Selected Final Submissions
Here are some of the final submissions from the Creative Challenge, our application for the youth delegation to COP24, the 2018 UN Climate Negotiations. From policy papers to zines, from podcasts to local opinion editorials, these pieces all convey why and how young people around the U.S. are working for climate justice. Read, listen, observe… be inspired!
On Reslience/Some of us have resistance in our bones – Vic Barrett
Blogpost
Climate Migration and Reparations – Marjorie “Naila” Segule
A poem
Queer Bodies Resist, Queer Bodies Belong, Queer Bodies Protect – Phillip Brown
Video performance
Youth Leader, Film maker, Activist – Kendrick Eagle
Activism, youth leadership and film making
Let’s Take a Walk – A guide to an environmentally just NYC – Mara Moss
Paper zine distributed at the GoGreek BK! Festival (June 2), the Earth Arts Initiative and BIG Reuse
River of Dust – Galen Hecht
Blog on water, global society, and climate justice
Keep the West Coast LNG Free – Allie Rosenbluth
Blogpost for Rogue Climate
Rights for Ambition – Olivia Bonner
Blog post for the Center for International Climate Law on the Talanoa Dialogue
Water in Three Contexts – Danny Tobin
Personal Blog
Nature-Based Mindfulness – Scott Haber
Video
How to talk about climate change as a young birder – Claire Wayner
Blogpost for the American Birding Association’s Young Birder Blog (“The Eyrie”)
The C-Word: A feminist climate podcast – Heather Tourgee
Podcast series and social media feeds
How to talk about climate change as a young birder – Claire Wayner
Blogpost for the American Birding Association’s Young Birder Blog (“The Eyrie”)
Student Fast Photo Series – Sophia Zaia
Facebook page of Sunrise Movement Swarthmore divestment action
Building a More Inclusive Climate Movement – Valeree Catangay
The Environmentalists of Color Collective at UCLA
Lessons from my Mother – Maria Doerr
Personal blog
We Are the Silver Bullet for Climate Change – Jackson Hinkle
Opinion editorial in The Triton Times
Climate Change: a post-development and post-colonial exploration – Aura F Silva Martinez
Post in the Earth in Brackets blog, a student collective at College of the Atlantic
Brown Girl Green – Climate Art Curator – Kristy Drutman
Crowdcast (livestream platform)
“Finding God” & “There is No “I” in Team” – Chava Tzemach
Interactive digital storybook
What’s democracy got to do with the climate? – Laura Berry
Medium article/blogpost: An activist’s perspective on fossil fuels and climate justice
Why I Organize for Climate Justice – Amber Houghstow
Medium article
H Δ M E: Stories of a Changing Climate – Nina Lobo
Blog dedicated to stories that tie back to climate change, resilience, and reparations
Looking Forward To Field The Global Climate Crisis – Avery Sinclair Raines
Medium blogpost