Who we are
Beyond Carbon was founded in 2024 to counter carbon-oriented forest data infrastructures with community-owned knowledges of landscapes.
Our transnational initiative’s core members are Dr. Madhuri Karak (India/Türkiye), Cindy Julianty (Indonesia) and Michelle Cheripka (United States/The Netherlands). We are three women from three corners of the world who share backgrounds in climate justice and community building, with an overarching interest in uniting art, research, and technology tools into advocacy.
Our Team
Core Team
Madhuri Karak
Founder & Research Lead
India / Türkiye
Madhuri Karak (she/her) is a researcher working at the intersections of climate, technology, and people's movements in South and South East Asia for the last 15+ years. She writes, teaches, and speaks on topics ranging from Indigenous data sovereignty and the environmental impacts of tech infrastructures to the limits of geospatial tools for territorial recognition. Madhuri was a Mellon - American Council of Learned Societies Public Fellow (2019-2021) and holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Cindy Julianty
Advocacy Lead
Indonesia
Cindy Julianty (she/her) is a community land rights activist and lawyer currently focusing on climate, territorial recognition, and biodiversity conservation. Cindy represents both BRWA, Indonesia’s Ancestral Domain Registration Agency (Badan Registrasi Wilayah Adat), and the Indonesia chapter of the Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCA) Consortium. She currently lives in Bogor, Indonesia.
Michelle Cheripka
Creative Lead
USA / The Netherlands
Michelle Cheripka (she/her) is a queer producer and director for multimedia projects. Michelle’s work focuses on personal experiences of systemic issues. She works with environmental non-profits, and has experience with tv series, commercials, documentaries, Facebook Live series, and feature films. Her independent film work has screened in festivals and venues in New York, London, Los Angeles, Boston, Beijing, and Rotterdam. She is currently based in Los Angeles, California (USA) on the ancestral homelands of the Tongva people.
Project Collaborators
Felipe Mammoli
Technology Lead
Brazil
Felipe Mammoli (he/him) is an interdisciplinary researcher working on the cultural aspects of how digital technologies are used to make sense of climate change, especially in the Amazon. He holds a degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Science and Technology Policy from the University of Campinas, Brazil. Currently, he works as a research specialist for the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation at the Center for Information Technology - Renato Archer, where he applies creative computing methods to create visualizations and sonifications of climate change data.
Laura N-Tamara
Animator & Illustrator
UK/France/Indonesia
Laura N-Tamara adalah animator dan ilustrator peraih penghargaan yang berdomisili di London. Ia pernah menggarap film dokumenter tentang satwa liar di kawasan barat Amerika Serikat, film animasi tari eksperimental, hingga iklan bersama studio-studio besar. Benang merah dalam karyanya adalah kecintaan pada menggambar, yang ia wujudkan dengan memadukan teknik digital dan analog secara mahir untuk menciptakan gambar dan film. Bakat artistik itu ia gunakan untuk mewujudkan keinginannya bertutur lewat berbagai bentuk kisah, mulai dari film naratif, dokumenter, hingga video musik. Karya-karyanya telah diputar di festival animasi ternama seperti Annecy; film tugas akhirnya didukung oleh studio Elf Factory; dan film pendeknya, True Sound Façade, meraih penghargaan di San Francisco Dance Film Festival dan Homescreen Festival.
Masaya Inaba
CGI Director
United Kingdom
Masaya Inaba adalah seniman CGI sekaligus sutradara yang menghadirkan emosi dan kedalaman dalam animasi melalui seni ekspresi tiga dimensi. Ia telah menyutradarai dan memproduksi sejumlah film pendek, serta berkontribusi pada berbagai proyek ternama seperti Children of the Sea, INU-OH, Poupelle of Chimney Town, dan PHOENIX: EDEN17. Karyanya juga merambah produksi internasional, termasuk Star Wars: Visions and The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, serta turut mengantarkan sejumlah film meraih penghargaan bergengsi seperti Golden Globes, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annie Awards, dan Japan Academy Awards. Kini, sebagai anggota tim kreatif sankaku, ia terus menjajaki kemungkinan baru dalam animasi dengan menyutradarai CGI dan penuturan visual yang berbasis seni.