Climate Change

Fellow Story

Heslop starts as Associate Director of Strategy & Innovation at NASA Earth Sciences

Janelle Heslop has started a new chapter as Associate Director of Strategy and Innovation at NASA’s Earth Sciences Division. "It’s an honor to contribute to an organization that not only reaches for the stars but works every day to...
May 12, 2025
Fellow Story

Patheria receives Inflection Award for developing scalable, sustainable battery technology

Eshaan is one of 30 young scientists from around the world to receive the inaugural Inflection Award, an honor celebrating early-career scientists working on solutions to address climate change.
May 9, 2025
Fellow Story

Golden integrates radical collaboration for climate justice into culture at Woodwell Climate

“Despite the weight of this moment, history has shown us that survival depends on working together—and doing it well. Collaboration is not just necessary; it is a liberatory act."
May 9, 2025
Fellow Story

Steele faces battle to rebuild beekeeping business lost to LA fires

The destruction of Nancy Steele and her family’s honey business was featured in the Guardian with compelling before and after photos and interviews. They face an uphill battle to rebuild after losing 30 years of producing honey with 188 hives.
March 31, 2025
Fellow Story

Kirk launches Rent Brigade to track rent-gouging in the wake of the LA fires

Following the Los Angeles fires, Chelsea Kirk launched The Rent Brigade: “a collective of tenant organizers, advocates, web programmers, designers, researchers, and other Angelenos using data to fight back against predatory landlords”...
March 31, 2025
Foundation News

Digital Storytelling for Environmental and Climate Justice

Stories can inspire action and advance narrative change for environmental and climate justice. Discover how digital storytelling can amplify the voices of those directly impacted and build your own skills in this interactive webinar with...
March 20, 2025
Fellow Story

Diezmartinez and Short publish on climate justice imaginaries as tools for evaluation

By offering new “possibilities of policy evaluation” that emerge from climate justice imaginaries in Boston, this paper showcases how visions of the just and unjust city can serve as governing devices to transform policy evaluation practices and advance more just climate futures.
January 30, 2025
Fellow Story

Daniel Swain: Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth and connections to CA wildfires

Daniel explains his recent research into unusually rapid and/or high magnitude swings between unusual weather conditions, including causes, expected trends and links to southern California’s devastating wildfires.
January 30, 2025
Leadership Grant Grant

Resilient Roots: Youth Climate Justice Leadership

The Resilient Roots Project lifts up the voices and leadership of middle and high school age youth in taking climate action through digital storytelling and media arts in order to strengthen climate resiliency in communities that stand to...
November 26, 2024
Fellow Story

Golden leads Climate Justice Committee to sow the seeds for institutional change

Nigel Golden received a 2024 Switzer Leadership Grant to support his position as Climate Justice Specialist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center. He reflects on the role’s progress so far, likening it to “watching an ecosystem evolve over time.”
November 26, 2024