LEADING INDIGENOUS ACTIVIST AND SPEAKER: Clayton Thomas-Müller is highly regarded and connected as an activist and speaker through his foundational involvement in national and global initiatives like 350.org, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian-based Raven Trust, and Navajo Nation-based Black Mesa Water Coalition. POPULAR SPEAKER AND MEDIA GO-TO: Clayton Thomas-Müller has been featured on most major media outlets in Canada, the US, and Europe. He has been recognized by Utne magazine as one of the top 30 under 30 activists in the United States and by Yes magazine as a "Climate Hero." A…mehr
LEADING INDIGENOUS ACTIVIST AND SPEAKER: Clayton Thomas-Müller is highly regarded and connected as an activist and speaker through his foundational involvement in national and global initiatives like 350.org, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian-based Raven Trust, and Navajo Nation-based Black Mesa Water Coalition. POPULAR SPEAKER AND MEDIA GO-TO: Clayton Thomas-Müller has been featured on most major media outlets in Canada, the US, and Europe. He has been recognized by Utne magazine as one of the top 30 under 30 activists in the United States and by Yes magazine as a "Climate Hero." A sought-after public speaker, he has guest-lectured at universities and spoken at conferences and rallies around the world. TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING PROJECT: Life in the City of Dirty Water is a transmedia project based on an important philosophy that stories aren't meant to be two-dimensional, only bound into a book, but also shared through immersive oral storytelling practices. Currently, the final film cut is being pitched to short film festivals and will also be accompanied by a national author speaking tour, podcast, online photo story, and hip hop mixtape. KEY MARKETING POINTS - ARCs - Radio tour pitching NPR and regional and national programs - Podcast campaign targeting shows on books, Indigenous issues, and environmental issues - Life in the City of Dirty Water documentary film festival tour (dates and festivals TBC) - Author is well known in San Francisco and will be travelling to the Bay Area for the Bioneers conference in October 2019
Clayton Thomas-Müller is a member of the Treaty #6 based Mathias Colomb Cree Nation also known as Pukatawagan located in Northern Manitoba, Canada. He is a campaigner for 350.org, a global movement that's responding to the over-reliance on fossil fuels and the challenge of the climate crisis. His work challenges the encroachment of the fossil fuel industry, with a special focus on the sprawling infrastructure of pipelines, refineries, and extraction associated with the Canadian tar sands. He has campaigned on behalf of Indigenous peoples around the world for more than 20 years, working with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Black Mesa Water Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project, Bioneers, and other organizations. Clayton has traveled extensively domestically and internationally, having led Indigenous delegations to lobby United Nations bodies, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UN Earth Summit (Johannesburg, 2002 and Rio+20, 2012) and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Clayton has coordinated and led delegations of Indigenous peoples to lobby government in Washington, DC; Ottawa; and the European Union (Strasbourg and Brussels). Utne magazine named him one of the top 30 under 30 activists in the United States, and Yes magazine called him a Climate Hero. He has been published in multiple books, newspapers, and magazines and appeared countless times on local, regional, national, and international television and radio as an expert advocate on Indigenous rights and environmental and economic justice. A sought-after public speaker, he has also been a guest lecturer at universities, conferences, and seminars around the world. Clayton Thomas-Müller is married, with two young sons. He lives in Winnipeg, Canada. www.lifeinthecityofdirtywater.com
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