Helena is an actor and leading member of Equity for a Green New Deal, a network of the performing arts trade union Equity. She is passionate about making connections between employment justice and climate justice. As vice-chair of E4GND, Helena’s recent projects have included a marketing campaign encouraging Equity members to switch their pension to ESG and fossil-free funds, and working with the Theatres Trust on sustainability standards. She has represented Equity at the TUC Young Workers’ Conference and spoken on a sustainability panel at the International Federation of Actors’ Conference. She is currently working with a group of CCL alumni to make the upcoming Theatre Green Book conference, to be held in autumn 2023, more accessible for freelancers.
Helena Wilson
Actor and Activist
Country: UK
Cohort: CCL UK 2023
“Creative Climate Leadership means uniting different struggles and causes in the fight for climate justice. The performing arts can bring people together in this fight, creatively and compassionately, by engaging audiences on the places and communities they care about.”