Elize Shakalela is an Author & Environmental Law Activist, who serves as a Law Lecturer at the University of Namibia and Part time environmental law consultant. Her academic qualifications are a master degree in law, LLb, B-juris and a PHD Candidate. Elize, serves as a board of director at the Community Conservation Fund of Namibia (CCFN), A trustee of the Rooikat Trust and is an Honorary member of the Namibia Chamber of Environment. She also founded the plastic free campaign for Namibia which persuaded Namibia’s government to place a ban on all single use plastic bags and introduced plastic levies and former Miss Earth Namibia 2016.