Climate Change is Personal

Climate Change is Personal is our new podcast, where we listen to people’s personal experiences with the climate crisis and learn from their wisdom about how to create a future that is resilient, community-based, and centers the leadership of people on the front lines of the crisis. For those of you who are new to Our Climate Voices, we are a collective led by young queer and trans folks, BIPOC, and disabled people working to humanize the climate crisis, catalyze systemic change, and vision the future that we want to make real.

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Climate Change is Personal

Climate Change is Personal | Episode 1: Kali Welch

February 23, 2021 • Our Climate Voices • Season 1 • Episode 1

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Today, we’re listening to the brilliant Kali Welch, a 34-year-old rural, working class, disabled veteran of the U.S. Army. Kali is an overwhelmingly proud auntie, and aspiring photographer living in small town Montana. Today, she’ll share her personal experience at the intersection of disability justice, rural justice, economic justice, and climate justice. Climate change is personal to Kali because she saw firsthand how disability creates vulnerabilities to climate disasters like wildfires and how cycles of poverty make climate change increasingly challenging. Kali advocates for herself and others within the disability community and enjoys the beautiful mountains of Montana whenever her body allows.