is a systems ecologist who teaches mathematical biology at UCLA. She co-authored the textbook Modeling Life: The Mathematics of Biological Systems and has written on topics of space exploration, geoengineering,
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is a columnist for Jacobin, as well as for the New Republic’s “Apocalypse Soon” vertical. She’s also a contributing writer to The Nation.
is a fat mixed-race Black, non-binary and trans, queer, and disabled imaginator with more than 12 years of organizing and facilitation expertise. They have created many spaces that encourage deeper
is a freelance journalist, photodocumentarist, and OptOut News Climate Editor. Her work is mostly focused on climate justice, socioenvironmental issues and migration. She is a Pulitzer Center Rainforest grantee and
is a senior staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
is an associate professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. Before joining Vanderbilt in 2012, he received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the State University of New York Stony Brook. Murray’s
is currently the director of training for Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD), and is a somatic practitioner or “aliveness doula,” writer, and poet. She spent 25 years as
is an Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
is a lesbian journalist and author of THE POLYAMORY WORKBOOK. Sara is a former staff writer for POPSUGAR and was the 2023 News and Narrative Fellow for TransLash Media. Her
is a journalist, researcher, and teacher. She is a contributing writer at arts and cultural heritage platform Curationist. Reina was previously a contributing food writer at Atlas Obscura, a columnist
is a senior lecturer at Boston University.
is a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Loyola University in Chicago.
is the co-director of the National Security and Civil Rights Program at Loyola University in Chicago.
is an award-winning freelance journalist, covering a broad range of beats including climate, global health, migration, human rights and cities, often through a critical, solutions-orientated lens. He specialises in on-the-ground
is a writer, theatre artist, and audio producer in the Mountain South. Currently, Myers works as a Climate Solutions Fellow with Grist Magazine and before that as a reporter with
is a journalist based in Chicago who covers culture, labor, and climate change. She’s a 2023-2024 Grist Fellow in Environmental Justice.
is an assistant professor of law at Georgia State University.
is an artist, designer and world-builder living in Brooklyn, New York. She has a BA in environmental analysis and policy from Boston University, an MSW in social innovation from Boston
is an adopted person, a high school dropout, and a former trial attorney who lives in North Florida. Her work appears in The New York Times, Witness, and elsewhere. Learn
is a freelance writer currently based in London who focuses on gender, sexuality, policy, and pop culture. His bylines include The Guardian, HuffPost, Bitch Media, Archer Magazine, Assemble Papers, and more.
is an editor, author, publisher, and co-founder of the Open Media Series featuring Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, the Dalai Lama, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Clarence Lusane, Cindy Sheehan, Subcomandante Marcos, and many
is a freelance author and journalist based in the U.K. He is a contributing writer for Yale Environment 360 and is the author of numerous books, including The Land Grabbers, Earth Then and Now:
is a graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she covers art, culture, gender, underrepresented groups, and social justice issues.
is a journalist based in Northern California. She has experience reporting in both Southern California and the Central Coast as a travel and music journalist for Pure Nowhere, Fifty Grande
is a journalist and media entrepreneur based between New York City and Latin America. Her work focuses on human rights, the environment, social justice, etc with an emphasis on solutions.
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