WHILE POLITICIANS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS grapple with climate change, there’s one population that will feel its consequences most acutely: youth. As experts talk about leaving a better world for the generations to come, teenagers in Contra Costa County know that they will be living in a world that many scientists predict will be filled with increasing challenges on this issue.
Luci Olson, an 11th grader at Heritage High School in Brentwood, sits on the board of the climate club at her school. Additionally, Olson is an outreach manager with the Bay Area Youth Climate Summit (BAYCS), an environmental nonprofit run entirely for youth, by youth.
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