Vic Barrett
Vic Barrett, in 2019
Bornc. 1998 or 1999 (age 24–25)[1]
CitizenshipUnited States
OrganizationOur Children's Trust
MovementClimate justice

Vic Barrett (born c. 1998 or 1999) is an American climate activist. He is a plaintiff in Juliana v. United States and appeared in a documentary about the case, Youth v. Gov.[2][3][4][5]

Activism

After experiencing Hurricane Sandy, Barrett started eating with the nonprofit Global Kids when he was 14.[6][7] He was a fellow and then a senior fellow with the Alliance for Climate Education, working to expand climate education in public schools and encourage people to vote.[7][8][9][10] In 2015, Barrett spoke at COP21 and joined the Juliana v. United States case.[11][6] Barrett prominently protested at COP24, calling U.S. energy policy "a joke."[12] The time commitment led him to temporarily withdraw from his undergraduate studies.[9] In 2019, Barrett appeared in Ilana Glazer's Generator Series and promoted the September 2019 climate strike and spoke at the NYC strike in Foley Square.[13][14][15] Barrett was nominated for a Pritzker Award from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability in 2020.[16] He is currently a network organizer for the Power Shift Network.[4] Barrett has spoken about the power of storytelling in engaging people in activism.[4]

Personal life

Barrett is from White Plains, New York, and resides in the Bronx as of August 2023.[10][17] He is neurodivergent, queer, and of Garifuna descent.[7][9][18] Barrett is also a first-generation American and a trans man who transitioned in 2017, after moving away for college.[4][18] He attended an all-girls high school in Manhattan, and has studied political science at UW-Madison.[4][9][10][19] Barrett has a tattoo that refers to the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration in parts per million.[6] He has identified Berta Cáceres as a personal hero.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Vic Barrett | White Plains, New York" (Interview). Our Climate Voices. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Team Trump promoted coal at the U.N. climate talks. Young activists busted it up". Grist. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. ^ Lines, Madeline (2020-12-22). "The Kids Are Not Alright". POV Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Climate Activist Vic Barrett on Wonder, Transformation, and Storytelling". Atmos. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  5. ^ Speth, James Gustave (2021). They knew : the federal government's fifty-year role in causing the climate crisis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-262-54298-2. OCLC 1224585521.
  6. ^ a b c d "Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out". the Guardian. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  7. ^ a b c Sohn, Rebecca (2020-12-12). "Meet a young activist who's suing the government over climate change". Mashable. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  8. ^ "ACE INTERVIEW: Vic Barrett Discusses Combating Climate Change in the Courts". Action for the Climate Emergency. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  9. ^ a b c d Davis, Victoria (2018-12-20). "Fighting for the future". Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  10. ^ a b c "Meet One of the Teens Suing the Federal Government Over Global Warming". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  11. ^ "Vic J. Barrett". Audubon. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  12. ^ Walsh, John D. Sutter,Mark Tutton,Nick Paton (2018-12-10). "US undermining 'last chance' climate talks, experts charge". CNN. Retrieved 2022-05-18.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Ilana Glazer's Generator Series: Humanize Policy". The Greene Space. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  14. ^ ""This Is Our Time. This Is Our Future." Voices from the Historic Youth Climate Strike in NYC". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  15. ^ Barrett, Vic (2019-09-20). "Yes, I'm striking over the climate crisis. And suing the US government, too". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  16. ^ "Meet the 2020 Pritzker Award Candidates #1-5". Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  17. ^ Gelles, David (2023-08-19). "With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  18. ^ a b Barrett, Vic (2022-04-06). "Creating the Future We Deserve". Progressive.org. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  19. ^ Leahy, Colleen (2018-10-25). "Vic Barrett". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved 2022-05-18.

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