climate change Tag Archive
Representation Matters: LGBTQIA+ Creators and Activists to Follow
Representation matters! To see someone that represents your identity overcome their challenges can inspire a whole generation. This Pride month, here are a few LGBTQIA+ content creators everyone should know about. Read through this blog and check out each content creator’s social media platform. Don’t forget to follow, subscribe, and leave a like on their posts!
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Kaila on the Trans and Queer Climate
Even though I was one of the lucky few that hadn’t been kicked out of my home or cut off financially from my family, many youth who identify as queer or trans face houselessness, financial instability, unemployment, or general discrimination. As a result, many also suffer from addiction and mental health issues which perpetuate their circumstances. Queer and trans folks are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change because they experience these struggles and are provided with fewer resources to become resilient against climate impacts.
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Fast Fashion and Climate Change 101
As the price of apparel gets cheaper, their quality decreases leading to ethical and sustainable issues. Fast fashion is the latest business model that is exacerbating climate change consequences. As the third-largest polluting industry in the world, the fashion supply chain must change before it’s too late.
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ACE INTERVIEW: Jazmine Alcon on Mental Health in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
Jazmine Alcon (she/her) is a Filipinx mental health advocate whose goal is to provide and help nourish collective healing among the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. She is one of the co-founders of the API Mental Health organization, which was started as a way to build a community for API identifying individuals to redefine the mental health conversation.
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Oil Spills and Climate Change 101
Fossil fuels are a relic of the past that continues to cause exponential harm to our planet and our health. Today, the oil industry still makes up 40% of our global energy systems and is a major contributor to carbon dioxide emissions and global warming. As our environment becomes increasingly unstable, the process of oil extraction is becoming more harmful, with spills occurring everyday. How many more oil spill catastrophes must happen in order to stop fossil fuel corporate dominance?
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ACE INTERVIEW: Franziska Trautmann on Glass Recycling
Franziska Trautmann is a 24-year-old from a small town in Louisiana. She co-founded Glass Half Full (GHF) in New Orleans to recycle glass into sand for disaster relief and coastal restoration. After growing up in Louisiana, a state that is losing land at an alarming rate and faces more and more intense hurricanes, Franziska became empowered to take action to address the climate crisis.
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Youth Advisory Board Members Join ACE’s Board of Directors
ACE is proud to introduce the newest members of our Board of Directors, Gemma Gutierrez, and Leilina Patel! If they look familiar, that’s because they are also members of the Youth Advisory Board (YAB). ACE is committed to providing opportunities for youth to be engaged in growth, strategy, and development. We rely on youth leadership for campaign creation, coalition building, and mobilization efforts. After reflecting on our Board of Directors’ makeup, it was evident that to break down the silo between the Board and YAB was to create space for members of YAB on the Board.
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Representation Matters: AAPI Creators You Should Follow
For too long the climate movement has not reflected the leadership of those who represent the communities most affected by environmental degradation. This is both a disservice to the movement as a whole and these people and communities. Representation matters. This AAPI Heritage Month, here are just a few AAPI climate creators that should be on everyone’s radars.
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Young People Share Their #ClimateTruth
“For me, the climate emergency has affected my mental health by being a persistent source of fear and anxiety. This shows up in my life physically as feelings of tension and mentally as a form of exhaustion.”
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The Supply Chain and Climate Change 101
As the years go by, technology advances and global consumerism increases. The global supply chain runs the world and one small disruption in the complex system can shut down an entire economy. As climate change rages on, these disruptions are becoming more frequent while the demand for critical metals, minerals and renewable energy resources increases.
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