Meet the Leaders of the 2020 US Accelerator Program

Empowering health professionals to stand up against climate change for climate health in California

Building a community of allies to dismantle white supremacy inside of the climate change movement.

Increasing diverse student representation in food, agricultural, and natural resource sciences and supporting young people to become environmental justice advocates.

Activating youth to grow climate action.

Accelerating a land and water protectors initiative within Indigenous communities in Virginia.

Building individual and communal immunity by providing access to essential foods and medicines to all.

Designing sustainable energy solutions and fighting for environmental justice in rural Virginia.

Cultivating the next generation of nature protectors through sharing knowledge in Indigenous lifeways and ethnobotany

Empowering BIPOC communities to create racial justice in the climate movement.

Advancing clean mobility and clean transportation equity

Supporting the development of the future generation of African American environmentalists from Cumberland, Virginia.

Improving nutrition and reducing stress for food insecure populations.

Creating solutions to the waste crisis in Guam and Micronesia.

Teaching cultural lessons and self-sustainment through indigenous seed gardening.

Advocating for restorative environmental justice for African American and Black Communities through the Black Climate Network.

Decarbonizing and eliminating fossil fuels dependence in public schools in the Bay Area, California.

Repairing native land that has been polluted and damaged by industrial industries.

Elevating voices, and building networks for local, national, and international climate solutions in Alaska.

Preparing youth of color to address environmental racism and the climate crisis.

Decolonizing Borikén (Puerto Rico) through food.

Eliminating the spraying of toxic herbicides at every school in the United States.

Building global solidarity and grassroots solutions to the climate crisis through the Global Green New Deal.

Increasing food sovereignty in the Mariana and Micronesia region.

Providing a sonic, visual, and performative journey of decolonization, healing, and co-liberation to activate sustainable systems.