TOP YCSLA STORIES
TOP YCSLA STORIES
We’re doing what we do & sometimes the press runs our stories. Check out some of the top hits, below.
Meet the activists behind the new youth climate lawsuit
Three YCSLA members have joined the new youth climate lawsuit to hold the EPA accountable!
Climate Activists Tell the EV Industry to Fix Its Filthy Supply Chain
EV production often relies on coal power & harmful labor practices. Climate activists in Squid Games costumes disrupted the LA Auto Show
Hundreds of young L.A. residents marched the streets today for climate action
Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles joined others around the world in a global strike.
Not just an after-school activity: LA teens call for climate action
If you think all climate stories are depressing, check out these young people blazing the trail to a better future. For the month of April, three of LA’s youth climate leaders kept audio diaries for KCRW.
Youths march in DTLA, calling on elected officials to combat climate change
Participants rally at City Hall and march through downtown LA as part of a global youth-led climate day of action
Facing extreme heat and drought, young Californians cope to beat climate anxiety and doom
When he was 6 years old, Sim Bilal began to have nightmares offloods pouring through his South Los Angeles home.
Meet the Gen Z'ers Behind the Kenneth Mejia for City Controller Campaign
Teen Vogue interviewed five Gen Z volunteers and organizers who powered the 32-year-old CPA (and corgi owner) into office.
Activists sue for the right to protest Caruso’s campaign at the Grove
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of leftist former mayoral candidate Gina Viola, the Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles group and Sim Bilal, an organizer for that group.
How climate conscious Americans reduce their carbon footprints
Sim Bilal relies exclusively on public transit—no easy feat in car-centric Los Angeles—uses refurbished tech and lives in an apartment with solar panels.
Candidates for LA mayor have yet to release climate change plans
He moved his commute away from fossil fuels, made earth sciences his college major, and now Sim Bilal is looking for a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whose climate goals align with his values.
Youth Demand Environmental Action
Youth Climate Strike LA, a student environmental advocacy group, led a protest in downtown to bring awareness to climate change.
Students speak their minds at global climate strike in L.A.: ‘There is no Planet B’
Thousands of high school and college students skipped classes on Friday and converged on Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles…draw attention to climate change.