About Us
CHECKTHEWEATHER.NET
is a national online community and web platform to support and amplify the voice of young people of color in the US fighting for environmental justice. We are diversifying the green movement, not just by who we are, but by what we represent and how we define what it means to be green. From policy to new media, hip hop to the green economy, direct action to cutting-edge interviews. Respecting our history, our mentors, our communities and our generation, ChecktheWeather.net brings you our stories and our demands for a just and better future!
KARI FULTON
Co-founder, Editor
Kari Fulton is an award winning youth climate and environmental justice organizer hailing from Denver, Colorado and current resident of Chocolate City, Washington, DC. Fulton’s work advocating for a more just and equitable green movement has been featured in various media including The Sundance Channel, Elle and Glamour Magazine. Currently, Fulton is the National Campus Campaign Coordinator for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (EJCC). Her work with EJCC has led to in-depth opportunities to collaborate with and support the new generation of dynamic environmental leaders, in particular, ChecktheWeather.net (CTW) co-founder and editor Ellen Choy. Similar to CTW, Fulton strives to develop stronger movements that expand beyond organizations, cultures and causes. She supports this mission as a consultant specializing in coalition development and dismantling oppression. Fulton is a 2008 recipient of the Earth Island Institute’s Brower Youth Award, The Damu Smith Power of One Award, and is a proud alumna of the John H. Johnson School of Communications at Howard University.
ELLEN CHOY
Co-founder, Editor
An environmental justice activist, youth educator and independent DJ from Oakland, CA. Her current work is as a lead organizer for the West Coast Mobilization for Climate Justice – building climate justice street heat in the Bay Area to protest corporate blockades to community-based, just climate solutions. She is also the Youth Engagement Coordinator for the Environmental Service Learning Initiative (ESLI) – acting as co-director of ESLI’s Youth Advisory Board, supporting youth-of-color-led projects of sustainability and environmental justice. She previously worked as the director of the Climate Literacy Training Program with the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (EJCC), where she first began building with her co-pilot Kari Fulton. She is an active contributor and co-founder of checktheweather.net, a developing graphic and web designer and a firm believer of all things created in West Coast style. With her experience in events managing and arts activism, she has co-founded Fresh Trade Agreement, a vehicle to support conscious living and community building through promoting progressive music & art. She is a recent graduate with honors of UC Berkeley, with a degree in Conservation and Resource Studies.
