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Over the past month, I've had the absolute pleasure of working with 6 other guest editors on @GuardianUS' Climate Change issue! It dropped today, so here's a thread of our stories about what the climate crisis means to Gen-Z! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/climate-takeover-meet-first-time-voters-guest-editing-guardian-us
Devin Mullins pitched a story about the student-led push on college campuses to get admin on a faster timeline for carbon neutrality. Great coverage on activism. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/student-climate-protesters-urge-universities-carbon-neutral-
Jessica Díaz Vázquez wrote an incredibly compelling essay about growing up around petrochemical plants. It really opened my eyes to how workers are reliant on the very companies that poison their environment. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2020/sep/21/climate-change-first-time-voters
Another essay! Cora Dow wrote about growing up in Alaska and seeing the effects of the climate crisis (fisheries closing, herrings disappearing, glaciers shrinking) firsthand. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/sitka-alaska-community-changed-forever-climate-change-cora-dow
Sofia Romero Campbell & Allyson Smith ( @senpaiverses) worked on a story about diversity in the climate movement! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/five-ways-to-make-the-climate-movement-less-white
Alice Shinn and I worked on a piece about Gen-Z climate doomers, who are voters that believe the effort required to fix climate change may not be in the cards. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/21/meet-the-doomers-some-young-us-voters-have-given-up-hope-on-climate
Another story I pitched about a trend I noticed while getting my license: the rise of electric vehicles in driving schools. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/generation-z-drivers-push-schools-teach-eco-conscious-cars
To anyone thinking that Gen-Z isn't climate conscious, think again. This project encapsulates what the climate crisis means for our nation's youngest set of voters and what's on our mind when we vote on this issue. Some great journalism in here, I hope y'all take a look.
