Misha Teasdale

Misha Teasdale (Born 1982) is a South African-born environment and social change activist who is the current director of the Greenpop Foundation. Teasdale co-founded the foundation in 2010 with a group of friends, Greenpop is a tree planting organization on a mission to restore degraded ecosystems and reconnect people with the planet. They collaborate with passionate individuals and organizations to run contextually relevant environmental projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. Since its inception, Greenpop has planted over 250 thousand trees.

In 2008 Misha was part of Doing it For Africa, an overland expedition from Cape Town to London overland, profiling NGO’s and community-based projects through 16 African Countries.

In 2011 he landed Top 200 Young South Africans by the Mail and Guardian and in 2013 was nominated by Mail and Guardian and Department of Environmental affairs as one of SA’s top climate change leaders. He has been included in Legacy Project hall of fame for those out to make a difference in the world. In 2021 he was nominated as the ‘Best Social Entrepreneur’ in Africa. Inspired by the power of creativity, mass participation, and nature based solutions, Teasdale is on a mission to mainstream environmentalism making it meaningful and accessible to all.

When he is not planting trees, you can find him inspiring entrepreneurs as a YALI Africa Fellow or sprinting up Table Mountain. Misha is invited to speak at conferences, workshops, and gatherings regularly, from TEDx, United Nations, and Universities globally.

Misha Teasdale
Director Greenpop
www.greenpop.org
Twitter – @mishateasdale / @greenpop
Instagram – @mishateasdale / @greenpop