Our Staff

George Radner

Executive Director

George Radner is the Executive Director at Be The Change Earth Alliance, a Vancouver-based charity that delivers environmental and social justice education in BC high schools. He also co-leads a climate action workshop program at the UBC Climate Hub. George has been passionate about climate justice from a young age. He believes deeply in the power of young people to ignite the shift required to address global issues such as the climate crises and create a more just, sustainable and connected world.

George was born in Washington D.C., ancestral territory of the Anacostans, and grew up in Toronto, traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat people. George has lived in Vancouver on unceded, traditional and ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) peoples since 2014. His favourite activities include bird watching, camping, and meditation.

Jake Hubley

Communications and Program Coordinator

From his roots in Nova Scotia, traditional Mi’kma’ki territory, Jake has walked through the last 10+ years as a social and environmental justice activist on his journey through becoming a change-maker. He holds a Combined Honours B.A. in Sociology and Environmental Sustainability, Minor in Philosophy from Dalhousie University.

Jake finds himself inspired by the depth of the human experience, and our sacred capacity to heal ourselves, each other and our earth through intention and practice of profound relationships between our inner and outer worlds. For Jake, climate change and the increasingly chaotic feedback from the destruction of our biosphere in the external world, is mirrored by the health of our individual and collective inner worlds which are at the root of the culture and systems whose rhythms are misaligned with the cadence of our local and climatic ecosystems. Right now, he is on a path of becoming a healer, who can assist others in rebuilding the way we relate to our ‘self,’ others and the environment, to serve humanity by helping to unlock and empower our greatest potential, for a better life and world rooted in love and an uncompromised willingness to coexist.

Jake is a musician, energy worker, practiced facilitator and experienced political campaigner for local climate solutions and policy. He has seen local victories across Metro Vancouver, working with communities to elect climate leaders and win motions in several cities declaring climate emergency and adopting rigid greenhouse gas reduction targets (IPCC, Net-Zero by 2050). As a volunteer with Greenpeace, SeaWolves, and Stand. Earth, he has taken non-violent direct action and been arrested and charged twice to stop construction of the TransMountain pipeline, disrupted a press conference with Prime Minister Trudeau and confronted the world’s largest companies for deforestation practices. Jake takes action on climate and environment in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and acknowledges his occupation of unceded ancestral territory of Coast Salish Peoples.

Kelvin Lee

Operations and Technology Coordinator

Kelvin Lee joined Be the Change Earth Alliance in January 2020, as the Operations Coordinator. He has a Bachelor of Art’s degree in Labour Studies with a Certificate of Social Justice from Simon Fraser University. After working in the automotive industry for three years, he is excited about the opportunity to educate others and help change their perspectives about climate change. His passion for social justice and climate change was fueled by his education which largely focused on migrant labour. He understands that education and awareness are key in the fight against climate change. In his spare time, he volunteers with new immigrants to help acclimate them and is interested in photography.

Anna Tokunaga

Youth Digital Projects Coordinator

Anna grew up in Jasper National Park on the Beaver, Cree, Ojibway, Secwépemc, Stoney, and Métis territories where her passion and love for nature developed. In 2019 she graduated from McGill University with a bachelor’s in psychology and environmental studies, specifically focusing on environmental health. While in Montreal, Anna worked with the non-profit Youth Fusion to guide students through creating a project based on environmental design.
Anna is interested in encouraging and supporting the young change-makers who are passionate about social and environmental issues and are ready to take action. She is excited to reduce the sense of climate grief through agency and action.
In her free time, she enjoys reading, card games, and being outdoors in all forms: hiking, biking, canoeing, and relaxing on the beach!

Mica Dela Cruz

Environmental Justice Education Coordinator

Mica (she/her) is a first-generation, Filipino settler born in Manila, Philippines, and was raised on the traditional, unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish, and Cowichan Nations in so-called “Richmond”. She is a recent graduate from Simon Fraser University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Sciences. As a public health advocate, she is passionate and enthusiastic about working with the community and improving public health through facilitating positive, sustainable changes in the environment and opening up discussions about important social justice issues within minority and vulnerable groups. She has engaged and supported youth in the importance of food systems, food literacy, and nature in order to facilitate collective action in their own lives. In her spare time, she enjoys writing, reading, biking, and swimming.

Naomi Leung

Program Assistant

Naomi Leung 梁珮恩 is a second generation immigrant with parents from Malaysia and Hong Kong. Naomi and her family are settlers and uninvited guests residing on unceded, stolen, and unsurrendered Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Tsleil-Waututh, and Cowichan First Nations territories colonially known as Richmond, BC.

She has a background in organizing for racial and climate justice with Sustainabiliteens, a youth climate striking movement in MetroVancouver, and for climate education to be taught in schools with Climate Education Reform BC (CERBC) and their growing campaign. As a young woman of color in the climate justice movement, she is energized to do all anti-colonial work, and aims to do so with BTCEA. Fun fact, Naomi has a pet dog named Oreo!

Charlotte Taylor

Program Assistant

Charlotte Taylor (she/her) is an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia, located on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh) First Nations. She is pursuing a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Climate Change Communications. She works as Student Engagement Lead for the UBC Climate Hub and looks forward to joining the Be the Change Earth Alliance team as a Summer Program Assistant. She contributes articles to The Starfish, an online publication that covers the youth environmentalism movement and will be joining the editorial board of the UBC Journal for Climate Justice this year.

Charlotte enjoys writing and publishing blog posts about environmental sustainability (available to read on her website: charlottetaylor.work). Her interests are: ecology, nature conservation, climate action, sustainable development, public policy, international affairs, and creative writing. She is passionate about providing youth with educational resources and artistic practices to explore climate justice issues.

Liana Salviejo

Program Assistant

Liana Salviejo (she/her) is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Global Resource Systems at the University of British Columbia, with a specialization in environmental sustainability and public health. She is from the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Coast Salish, Semiahmoo, and sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie) First Nations, also known as Surrey, BC. Liana is passionate about exploring the intersections between environmental sustainability, food systems, climate change, public health, and urban planning through a social justice lens. One of the recent projects she has worked on involved researching and developing recommendations which foster biodiversity within a Climate-Friendly Food System (CFFS) procurement strategy at UBC. She has also been involved with various leadership roles and is currently a Communications Director for UBC CAPACity, a student club working to promote sustainable cities and urban planning. In her spare time, Liana enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, exploring the outdoors, and playing with her dog Cookie!

Daniel Osborne

Program Assistant

Daniel Osborne (he/him) is an IB science lab instructor and boarding house parent by day, but by night he is tackling climate change one eco-action at a time. With gratitude, Daniel grew up on the edge of the Pacific Ocean on the traditional lands of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, Toquaht, and Tla-o-qui-aht, otherwise known as Ucluelet and Tofino. Perhaps biased, Daniel thinks he spent his childhood growing up in one of the most beautiful places in the world, prompting him to continue to learn about the natural world around him. This meant pursuing a degree in biology and chemistry at Vancouver Island University. Since graduating, Daniel has worked in a variety of nature-based education and wilderness leadership programs and served over one thousand children, youth, and families. Through Be The Change Earth Alliance, Daniel hopes to meld his prowess for teaching with his experience in nature education to inspire future generations to appreciate and care for the world around them and the beings that inhabit it.

Presently, Daniel resides on the traditional and stolen lands of the Lekwungen peoples, namely the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nation communities; otherwise known as Victoria. When Daniel is not making concoctions in the lab or hosting karaoke night at his school’s boarding house, you can probably find him hiking, camping, playing volleyball, attending spin class, or simply spending quality time with his hamster, Cheesecake.

Our Staff

George Radner

Executive Director

Jake Hubley

Communications and Program Coordinator

Kelvin Lee

Operations and Technology Coordinator

Anna Tokunaga

Youth Digital Projects Coordinator

Mica Dela Cruz

Environmental Justice Education Coordinator

Naomi Leung

Program Assistant

Charlotte Taylor

Program Assistant

Liana Salviejo

Program Assistant

Daniel Osborne

Program Assistant

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