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Valerie Alexander Joins the ACE Board

Michael Haas, Founder and CEO, Orion Energy Group

We are thrilled to announce that Valerie Alexander has joined the Board of Directors at Alliance for Climate Education. Valerie …

Climate Change is a Threat Multiplier

Indi Howeth, Social Media Intern

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.

ACE’s Youth Action Network demands a stop to the TikTok Ban

On behalf of the 77,796 US petition signers and more than 80 million US-based users of TikTok, we are demanding that the FCC and Department of Commerce take action immediately to protect TikTok from any limitation, ban or prohibition.

Here are 7 Indigenous Youth Activists You Should Know

Indi Howeth, Social Media Intern

Since the 1970s, people have called for a celebration of an Indigenous People’s Day in protest and instead of what the U.S. federally still recognizes as Columbus Day. As of last year, fifteen states now officially recognize October 12th as Indigenous People’s Day and not Columbus Day. This switch is meant to protest the uplifting of genocide that Christopher Columbus and the colonial practices that followed his American arrival committed against Native American people and instead celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, heritages and identities of indigenous people in the modern U.S.

Keep My Memory

Everyday we fight for the women who were lost at the hands of wickedness. We honor their legacy! We must acknowledge that environmental, social and racial justice must be met to dismantle the systemic racism that affects our Indigenous communities today. We must remember that we are resilient and stand on the shoulders of our ancestors.

An Overlooked Solution to Climate Change: Indigenous Land Rights

Indi Howeth, Social Media Intern

There are many ways to combat anthropogenic climate change, but not all of them get to the true root of the issue. The fact is that anthropogenic climate change began and continues to thrive because of a colonial, capitalist culture that prioritizes profits over the health of natural resources and, in turn, people.

Latinx Climate Activists Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month

Indi Howeth, Social Media Intern

As youth climate activists, Julian Arenas, Sofía Hernández, Alejandro Matehuala, Jennifer Cantero, Jason Naylor, Edelma Saenz, Karin Watson and Selene Lopez share what their Latinx identity, heritage and this month means to them.

I Had to Emergency Evacuate From a California Fire: Here’s What I Learned

Indi Howeth, Social Media Intern

I run inside, hastily grab our family photos and that’s it. We’re in the car. I’m staring through the back window at what might be the last time I ever see everything I have ever known in my entire life. That’s what emergency evacuation is like. That’s climate change.

Happy National Black Voter Day! Here’s What This Day Means to These 8 Young Black Voters

Indi Howeth, Social Media Intern

We asked these 8 climate activists and young Black voters- Saron Tewelde, Hakim Evans, Lisandra Morales, Amira McDuffie, Arielle Barbe, Mustafa Osman, Wehazit Mussie, and Andrea Mannin- what celebrating this day means to them and advice they have for first-time voters.

6 Disabled Youth Climate Activists You Need to Know and How to Support Them

Indi Howeth, Social Media Intern

Disability Justice is Climate Justice. These six youth activists are focusing their work on tackling the interconnectedness between disability and climate justice. We must create a sustainable world which is just and accessible for all people.