How Youth Activism Upended the U.S. Politics of Climate Change
WHEN
Thursday, January 12, 2023
4:30-5:30 p.m. PT
LOCATION
Online on Zoom
Or In-person at Western
Academic Instructional Center West,
Room 204
PRICE
Free
Check out this video to watch the How Youth Activism Upended the U.S. Politics of Climate Change.
Environmental Speaker Series
Brought to you by:
WWU College of the Environment
in partnership with the WWU Alumni Association
Beginning in 2019, a wave of youth-led activism unlike anything seen before swept across the U.S. and other countries, irrevocably altering the political dialogue about climate change. From school strikes for the climate, to campaigning for a Green New Deal, to pushing for fossil fuel divestment at universities, young people have taken the climate movement to new levels and won unprecedented victories. In this talk, author and educator Nick Engelfried will read excerpts from Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change and share insights gained from writing and researching a book that explores how more than two decades of youth climate activism brought us to this political moment.
The Environmental Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Talks are held each Thursday at 4:30 pm in Academic Instructional Center West, room 204. Paid parking is available in lot C. Or join us online on Zoom!
Nick Engelfried
Speaker
Nick has spent more than fifteen years helping people take meaningful action for a stable climate and a livable future. He became a youth climate activist in college in the ‘00s, and spent the next ten years organizing campaigns to support campus sustainability projects, divest universities from fossil fuels, and oppose large coal, oil, and gas projects in the Pacific Northwest. He eventually transitioned to a new role as an environmental educator, and in 2018 launched Reconnect Earth, an organization that works for a socially and ecologically just future by fostering and growing a network of empowered young leaders. Nick is the author of Movement Makers, which explores in depth over two decades of youth climate movement history in the United States.
Questions, Accommodations, and Parking
Contact the WWU Alumni Association for this event. Feel free to call at (360) 650-3353 or email at alumni@wwu.edu if you have any questions or comments.
Advance notice for disability accommodations and special needs is greatly appreciated. Please indicate your special needs on the registration form.
There will be auto-captions available for the Zoom webinar.
Limited paid parking is available in the C lots at the south end of campus. WWU parking details—including lot locations, fees, and campus map—are available here.