News + Media
Upcoming Events
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USDN Annual Meeting
January 2027
Past Events
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Upwelling: A Wave of Ocean Justice
June 2026
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Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice
June 2025
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Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice Online
June 2024
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Growing It Here & Doing It Right: Opportunities for Ocean Aquaculture Expansion
October 2023
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Washington Post Live: Navigating the New Normal
September 2023
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Beyond Federally-Funded Buyouts: Local Policies, Tools and Funding Streams
June 2023
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Upwell: A Wave of Ocean Justice
June 2023
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Stone Living Lab Conference: Nature Based Coastal Resilience in Urban Settings
April 2023
Media
amNY (Op-Ed): It’s time to finally modernize the State Environmental Quality Review Act
America the Beautiful for All Coalition (Quote): Belonging, Power, and Purpose: Lessons from Upwell 2026
Grist (Quote): The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump’s war on DEI
Rolling Stone (Op-Ed): What Now for Climate Under Trump? Act Locally
Wired (Op-Ed): The Climate-Driven Diaspora Is Here
CNN (Interview): On GPS: What Trump's return means for the climate
New York Times (Feature): Coastal Cities Brace for Climate Change
Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien (TV Interview): More Americans Than Ever Say They Personally Feel the Effects of Climate Change
TED Talk: How to Find Joy in Climate Action
Yale Environment 360 (Interview): Ocean Justice: Where Social Equity and the Climate Fight Intersect
Mashable Social Good Summit (Panel): On the Edge: Climate and Coastal Cities
TIME (Panel): These Black Icons Have a Novel Idea to Save the Ocean
NY1 (Mention): City Comptroller Suggests Ways Government Can Work With Community Organizations in Storm Resiliency Efforts
Frank News (Interview): When Policy Centers People
E&E News (Interview): Marine Biologist Helps 'Connect the Dots' on Race, Climate
State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School (Interview): Grappling with Ocean Conservation and Social Justice
Outside Magazine (Interview): Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is the Climate Leader We Need
The New York Times, Styles (Interview): Why Saving the Oceans is as Vital as Protecting Rain Forests
State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School (Interview): Climate and Society Alumni Work Together to Build Coastal Resilience
The New Yorker (Quote): The Precarious Future of Sanibel Island
New York Daily News (Quote): NYC’s Largest Post-Hurricane Sandy Resiliency Projects Still Not Close to Completion 10 Years After Storm
Grist (Quote): A Much Needed Step: The EPA Creates a New Environmental Justice Office
Atmos (Quote): Drowning in Student Loans and Rising Tides
The Washington Post (Quote): The Ocean Takes Center Stage at a U.N. Conference
Podcasts
Science Friday: The Ocean Is a Climate Ally
NPR: Understanding the Link Between Racial Justice and the Fight Against Climate Change
Ocean Science Radio: Ocean Policy Under the Biden Administration and Why There is Room to Hope
UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham: The End of the World as We Know It? Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Rates our Climate Future
On Being with Krista Tippett: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson – What if We Get This Right?
Paprika? In the Pit: Ep 7 - Ayana Johnson, Jessica Kim, & Bryan Lee
The Ezra Klein Show: The Climate Crisis is an Oceans Crisis
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