For every case youth bring to protect their rights, there are countless behind-the-scenes partners that collaborate with Our Children’s Trust to ensure youth are supported by the most current and best...

I was 16 years old when I sued the federal government for the first time. As a plaintiff in Genesis v. US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), I joined 17 other young Californians in 2023 to challen...

At the close of the summer of love on August 30, 1967, California Governor Ronald Reagan approved and signed the Mulford-Carrell Act that created California Air Resources Board or “CARB.” The next yea...

At 18 years old, Emma Weibel has already spent years advocating for climate justice. Raised in San Diego, California, Emma is now studying environmental social sciences and human rights through the du...

The constitutional climate case Juliana v. United States was filed by 21 youth against the U.S. government. The defendants said that the government's policies are causing catastrophic climate change a...

When I was diagnosed in high school with a rare autoinflammatory disease, going to a doctor’s office down the road wasn’t an option. Living in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the c...

Juliana v. United States is a landmark constitutional rights case that helped ignite a global movement. Twenty-one youth challenged the federal government for its actions that exacerbated the climate ...

The Crown of Canada can bestow on worthy Canadians the Order of Canada (Ordre du Canada au français), which has the motto “ Desiderantes meliorem patriam” or “They desire a better country.” I think this motto exemplifies the Canadian plaintiffs in La Rose v. His Majesty the King . The La Rose pl

My mom came to the United States from San Martín Huamelulpam, a small pueblo in Oaxaca, México, more than 35 years ago. She came because she was told, by family, by friends, by the news, that America ...

When you’re young, you assume you have no power. No sway in the world. No voice. I had spent years watching the climate crisis ravage the ocean’s ecosystems and wildlife. I’d lived through climate- ch...

I was in grad school doing my usual Saturday used-bookstore perusal when I stumbled upon Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited. In this work of non-fiction, Huxley compared the fictional future he...

I was 7 years old when my mom and I found a Hawaiian green sea turtle wrapped in fishing line on the beach. I started crying. I wanted to help, but because the turtle was an endangered species, there ...

Two years ago, thirteen youth plaintiffs, represented by Our Children’s Trust and Earthjustice, brought the state to the brink of trial in Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT). Ulti...

Before a young person can dream about who they will become, they must first know they have a future in which to become it. A future with clean air and safe water. A future where they can speak freely....