About Me

Alaina Wood is an award-winning independent climate communicator and sustainability scientist based in East Tennessee. She is the founder of the climate education and activism platform known as the Garbage Queen where she helps her global audience navigate their eco-anxiety by uplifting climate solutions through an evidence-based and intersectional lens. Alaina has a degree in sustainability and geography from the University of Tennessee, and she worked in environmental compliance for the solid waste and land development industries as well as in environmental and community planning prior to making the jump to science communication. Alaina is most well known for her series Good Climate News and frequent debunks of climate misinformation, but she also researches how social media influences climate emotions in young people.

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