Climate Voices

Here, you’ll find real stories from people taking action, facing challenges, and creating change in the fight for our planet’s future. Every story you read here reflects a piece of the collective journey to protect our environment and our communities. We hope these stories spark connection, understanding, and a deeper commitment to building a world where people and nature can thrive together.

Watershed restoration

Robert C. - Boston, MA

Los tesoros de la Biósfera Maya (*The treasures of the Mayan Biosphere)

Alicia D. - Guatemala

Love of Nature

Elaine S. - New York, NY

“I don’t want to lose tree canopies and birdsong and cooling shade in the summer sun.”

Barbara D. - Fingerlakes area, NY

The Meaning of Earth Month

Jerry B. - Tooele, UT

“The only alternative for me was to fully engage in activism for climate, environment, human rights and animal wellbeing.”

Willy D. - Belgium

Future of the planet

Lorna E. - Glasgow, Scotland

“Being a gardener has made me keenly aware of climate warming.”

Louise Q. - Braintree, MA

“Temperatures were 10-15 degrees above what they should be.”

Eithne C. - Orlando, FL

“It’s getting drier and, of course, warmer.”

Daniela P. - Austria

“I feel like it’s everyones responsibility to protect our planet”

Spike W. - Tucson, AZ

“You couldn’t even go outside”

Beth L. - Portland, OR

“I live in Asheville NC and this past year, felt the climate crisis in a more personal way than ever before – living at the epicenter of Hurricane Helene’s destruction”

Zanne G. - Asheville, NC

“I first realized there was a problem with our natural world when I swimming in a pond at a friend’s place in upstate ny at the age of 12. There were floating dead fish.”

Marion H. - Virginia

What brought me here. “I care about my world and do my best to help.”

Lenore D. - Burnaby, BC

“In the last five to ten years I have seen leap toads disappear, various butterflies, and bees disappear including my favorite the bumblebee.”

Donna E. - Franklinville, NJ

“Hiking and camping and gardening have given me a deep connection with the natural world — and being a gardener has made me keenly aware of climate warming.”

Louise Q. - Braintree, Massachusetts

“Everything is upside down.”

Daniela P. - Austria

“It wasn’t just a day here and there that the temperature was so high; it was every day.”

Eithne C. - Orlando, Florida