As Vermont Works On A Climate Action Plan, Youth Activists Look To Rebuild Their Movement
At the group’s first in-person networking event since the pandemic began in 2020, the Vermont Youth Lobby invited newcomers to draw what a healthy future climate looks like. They hung the resulting drawings up in the breeze on the Statehouse lawn. (Abagael Giles/VPR)
Leading up to the pandemic, the Vermont Youth Lobby was staging big demonstrations — even holding a Youth Congress at the Statehouse — to call for adults to take bold action on climate change.
Now, as the state prepares its first ever Climate Action Plan, a new generation of leaders is ready to re-launch their movement.
Dozens of high school-aged Vermonters gathered on the Statehouse lawn Saturday. They shared what they learned over the last year — and what they want adults to know — at the group’s first in-person gathering since before the pandemic.