Mark Ortiz, PhD

Mark Ortiz, PhDMark Ortiz, PhDMark Ortiz, PhDMark Ortiz, PhD
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Mark Ortiz, PhD

Mark Ortiz, PhDMark Ortiz, PhDMark Ortiz, PhD
  • Home
  • Research
    • Intergen Politics
    • Students & Sustainability
    • Expanding the Story
    • CJ & EJ in the U.S. South
    • The GYSRL
    • Climate Influence(rs)
  • Writing
  • Teaching
  • Speaking
  • News
  • Music

Expanding the story

Telling Longer and Broader Stories of Youth Climate Advocacy

Youth advocates have been speaking about the intergenerational injustice of climate change for at least the last three decades. Until 2018, scholarly conversations about climate justice featured surprisingly little mention of or input from youth climate advocates. Still, much existing research on youth climate activism has been focused on youth climate action in the Global North. 


As youth authors and advocates like Vanessa Nakate have pointed out, there is a need for (geographically) broader and (historically) longer stories of youth climate advocacy. My research in this area aims to "expand the story" working in collaboration with youth climate advocates in communities and regions most impacted by climate change. Expanding the story both geographically and historically is critical to defining and actualizing intergenerational climate justice pathways.

Featured Project

I have recently co-created an ArcGIS StoryMap intended as an introduction to youth engagement in the international politics of climate change, biodiversity, and sustainable development. With Amandine Orsini (UC-Louvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles) and Juan Felipe Duque (UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles). 

View the StoryMap

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