Stronger Together

In 2008, Lisa Hoyos heard a story on the radio about what the world would be like in 2035 if climate change were left unchecked. "It was Blade Runner-like scary," she says. It got her thinking seriously about what kind of planet her two young sons would inherit and led her to form Climate Parents, a national organization of parents and grandparents who advocate for action on climate change. Since 2012, Climate Parents has worked to promote clean energy policies, support the EPA's Clean Power Plan, and block coal exports. It has also fought efforts to remove climate science from schools.

Now Climate Parents has joined with the Sierra Club to mobilize families to advocate for clean-energy policies at the local and national level. As part of the biggest and oldest environmental organization in the country, Climate Parents will help busy parents connect with Sierra Club chapters and engage in family-friendly activism (think poster-making parties).  

In partnership with the Sierra Club, Climate Parents will continue to build a broad and diverse climate movement. "There are 155 million parents in this country, and we cut across all ethnic and socioeconomic lines," Hoyos points out. "Climate change is a children's-health issue."