COP24 Climate Justice Challenge

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!

By Maria Doerr

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