECT DANDELION
Nuriya Shoro (She/Her) is Project Dandelion's Social Media Lead, with the aim of elevating our social media platforms and reaching new audiences through engaging, dynamic content. Nuriya began her career working closely with senior leadership as a Corporate Development Associate at Wunderman Thompson (now VML), a global creative advertising agency, but quickly realized the negative impacts that mass consumerism were having on people and plant. Nuriya made a career shift to work in the environmental space, working within the Corporate Partnerships team at WWF and as Head of Content & Operations at Earth Minutes. With a passion for making the world a fairer and better place for all, Nuriya represents a new generation dedicating their careers to tackling climate and social justice issues.
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT DANDELION
Meredith Hess (She/Her) leads strategic development and grants management work for Project Dandelion and is a dynamic nonprofit operations professional, researcher, and project manager. Her experience spans the research, humanitarian, and development sectors and she has built a career working on issues of climate adaptation, energy access, and water security. She has held positions with Mercy Corps, the World Resources Institute, and Habitat for Humanity International where led project implementation, facilitated strategy development processes, created systems fit for decision-making, and contributed to high-impact research products.
OPERATIONS, PROJECT DANDELION
Brittany Collins (She/Her) is an Atlanta-based educator, coach, and creative entrepreneur whose work centers on empowering women and building community. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Integrated Studies from Kennesaw State University and is certified through the National Federation of High School Coaches. Brittany spent five years teaching elementary special education, where she developed a deep commitment to inclusive learning and advocacy. She later co-owned a photography education business that helped women launch and grow their own ventures, hosting more than 20 retreats across the United States. For the past two and a half years, she has worked as an executive assistant for Pat Mitchell and, over the last year, with Project Dandelion, supporting initiatives that elevate women’s leadership and collective impact worldwide.