February National Call

We are excited to be joined by Youth Climate Activist, Jerome Foster II to discuss his work in climate action and provide the youth perspective on solutions and actions youth are focused on.

Jerome Foster II is a high school junior and dedicated climate activist and journalist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Climate Reporter, which is an international environmental news organization that working to unite the environmental movement through all forms of media. He has spoken at the supreme court on behalf of the Our Children’s Trust lawsuit and was one of the main leaders in creating the Youth Climate March with Zero Hour.  He will soon be taking the climate change fight to Congress as he interns with Congressman John Lewis for the next five months. He is currently working with the Obama Foundation as the liaison for the youth to promote how the Obama Presidential Center will be carbon neutral. This past summer he traveled to Miami, Florida Keys, and New Orleans reporting on the devastating effects of climate change and journeyed to Iceland with National Geographic where he filmed the island in Virtual Reality. He is currently studying global warming science through MIT and was selected to attend Harvard for two months this summer where he will gain an in-depth understanding of climate change science. Through the Climate Reporter, he will take a trip to China over to the summer to research how the country is transitioning from a fossil fuel based economy to a renewable energy economy.