Author Archive for Nico
ACE INTERVIEW: Gregor Sharp on Youth Activism Online and Outside of the U.S.
Gregor Sharp is a 17-year-old climate and environmental activist from both; Cambuslang, Scotland, and Lake Bluff, Illinois. He is currently an active member of the climate action organizations: Earth Uprising, Water Solutionaries, and Friday for Future – USA. Using social media platforms, like Tik Tok and Instagram, Gregor is passionate about spreading awareness and education about the climate emergency and its surplus of extreme issues.
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5 Climate Wins of 2021
Climate change is scary and it is sometimes difficult to find hope in such an often disheartening fight. However, there’s plenty to be hopeful about that happened this past year. Here’s a look back at five big climate wins of 2021 to bring some climate hope into the new year!
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Wildfires and Climate Change 101
It’s natural for the occasional wildfire to blaze through the US – particularly in drought prone-areas like the Southwest. What is unusual is that these wildfires seem to be occurring more frequently, more ferociously and beyond the usual fire season. So why is this happening?
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COP26 101
“COP” stands for Conference of Parties and refers to the annual UN conference on climate change. This year will mark the 26th conference. Here’s what you need to know.
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ACE INTERVIEW: Vic Barrett Discusses Combating Climate Change in the Courts
Vic is a Democracy Organizer for ACE in the state of Wisconsin. He became involved in activism in high school by becoming a member of Global Kids, an organization that focuses on developing leadership skills for youth and then became a Fellow with the Alliance for Climate Education and spoke at the COP21 UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris in 2015, at the age of 15.
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ACE INTERVIEW: Co-Founder of ZeroHour, Jamie Margolin details what she’s learned about balancing mental health and activism
Jamie Margolin is an 18-year-old Colombian-American award-winning organizer, activist, author, public speaker, and Film & TV student at NYU. She is co-founder of the international youth climate justice movement called Zero Hour that led the official “Youth Climate Marches” in Washington, DC and 25+ cities around the world during the summer of 2018 and which has 200+ chapters worldwide. Jamie has authored Op-Eds for publications like The New York Times, Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, TIME Magazine, DAZED, Refinery29, and The Guardian and her debut book, “Youth To Power: Your Voice and How To Use It,” is out, (you can order the book at youthtopowerbook.com).
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Stories of Hope: Charlotte Grubb
After camping with fellow activists for some time Grubb felt like protest signs weren’t doing enough. That’s when she made a bold, radical decision in the hope of change. She tells her story of hope here.
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Stories of Hope: Jovita Lee
In 2018, Eastern North Carolina, in the aftermath of two hurricanes, within only three years, Jovita Lee knew her community was in need of help. This is her story of hope.
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Stories of Hope: Bevelyn Ukah
Through her career as a climate advocate Bevelyn Ukah has learned both the importance of youth activism and community. She tells her story of hope here.
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Climate Change is a Threat Multiplier
For many years, the conversation about climate change has revolved around its impacts on animals and ecosystems. If not that, much of the rhetoric involves grandiose diagnoses about the world ending in a decade or so. And while polar bears on melting ice caps and policy deadlines are essential to fighting climate change, they can sometimes be ineffectual in spurring everyday people with busy, complex lives into climate action.
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