By Zaria Romero October 25, 2021 Zaria Romero is representing the Outrider Foundation at the 16th International Climate Conference of Youth in Glasgow, Scotland. How did her climate advocacy start and what does she hope to learn in Scotland? My name is Zaria Romero and I am a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying […]
By Munira Berhe October 26, 2021 Munira Berhe is representing the Outrider Foundation at the 16th International Climate Conference of Youth in Glasgow, Scotland. How did her climate advocacy start and what does she hope to learn in Scotland? My name is Munira Berhe and I am an art student at The New School in […]
By Brandt Williams and Samantha Matsumoto August 23, 2021 Listen to the full interview at MPR News Earlier this month, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that “a hotter future is essentially locked in.” The news of the changing climate and its effects can have psychological impacts, which experts call “climate anxiety.” According […]
By Marianna McMurdock August 3, 2021 This July, air quality worsened from Oregon to Maine as wildfire smoke traveled across northern states. New Yorkers woke up to an orange sun, and Utah’s worst drought turned deadly as a sand storm blocked visibility on a major highway. And while reports of extreme weather and restrictions on teaching dominate the news, young people […]
MPR News Staff June 28, 2021 How do you get young people who might not even own a radio to fall in love with audio storytelling? That’s the mission of our annual Radio Camp, a weeklong program for high school students in partnership with ThreeSixty Journalism at the University of St. Thomas. Over two one-week camps, 16 students from diverse backgrounds in Minnesota worked […]
High school junior and aspiring climate activist Maya Hidalgo shares why she is passionate about climate
Interviewer: Siena Iwasaki Milbauer February 25, 2021 At AAOP, we are committed to uplifting and supporting the incredible advocacy work of Asian American youth. We’re highlighting some individual organizers in an ongoing series of interviews. In this installment, we speak with Annie Chen. Annie is part of Climate Generation’s YEA Network. Please introduce yourself! Hello! My […]
By Cathy Jordan February 24, 2021 In recent years we’ve seen images of young people from around the world speaking out to increase awareness of climate change and to demand action. After all, its certain impacts—if we continue on the current trajectory—will affect them more significantly than their parents’ or grandparents’ generations. Not all young […]
By Maya Hidalgo and Indigo Liu October 12, 2020 We’re youth pushing for climate justice and a healthy future for everyone. Scientists at leading fossil fuel companies have known for decades that their products caused climate change. But the evidence is clear that industry placed its own profits over our planet and has spent that time creating propaganda and promoting false […]
By Tom Di Liberto June 24, 2020 To effectively address climate change, we have to start with education. Education has the power to inspire, motivate, and empower action on climate change not only with youth but with entire communities. Because that is where solutions to climate change are forged, not only at home or at […]