The Climate Soldiers Association is empowering young people in Côte d'Ivoire to become leaders in environmental action through its innovative Abidjan Trash2Talent project. As part of the organization's broader efforts to promote a circular economy, the project transforms waste management challenges into opportunities for youth by fostering environmental awareness, practical skills and entrepreneurship.
Read MoreThe Our Ideas, Our Future Contest engaged young residents of Mendoza, aged 18 to 30, in climate storytelling. The contest and its programming focuses on the idea that people’s emotional connection to the natural world is crucial for climate action or in other words “people do not protect what they do not love”.
Read MoreThe Earth Connection Film Festival was held on Earth Day, April 22 at the IU Cinema at the University of Indiana Bloomington. Free to the public, it featured 17 international films enjoyed by 300 attendees across the day. The festival was divided into three themes– Responsibility, Interdependence and Hope. Each filmmaker received a screening fee for their work and were eligible for award money.
Read MoreClimate Stories Project has developed a comprehensive educational curriculum to engage students with personal and community responses to climate change through narrative, interviewing, and media creation.
Read MoreLetters to the Earth is an award-winning global participatory and storytelling organization working to transform humanity’s relationship with nature. Through nature-based programs, workshops and creative campaigns, Letters to the Earth inspires and activates change-makers for a more sustainable and regenerative world.
Read MoreMYN is an organization dedicated to preparing frontline youth for hopeful and imaginative leadership in climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience through hands-on ancestral approaches and STEAM that emphasizes stewardship and relationship-building.
Read MoreThe Block Museum brought together artists, students, and community members for a series of hands-on workshops to demonstrate alternative methods for creating films and still photographs.
Read MoreFor a decade this year, DearTomorrow has been inspiring people to engage in the climate struggle through sharing their own stories and promises to the next generation. DearTomorrow asks participants to write a letter to someone they love living in 2050 about their vision for the future and the work they are doing today to make that vision a reality.
Read MoreSince 2015 Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) has used theatre to inspire artists and audiences to take action on the climate crisis and then together to imagine and create the world they want to live in.
Read MoreCarefully balancing hope and urgency, DearTomorrow has shown to be effective in getting people to engage in the climate struggle, and it is a privilege to be able to support their work and growth.
Read MoreWe were so excited to work with Our Climate Voices (OCV) — a creative collective of young women, queer folks, BIPOC, and disabled people working to humanize the climate crisis with ethical storytelling for radical change — to support their Eco Anxiety and Climate Grief Artist Residency program.
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