THAMMIKA SONGKAEO is Managing Director of Two Glasses, a company that combats textile waste in multidisciplinary ways, as well as Head of Partnerships and Development at Rainshadow Studios, which makes art and theatre that move audiences to confront their relationship with the climate crisis. Thammika graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (M.S.Ed., Higher Education) and the University of Texas at Austin (M.A., Comparative Literature), and has received fellowships and grants from institutions including the Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Galleries. She is also a former Penn Social Impact House Fellow, World Economic Forum Global Shaper and Bread Loaf Environmental Nominee and Scholarship recipient.
Thammika challenges her audiences to question their own habits of (over)consumption and creates tools that allow them to carry out their journeys of change. Changing Room, the film she is producing, will premiere at The Projector in Singapore in June 2023.
Leadership & Management |
Empathy as Intelligence
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Science Technology & Innovation |
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Policy Governance & Reform |
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