Jerome Foster II

“We are standing in the Garden of Eden, but instead of caring for it, we keep reaching for the forbidden fruit.” Thank you @TIME for this incredible honor!

78% of Black Americans live within 30 miles of a coal fired power plant, yet African Americans make up only 14% of the US population. That is Environmental Racism. It was such an honor to speak alongside @JaneFonda . We all understand that climate justice is not just about preventing climate destabilization but about advancing the health and wellbeing of communities at the frontlines of a crisis they didn't cause. The solution: It is the voters, the young people, every citizens like us rising up saying enough is enough and bagging down the door of the status quo! A Special thank you to Sophia Kianni for brilliantly moderating this panel! And to @JaneFonda for always speaking truth to power and fighting for our collective liberation in all the spaces you enter! Thank you to the amazing people at @feminist for the incredible work you do to amplifying and educating people about intersectional environmentalism.

Honored to be featured in @attitudemag 101, 2025 under the STEM category: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics! 🌍✨ Standing alongside incredible changemakers like @cynthiaerivo , @joelocke03 , and @navamau , this recognition is a powerful reminder that now more than ever, visibility matters. Queer voices belong in every space—including climate justice, decision-making tables, and parliaments. At a time when trans identities are not recognized, LGBTQ+ flags are being removed from government buildings, and marriage equality is under attack, our presence is resistance. Representation isn’t just symbolic—it’s a necessity for progress. Let’s keep pushing forward. 🌱🏳️‍🌈 #Attitude101 #STEM #ClimateJustice #QueerExcellence #VisibilityMatters

To be featured in a permanent exhibition at the LBJ Presidential Library, alongside @whoopigoldberg , @oprah , @dallasgoldtooth , and so many extraordinary titans, is an immense honor. A few months ago, I received a call inviting me to be included in The “Great Society” Today, a large-scale collage mural inside the newly reimagined @lbjlibrary exhibition in Austin, Texas. The mural honors figures carrying that torch forward across civil rights, environmental justice, immigration, and more. To see climate justice represented inside a historic institution like this feels deeply meaningful. Especially because our generation’s movement has asked so much of young people. Many of us have spent our childhoods carrying questions no child should have to carry about survival, safety, and the future of the planet. Because civil rights are human rights, and human rights are environmental rights. They are movements bound together by the belief that every person deserves dignity, safety, health, and a future worth inheriting. Moments like this remind me that the work is not only being heard. It is leaving a mark. It is entering institutions. It is becoming part of the national memory. The newly reimagined exhibition, backed by a $4 million investment in education and civic literacy, is now open in Austin. LBJ once said the Great Society begins “in our cities, in our countryside, and in our classrooms.” That vision remains unfinished, but it is alive in every generation willing to take responsibility for what comes next. The torch has been passed to us now. And it is on all of us to keep building the future we were promised.

As we come to the close of Earth Month, I've been reflecting on something deeply close to my heart: the true custodians of the land. The most powerful storytellers in our climate movement are, and always will be, the people who steward the earth every single day. I'm excited to share a first glimpse into a recent journey to Colombia, where I spent time with @nespressousa 's network of local farmers leading the way in regenerative agriculture. Their work is a reminder that even our everyday rituals, like a morning cup of coffee, can and should be rooted in practices that restore the earth. This trip was part of the journey behind a new documentary from filmmakers @joshtickell and @beccatickel of @bigpictureranch alongside @wawa_gatheru , @dylanpage.ning , and @james_stew . It's about reconnecting to our source, moving beyond buzzwords, and centering the people whose knowledge and vision are actively shaping a more sustainable future. More to come soon. 🌍 @bigpictureranch @mr_chenry @lucasandcarroll #EarthMonth #ClimateAction #Sustainability #RegenerativeAgriculture

In incredible company at the #TIME100 Summit. Vital to build alongside the world’s most brilliant minds, where we set the pace and actively map out the next decade. Listen, we are at a profound inflection point. The friction between challenging outdated legacy models and architecting the extraordinary has never been higher. Every iteration matters now. Getting to work. Deeply grateful to @jessicasibley for continually championing this evolution, and @TIME for hosting these critical dialogues. Special thanks to @schiaparelli for the dove brooch. Peace always.

Get excited, I’m co-hosting the 2026 American Climate Leadership Awards with the amazing @vanessahauc from @telemundo . Tune in on April 16 at 10am PT / 1pm ET to see some of the most inspiring climate leaders and community champions recognized, with over $200,000 in funding going to scale their impact. Really excited for this one, it’s going to be special. @eco_america #ACLA26

Speaking at @sxsw , Jerome spoke to the reality of Gen Z's climate inheritance. He grew up recognizing this planet as a "Garden of Eden" yet his generation are the first to exist in a time where the Earth is profoundly unstable. That fundamental shift changes everything about how we organize, and it's a story that deserves the mic on every possible stage. A massive thank you to Regina Harmon and @foodtank , for hosting this and @americanforests .

I am absolutely speechless & so incredibly honored that I've been featured in a book which is officially cataloged in the Library of Congress; titled "Famous Activists: Legends and Game Changers"! 📚 To have my journey in the climate movement told alongside absolute titans of history like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & Malala Yousafzai is a completely surreal experience. Being recognized next to the very legends who paved the way for all of us is an honor I don't take lightly. A huge thank you to the team at Eureka Publications and Bellwether Media for highlighting the impact of activism. From the early days of The Climate Reporter to advising the White House, this journey has always been about our collective future. We must keep pushing for social, economic, and environmental justice! 🌍 ✊🏾

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@sxsw here I come!! Honored to be speaking for the second year in a row with @foodtank . I’ll be joining @reginadm for a one-on-one conversation I’m calling “Generation Nature.” I’ll be taking the stage on March 12 at 1pm in Austin, Texas. Looking forward to sharing some of what’s been on my mind lately in the conversation. #SXSW #SXSW26 #nature #climate

@forbes #30Under30 asked what leadership looks like right now. Here’s my answer: “We are living through the defining test of our age. And it will not be met with the very habits and assumptions that brought us here. For years we marched, we pleaded, we warned. Now we must lead, with the care of a naturalist and the urgency of a smoke signal. Because the measure of leadership is not what you can take from the world, but what you are brave enough to leave in it, and what you choose to defend. This is the great dividing line of our time: between those who mistake power for possession, and those who understand it as stewardship. The leaders history will remember are not the ones who mastered the optics of the moment, but the ones who had the courage to repair, to protect, and to plant something that could outlive them.” Honored to share the stage with @xiyebeara on the Climate Catalysts panel at the @forbesunder30 summit, thanks to @americanforests . The work continues.