Keiruna Inc.

Keiruna Inc. is a one-woman show run by me, Dr. Tara Sayuri Whitty.

My work’s mission: to make real, positive changes in the world through common sense, connections, and creativity.

I am a conservation professional with over 20 years of experience, mainly on coastal conservation and small-scale fisheries management issues in the Global South (particularly Southeast Asia). Much of my work – as an academic researcher, practitioner, and consultant – has related to the evaluation of conservation processes, through which I’ve learned that human relationships and systems thinking are central to meaningful, sustainable impacts.

In 2020, I expanded my professional scope to include work that supports the community building, communication, and advocacy of nonspeaking individuals, starting with my brother, award-winning nonspeaking autistic advocate Danny Whitty. I have been able to apply my skills in community and capacity building from conservation into this exciting new-to-me realm, which has in turn informed my understanding of inclusion in my conservation work.

I run Conservation Realist, a newsletter-podcast for no-nonsense takes and explorations of conservation topics, as well as Possibilities in Communication, a newsletter for support teams of nonspeaking individuals.

To learn more, go to tswhitty.com | LinkedIn