Aleksandra Tulusoeva

Liaison Officer on Sustainable Energy

Hi! My name is Aleksandra and I am a 23 year old climate activist from Russia.

Sasha, tell us a bit more about yourself!

I hold a BA in Regional Analysis and Chinese. I am currently working as a project manager at a carbon offset project. My work experience has given me a deep understanding of the energy sector, the environmental impacts of energy generation from fossil fuels, and most importantly – an understanding of the reasons why we need the energy transition.

I believe that YEE will be the first stepping stone towards my environmental career. I also truly believe that the network I could build with YEE will become a collective ability to inform decision-makers on how to switch to sustainable energy and conserve the natural world.

What are some of the causes you care about?

There are a lot of things I am worried about – from plastic pollution to sea level rise. But as a Liaison Officer on Sustainable Energy, I want to bring up the subject of energy security and energy justice. When we talk about clean energy, we often think about technologies, economy, politics, and justice is a missing perspective. Decisions made in a vacuum can disproportionately affect and even harm the most vulnerable people.

What do you hope the world will look like in 2050?

We have finally made a transition from fossil fuels to 100% sustainable energy, UN SDGs had been achieved.

If you could time-travel, what era would you like to visit and why?

I am in love with late 19th century France and specifically visual arts (Impressionism movement), so I’d like to visit that period!

What are you happiest doing, when you’re not working?

I am a big football fan (Visca el Barça!), so I love reading articles about football tactics. I also spend a lot of time in the outdoors, backpacking and camping. I think that there is something unique and important in wild spaces, some value that we shouldn’t neglect.