During 2024 Climate Week in New York, Grist hosted Better Worlds Ahead, a discussion with Stacey Abrams (Rewiring America) and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Urban Ocean Lab), along with Mother Jones, Rewiring America, and the Tishman Environment & Design Center at The New School. The event was supported by Concern Worldwide US, Dream.org, Oatly, Nia Capital, and WWF, and had a media partnership with Free Speech Television and WNYC.
The two women and climate visionaries had an in-depth conversation about imagining better futures, remaining determined to find and support today’s climate solutions, and the need to exercise one’s climate voice as a voter. They even found joy in the moment with an impromptu rendition of Prince’s song, Seven.
Anti-disciplinary artist Aisha Shillingford (Intelligent Mischief) guided an interactive visioning exercise to help collectively articulate the climate futures we want and how we can start building them now.
Watch the video of the entire event here.
