Students from the Youth Power Project at the state Capitol to rally support for a “good Samaritan” bill that would let students help a peer who’s overdosed on drugs or alcohol without fear of being disciplined by their institution for their compassion.
The five winners of the Climate Cardinals-Yale Climate Connections youth essay contest share their ideas for addressing the global crisis.
“One thing is that academic language is on purpose a barrier to not include people into spaces, and Climate Cardinals is actively working to break that down,” said Carl Philip Dybwad, chief operating officer at Climate Cardinals, in an interview with NPQ.
Representatives from Arizona Youth Climate Coalition and other clean energy advocates protested outside the Arizona Public Service (APS) headquarters. The focus was on the recent APS announcement that it was abandoning its previous clean energy commitments, its commitment to achieve a zero-carbon system by 2050, and to retire its last coal plant in 2031
With less than two months to go before the United Nations climate summit in Brazil, activists, youth groups, and delegates from poorer nations fear they may not be able to attend due to skyrocketing accommodation costs in the Amazon city of Belem. Activist Hikaru Hayakawa of Climate Cardinals noted that dozens he knows have decided not to attend. “This could be a lost opportunity to build global networks,” he said, warning that the vibrant civil society culture Brazil is known for may be underrepresented
Sophia Kianni is founder and president of Climate Cardinals, the world’s largest youth-led climate nonprofit working to promote climate education to those who don’t speak English. This interview with Sophia Kianni is part of “Voices for Change: Democracy and Climate Action,” which features conversations with climate change leaders and focuses on inspiring ways to preserve democracy in relation to climate, culture and community.
Over the past 10 weeks, Black Girl Environmentalist’s second cohort of 16 brilliant, early-career Black women and gender-expansive climate leaders have been completing climate internships across conservation, policy, philanthropy, tech, and more. Each received an hourly wage of at least $18/hour, a $5,000 living wage stipend, weekly professional development support, and a community of early career BGEs.
Fear of academic probation, suspension or expulsion leads some students with substance-use problems to avoid reaching out to residential advisors, instructors or school administrators for help, leaving them feeling so isolated that they see few other options besides turning to the police as a last resort or doing nothing at all. The Youth Power Project authored a bill to combat these problems; Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), its chief sponsor, introduced it to the state Legislature this past spring. “During an overdose any hesitation can be deadly,” the lawmaker said in a statement. “AB 602 makes it clear that calling 911 will never cost you your academic future.”
Protesters from Arizona Youth Climate Coalition and other climate justice groups gathered outside of Arizona Public Service’s Phoenix headquarters Thursday to criticize the state’s largest utility for backing off clean energy goals it set five years ago.