Vic Barrett

Vic Barrett (born c. 1998 or 1999) is an American climate activist. He is a plaintiff in Juliana v. United States and appeared in a documentary about the case, Youth v. Gov.[2][3][4][5]

Vic Barrett
Vic Barrett, in 2019
Bornc. 1998 or 1999 (age 23–24)[1]
CitizenshipUnited States
OrganizationOur Children's Trust
MovementClimate justice

Activism

After experiencing Hurricane Sandy, Barrett started eating with the nonprofit Global Kids when he was 14.[6][7] He was a fellow and then a senior fellow with the Alliance for Climate Education, working to expand climate education in public schools and encourage people to vote.[7][8][9][10] In 2015, Barrett spoke at COP21 and joined the Juliana v. United States case.[11][6] Barrett prominently protested at COP24, calling U.S. energy policy "a joke."[12] The time commitment led him to temporarily withdraw from his undergraduate studies.[9] In 2019, Barrett appeared in Ilana Glazer's Generator Series and promoted the September 2019 climate strike and spoke at the NYC strike in Foley Square.[13][14][15] Barrett was nominated for a Pritzker Award from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability in 2020.[16] He is currently a network organizer for the Power Shift Network.[4] Barrett has spoken about the power of storytelling in engaging people in activism.[4]

Personal life

Barrett is from White Plains, New York, and resides in the Bronx as of August 2023.[10][17] He is neurodivergent, queer, and of Garifuna descent.[7][9][18] Barrett is also a first-generation American and a trans man who transitioned in 2017, after moving away for college.[4][18] He attended an all-girls high school in Manhattan, and has studied political science at UW-Madison.[4][9][10][19] Barrett has a tattoo that refers to the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration in parts per million.[6] He has identified Berta Cáceres as a personal hero.[6]

References
  1. "Vic Barrett | White Plains, New York" (Interview). Our Climate Voices. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. "Team Trump promoted coal at the U.N. climate talks. Young activists busted it up". Grist. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. Lines, Madeline (2020-12-22). "The Kids Are Not Alright". POV Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  4. "Climate Activist Vic Barrett on Wonder, Transformation, and Storytelling". Atmos. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  5. Speth, James Gustave (2021). They knew : the federal government's fifty-year role in causing the climate crisis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-262-54298-2. OCLC 1224585521.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. "Gen Z on how to save the world: young climate activists speak out". the Guardian. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  7. Sohn, Rebecca (2020-12-12). "Meet a young activist who's suing the government over climate change". Mashable. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  8. "ACE INTERVIEW: Vic Barrett Discusses Combating Climate Change in the Courts". Action for the Climate Emergency. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  9. Davis, Victoria (2018-12-20). "Fighting for the future". Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  10. "Meet One of the Teens Suing the Federal Government Over Global Warming". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  11. "Vic J. Barrett". Audubon. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  12. Walsh, John D. Sutter,Mark Tutton,Nick Paton (2018-12-10). "US undermining 'last chance' climate talks, experts charge". CNN. Retrieved 2022-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. "Ilana Glazer's Generator Series: Humanize Policy". The Greene Space. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  14. ""This Is Our Time. This Is Our Future." Voices from the Historic Youth Climate Strike in NYC". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  15. Barrett, Vic (2019-09-20). "Yes, I'm striking over the climate crisis. And suing the US government, too". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  16. "Meet the 2020 Pritzker Award Candidates #1-5". Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  17. Gelles, David (2023-08-19). "With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  18. Barrett, Vic (2022-04-06). "Creating the Future We Deserve". Progressive.org. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  19. Leahy, Colleen (2018-10-25). "Vic Barrett". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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