Listen to Episode 16 of the Voices of Change podcast, where Uprooter Tex Wambui talks with Charles Orgbon III about youth leadership, corporate sustainability, and writing as a tool for climate advocacy.
“As coffee sells for luxury prices abroad, Tanzanian women harvest it for $3 a day—inside an industry shaped by colonial legacies, global markets, and the climate crisis.” Uprooter Kang-Chun Cheng for Untold Magazine
“Brought to the United States as an ornamental porch decoration, the kudzu vine has reshaped itself into ladder fuel for wildfires.” Uprooter Jaylan Sims for Inside Climate News
John Smol, “One of the world’s foremost experts in studying long-term environmental changes in lakes and rivers has just been awarded a major international prize for his work.” Uprooter Harvin Bhathal for Canada’s National Observer
“A deficient snowpack could mean less water available for summer irrigation, threatening to cut surface water deliveries to farmers.” Uprooter Manola Secaira for AgAlert by the California Farm Bureau
“Ukrainian deminers are deploying drones to clear the remnants of Russia’s full-scale invasion — protecting communities and reclaiming land.” Uprooter Kang-Chun Cheng for The Xylom
“EPA begins long-awaited remediation of the contaminated Port Richmond site, which is increasingly vulnerable to flooding as the climate warms.” Uprooter Jordan Gass-Pooré for Green Philly
VTDigger and the UVM Community News Service are hiring an Environmental Reporter and Mentor to bolster environmental journalism in the state and to train the next generation of environmental reporters.
The Committee to Protect Journalists is hiring a Journalist Safety Advisor to provide physical and digital safety consultations, guidance, and training to individual journalists and newsrooms around the world.
The ReNews Project and its partners SPJ, CMA, and ACP invite student media outlets to apply for the DEI Beat Grant. Up to five winners will receive $1,000 to pay their DEI beat reporter at a rate determined by the student newsroom leadership.
