Salt Spring Forum Presents Geoff Dembicki

Journalist Geoff Dembicki speaks at Salt Spring Forum on Are We Screwed? A New Generation Fighting Climate Change. Gulf Islands Secondary School. 10 a.m.

There are currently more than 1.8 billion people between the ages of 10 and 24, which is the largest young generation in history. This is also the generation most affected by climate change.

Together with the student council at Gulf Islands Secondary School, the Forum is partnering with local youth to present more events that will inspire, engage and empower young people to lead.

The first Forum-Student Council event features Geoff Dembicki, an internationally successful 31-year-old climate journalist and author of the new book Are We Screwed? How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change.

Through his journeys to places like the tar sands, Wall Street, and the Paris climate talks, Dembicki has learned that millions of youth want to radically change the world. In fact, youth are now leading the resistance to the politicians and CEOs who are steering our planet towards disaster.

Dembicki is the Bill McKibben of his generation, combining a deep understanding of climate science with a rare ability to explain and motivate people into action rather than despair. His work appears in the New York Times, Vice, Foreign Policy and the Guardian.