About Us
Earthwise is a quarterly magazine that covers issues of energy and climate justice. The energy we use to power our homes, businesses and industries often burns fossil fuels which emit greenhouse gases which, in turn, contribute negatively to climate change. There are also individuals, groups and communities which suffer directly from energy policies, plans and projects. We will cover stories that focus on the victims of both climate change and energy generation.
The team behind Earthwise
Co-Founders
Muhammad Badar Alam
Co-Founder
Badar has been a journalist since 1992. He worked as the editor of Herald magazine, Pakistan’s premier current affairs magazine, from June 2010 to July 2019 – until the magazine was forced to close down as a punishment for its independent editorial policy and fearless reporting. He then co-founded loksujag.com, an independent digital news media outlet dedicated to public interest investigative journalism, and worked as its chief editor between April 2020 and November 2022. He has also worked as a bureau chief, a reporter, a foreign correspondent and a deputy editor for different news outlets. He, similarly, has vast experience in journalism training and research.
Amel Ghani
Co-Founder
Amel has worked for several years with prominent Pakistani news outlets, including Herald magazine, The News on Sunday and the Express Tribune. While working as a journalist, she not only did in-depth reporting on diverse issues such as environment, real estate and religious politics but also handled many important editorial and social media assignments. For the last three years, Amel has been working in the media development sector, mainly as a trainer and facilitator for journalists on various issues including gender sensitive reporting, misinformation and digital security.
Editorial Staff
Drakhshandae Badar
Managing Editor
Drakhshandae holds a Bachelor’s in Law (LLB) with a focus on Human Rights and International Law. Having previously worked at both the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Drakhshandae’s work focuses on the intersectional and a gender informed dimension of the human rights discourse in Pakistan and South Asia. She is also a researcher, trainer, writer and actor.
Usama Irfan
Audio-Visual Editor
Usama Irfan holds a bachelor’s degree in media studies, with a specialization in film, television and advertising. He has worked with several leading media companies as a digital producer, video journalist, and documentary filmmaker. His work at Mauj focuses on documenting issues and problems related to climate justice and clean energy. In his last job, as a videographer at Lok Sujag, he travelled widely to make news features on many public interest subjects such as minority rights, climate change, agriculture and social and economic justice. He has also made a short feature film on domestic violence and child abuse and a documentary film on Punjabi language’s social, cultural and economic status in Pakistan’s 21st century.