Aileen Getty is one of the names behind the organizations promoting the latest manifestations of climate activism in the UK, including the protests at the National Gallery in London on October 14, where two Just Stop Oil campaigners threw tomato soup. Gosh (1888).
Aileen Getty, 65, is the millionaire heiress and granddaughter of John Paul Getty, the oil magnate and founder of the Getty Oil Company. In addition to the oil business, the Getty family is one of the art world’s greatest collectors, with the founding of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Despite having a family strongly linked to the oil market, Aileen took a different path to the environment and founded the Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) in 2019, after also donating some of her personal wealth to groups of environmental activists. , including Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion.
In light of the most recent controversies, as the founder of the Climate Emergency Fund is an heir to an oil company, the organization argues that Aileen has never been involved in the fossil fuel industry. Ask yourself: If you were in her shoes, how would you use your money for good? Aileen’s answer was to become a philanthropic leader [que] co-founded CEF and donated more than $1 million to courageous climate activists,” the organization said in a statement.
Aileen has been an active philanthropist throughout her adult life and, in response to the current climate change situation, devotes most of her time and resources to supporting projects aimed at bringing solutions to the environmental problem.
Source: DN
