Finn is a 2nd year from the Bay Area. Like so many of us, Finn was taught that climate change was about "polar bears and recycling." He knew that that climate inaction was at root a crisis of communication. Back in 2020, determined to make a change, he entered the climate world. He now consults, organizes, and public speaks, reframing that climate solutions aren’t about sacrifice, they’re about wealth. Finn works through three verticals—climate, capital, and culture—where he's reached millions. He's worked with Harvard, PBS, Stanford, UCSF, and been featured in Teen Vogue.
Ella is a fourth-year student from San Diego. Her passion for environmental justice began through growing a backyard garden during the pandemic. Since then, she’s organized with the Sunrise Movement and UCSD Labor Center, researched local urban farms in the Bay Area, worked with the Berkeley Student Food Collective, and helped to write the Climate Action Plan for her community college. She is passionate about local food systems, labor organizing, and environmental law/policy.
Sara Teran is a Global Studies and Conservation & Resource Studies Major. Sara grew up in Mexico and learned closely about the connections between humans and the environment. Ever since, she has dedicated most of her time to advocating for the environment and its conservation. She loves to be outdoors, run, hike, swim, explore, and adventure in new places. She is a barista in her free time!
Ashley is a third-year from Orange County, CA, studying Marine Science and Data Science. She is deeply infatuated about the interface between the atmosphere and ocean—from the air-sea flux exchange of methane emissions to marine carbon dioxide removal technologies. She is curious about how these systems could play a large role in modulating the exacerbation of natural hazards as well as how the disproportionate effects of those challenges impact different communities.
Sage graduated from UC Berkeley in 2020. She spent her time at Cal building the course and taught it for five semesters to 600 students. She is now running a media and market-shaping platform, Futureline.
Sage is passionate about the intersection of human rights and sustainability, a main focus of this course.
We would also like to acknowledge all of the past 1,900 students, without whom this course would not have been possible.