Ariana Akbari

Ariana Akbari is an artist-architect, environmental activist and conservationist, and sustainable designer who is passionate about the development of products, places, and systems that are as healthy and helpful as they are beautiful and enchanting.

She founded and directs Climate Justice Texas, a creative, youth-focused environmental advocacy and conservation education organization based in East Texas; moonlights at her family's heritage construction company as a translator and project manager; and freelance writes for arts and architectural publications. She also designs her own artistic creations in a small studio practice that integrates whimsy, sustainability, and ritual. 

 Miss Akbari graduated from Harvard University, where she studied the History of Art and Architecture and the Comparative Study of Religion, focusing on Islamic Arts and Architecture and writing an honors thesis on the creation of spaces of religious coexistence and the use of participatory art as a form of collective healing. She also studied "decolonized" coursework at the University of London: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as well as architectural modeling at the University of Houston: Hines School of Architecture. 

In her spare time, you can find her playing piano and singing, reading and writing poetry, cooking (and eating), practicing reiki and meditation, learning new languages, and communicating with spirits (living and dead) in the astral realm. 

Message her at arianaakbariart@gmail.com with any ideas or opportunities or follow along on her many adventures via her YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Medium :)