Profile: Mati Bernabei, suc­cess­ful activist

Many activists dream of influ­enc­ing the prac­tices of face­less cor­po­ra­tions but can’t imag­ine where to even begin. Next we hear from a woman who did just that with some sur­pris­ing suc­cess. How she did it is a valu­able les­son for any­one try­ing to take on pow­er­ful insti­tu­tions and strug­gling to make their voice heard.

After Mati Bernabei vis­ited Tibet in 1988, she returned to her native Canada and began try­ing to per­suade min­ing com­pa­nies not to invest in the Tibetan plateau. It’s been six years now, and she’s still at it. Her suc­cess has been sur­pris­ing, but as she admits, the expe­ri­ence has made her a dif­fer­ent kind of activist.