Climate Activist Sarah Goody Shows Us How Youth Are Doing It For Themselves

Sarah Goody, a 15-year-old climate activist, has been recognized with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts – She has been recognized by Prince William and Prince Harry with The Diana Award.   “You are all doing such incredible work, and at a time of great uncertainty, you have found the power and inspiration inside of you to make a positive mark on the world,” Prince Harry said on behalf of the royal brothers.

Sarah Goody’s passion for the environment inspired her work as a youth council member at numerous organizations including Greening Forward, before founding Climate NOW created to empower young people in her community of San Francisco. She has since worked with Youth vs Apocalypse, led over 40,000 people at the San Francisco Climate Strike and founded the Instagram platform Broadway Speaks Up seeking support from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristen Bell and Ben Platt. The Bay Area teen just finished her freshman year at Redwood High School and has become known for her Friday demonstrations at San Francisco’s City Hall and the Ferry Building and for her published work in various publications including Teen Vogue and Forbes.

Today -- we talk to her-- about her work-- climate activism, and how she and her generation want to change the world around us.

With co-host Brody Levesque