Tanja Wessels被描述為David Attenborough，Oprah Winfrey和Bjork的摯愛孩子，是環境思想的領導者，倡導者和藝術家。她在2017年經歷了生態焦慮，害怕遭受環境破壞或生態災難。此後，她成為該主題的忠實擁護者，就精神健康和環境進行了公開演講。在可持續發展普及之前，Tanja在里斯本和倫敦學習電影和藝術，並於2006年移居亞洲。如今，她為許多有關可持續性，藝術和生活方式的出版物創作內容，還與環境藝術行動計劃合作。她是香港循環組織的創始成員，這是一個為企業和個人提供循環思維價值的平台，該組織最近擴展到了新加坡。到2020年，她將慶祝三年不買新衣服，這最初是一年的個人挑戰，但現在已經成為一種生活方式。這是她的第一個涉足社會企業家精神的事業，Wild Salvages，這是一家現代流行時尚的在線商店。2020年10月17日，Tanja在TEDxTinHau Countdown演講中發言，TEDxTinHau Countdown是一項旨在倡導和加速應對氣候危機的全球倡議。演講著眼於我們與服裝和我們自身的關係，以及更好的思考和塑造未來方式的解決方案。
Tanja Wessels described as the love child of David Attenborough, Oprah Winfrey and Bjork, Tanja Wessels are an environmental thought leader, advocate and artist.
An encounter with an over packaged coconut in 2017 led to her experience of eco-anxiety, fear of environmental damage, or ecological disaster. She has since become a devotee of the topic, giving public talks on mental health and the environment. Before sustainability took over, Tanja studied filmmaking and art in Lisbon and London and moved to Asia in 2006.
Today she creates content for a number of publications on sustainability, art, and lifestyle, also collaborating on environmental art activism projects.
A founding member of Circular Community Hong Kong, a platform for businesses and individuals on the value of circular thinking, the community has recently expanded to Singapore.
In 2020 she is celebrating three years of not buying new clothing, something that started as a one-year personal challenge but has become a way of life. Her first venture into social entrepreneurship is launching soon, Wild Salvages, an online shop for contemporary preloved fashion.
On 17 October 2020, Tanja was a speaker at TEDxTinHau Countdown, a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. Focusing on the topic of Materials, the talk looked at our relationship with clothing, ourselves, and the solutions to a better way to think and shape the future.
