Posts by Green 2.0 Team
The Next Generation of Climate Fiction Writers: Sage Hoffman Nadeau
In the first of this two-part blog series, we interview Sage Hoffman Nadeau, winner of Grist’s Imagine 2200 climate fiction competition, about her background, short story, and her perspective on the role of writers in the environmental movement.
Read MoreFighting for the Right to Breathe
Candice Youngblood is a passionate environmental justice lawyer and advocate. Candice currently practices law at Earthjustice, where she focuses on issues at the intersection of clean transportation and racial justice.Â
Read MoreToutes les Villes Souterraines or How to Build a Movement Offline and Underground
Layla Razek, Green 2.0’s Digital Media and Communications Fellow, explores how artistic expression can be used to disrupt dominant modes of thought. Retracing her own family history of resistance, her poem unfolds into a journey to find her place in a global movement for social and environmental justice.
Read MoreEnvironmental Policymaker by Day, Climate Artist by Night
Ranjani Prabhakar is a musician, educator, and environmental advocate based in Washington, DC. She is the songwriter and front-woman of the indie band Lil Idli and co-founder of the production company Flame Lily Media, two outfits that use the power of art and music to inspire ecological justice. Ranjani is also part of Earthjustice’s policy team, leading the Healthy Communities team responsible for advancing legislative and advocacy strategies at the nexus of public health and environmental justice. Recognized for her work in bridging advocacy and the arts, she was selected by the PBS All Arts program as one of five Climate Artists in 2024, and was a recent awardee of the US Grassroots Accelerator by the Women’s Earth Alliance.
Read MoreArtist Profiles: Breathing Life into Dormant Seeds
In January, we asked artists to submit pieces on the theme of ‘Breathing Life into Dormant Seeds’. In nature, some dormant seeds only emerge when the conditions are right for their survival. Over years, over decades, they wait. We invited artists to represent revived dreams and renewed hope through any art form of their choosing. After reviewing several submissions, we selected two artists and a runner-up. Read on for an explanation of their pieces and to learn more about the artists themselves.
Read MoreFrom concrete jungle to the Tongass National Forest: My nature journey
Lisette Perez discovered her passion for environmental education, storytelling, and advocacy post-graduation. Her career includes roles with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Forest Service in Juneau, and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
Read MorePlanting with Pride: Nurturing Community Roots for Food Justice
Steph Niaupari is the Founder of Plantita Power, a DC-based collective led by and for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (QTBIPOC). Plantita Power fosters community connections where QTBIPOC can nurture their own personal sustenance, relationship to food, and reclaim food sovereignty.
Read MoreHOT & COLD NYC: Revealing the Faces and Places of Energy Insecurity
Shane Araujo is a research assistant and the junior editor for the Hot & Cold NYC team at the Energy, Equity, Housing, and Health program (E2H2 at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health) led by Dr. Diana Hernández.
Read MoreMobilizing for Environmental Change – How Infrastructure Can Accelerate Progress
Jennifer is a Program Officer for Mosaic, a national grantmaking initiative focused on building a bigger, more influential environmental movement.
Read MoreCatch Me Outside with my Dark Skin, Sapphic Gaze, and Feet covered in Soil
In this blog, Green 2.0 Fellow Ki’Ana Speights explores how their identity as a Black, Queer person intersects with the ecological world, and how they work to reclaim their space in nature. They dissect how White-heteronormative binaries were designed to exclude BIPOC people and make them feel othered. Through the lens of queer ecology, they imagine a future where society can accept and reflect the fluidity of nature.
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