Introducing Our Climate’s New Executive Director Catherine K. Mongella!
Earlier this year, Our Climate gave a fond farewell to our previous Executive Director, Jasmine Davenport, who led our organization from July 2020 to January 2023. Now, Davenport has taken her wealth of experience to ...
How to Become a Climate Activist in Your Area
By: Jane Marsh, Communications Volunteer The world watched in awe as Greta Thunberg rallied millions of people across the globe to march for climate change. Her activism didn't begin on the global stage, though — it ...
Reflecting on Florida’s Legislative Session
By: Navya Natarajan, Florida FellowDuring the 2023 legislative session, Our Climate’s Florida team advocated for clean energy and climate justice in Florida, focusing on two bills in particular: SB 178: Upgrades to Education Facilities as ...
How A Calculus Concept Can Relate To Climate Activism
Esther Peceval, Flordia FellowAfter I hit submit to my application, I closed my laptop and I could feel good news coming my way. Although I was nervous, I just had a strong feeling that I’d ...
10 Things You Can Do to Celebrate Earth Day Everyday
By: Jane Marsh, Communications Volunteer Governments and citizens are becoming more conscious of environmental issues due to the spotlight on climate change. However, spreading awareness to as many people as possible is still necessary, and one ...
Converting to Renewable Energy
By: Shane McCaffrey, Communications Volunteer Minnesota in the past few years has been an adaptation leader for not only the pandemic, but also for the murder of George Floyd which greatly impacted Minneapolis, Minnesota, all of ...
Blackness
By: Manal Murangi, Federal Fellow I am just beginning to grasp Blackness and accept it as a growing and changing definition in my life, fluid as a river. I’ve been confronted with questions of ‘What does ...
We’re Hiring a Executive Director!
Title: Executive Director Location: Remote, with travel to Washington, DC once a month Reports to: Board of Directors Salary: $100,000- $120,000 Background: Our Climate empowers young people to advocate for the science-based, equitable and intersectional climate justice policies that ...
Policy Brief: Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool and Justice40
By: Danielle Fossett, Environmental Justice Initiatives Associate IntroductionThe Justice 40 Initiative (J40), a whole-of-government initiative presented by President Biden, made it a goal as part of Executive Order 14008 on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home ...