OreOluwa Badaki

climate change fiction

Climate storytelling: Creativity and imagination in the face of bleak realities

Working with youth writers on a climate-fiction screenplay has opened my eyes to the power of the arts in confronting environmental crises.

"There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns."

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Youth activism alone cannot save us: A case for intergenerational environmental coalitions

"Young people are recognizing that the issues that we're inheriting are ours now. Like, the inheritance process just got significantly shorter because of COVID."

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El activismo juvenil por sí solo no puede salvarnos: un caso para las coaliciones ambientales intergeneracionales

El activismo juvenil por sí solo no puede salvarnos: un caso para las coaliciones ambientales intergeneracionales

"Los jóvenes están reconociendo que los problemas que heredamos son nuestros ahora. Por ejemplo, el proceso de la trasmisión hereditaria se ha vuelto significativamente más corto debido a COVID ".

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New report recommends the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty significantly reduce plastic use through aggressive bans and caps, and closer examination of toxic ingredients.

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Adrift: Communities on the front lines of pesticide exposure fight for change

Rural communities of color and farmworkers are disproportionately exposed to some of the most dangerous chemicals used in agriculture.

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