Sarah striking.jpg — About Sarah

Sarah Goody is a 19-year-old climate activist and founder of Climate NOW. Climate NOW is an international youth-led organization focused on educating and empowering young people to take climate action. Climate NOW was founded in 2019, and has since worked with over 10,000 youth from across the world and presented to over 70 K-12 schools from around the world.
Sarah is the Chair of the Corte Madera Climate Action Committee, she is making history as the youngest person to Chair a committee in her town. Sarah has spoken at schools and rallies and has appeared on podcasts and shows as a guest speaker. She is a published author, with work in Teen Vogue and The San Francisco Chronicle. In 2020 Sarah received the Princess Diana Award, the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts. Sarah is currently attending University of California Berkeley as a legal studies and society & environment double major.

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Sarah is an experienced, youth speaker passionate about talking with audiences of all age ranges and sizes and sharing information with them on youth activism and the youth-lead climate movement. Sarah regularly speaks to schools and students in her community about her organization Climate NOW, as well as at local meetings and events about the importance of taking action to combat climate change.

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In the Press

Press

Teen Vogue

‘How climate activism improved my mental health’

“It began five years ago in the 5th grade, when I was diagnosed with clinical depression—a diagnosis that no one, especially a young child is keen to hear. Things hadn’t always been this way, but the diagnosis made sense. I was experiencing a hopeless sense of loneliness, lack of motivation, and a deepening sadness that not only affected me, but also the people around me. I was even experiencing suicidal ideation. Now, I’m a freshman in high school and completely unrecognizable from that sad, lonely girl. I’m hopeful about life again, and I have activism to thank. In fact, I think it saved me.”

Forbes

‘This 15-year-old Climate Activist Thinks Environmentalism is Everyone’s Job’

“In a society increasingly filled with materialism and complacency, 15-year-old climate activist Sara Goody is a breath of fresh air. Goody became a climate activist in the 6th grade after meeting youth activist Alexandria Villasenor at the United Nations in New York City. Since then, she’s been striking every Friday throughout the San Francisco Bay Area (until coronavirus related social distancing edicts were enacted) to bring climate awareness and action to her community.”

“As for Sarah’s journey, she insists, “I hope to be a catalyst for change as well as a strong female role model for young girls to look up to.” Irrespective of her career choice, I’m sure that her impact on the world we be undeniable. At 15 she’s proven to be a force to be reckoned with.”

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Coronavirus concern: Climate needs similar sense of urgency’

“World leaders and the public at large need to call for urgent action to face the climate crisis, like they’re doing with the coronavirus. We need to bring this same sense of urgency and personal responsibility to the climate movement. We all have the capability to put political pressure on our world leaders and take actions to end this climate catastrophe. But we all have to act like it is an emergency if we want change and realize that while it may not kill us tomorrow, the climate crisis will kill us unless we take action to address it now.”