A People’s Climate

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About This Podcast

Climate conversations about real, grassroots action that puts power back in the hands of the people. 

This isn’t climate talk as usual. This is environmental justice.

The climate crisis is here—and the solutions being pushed? They’re failing. Tech gimmicks, shallow policy fixes, and corporate greenwashing won’t save us.

What will? People power.

The communities on the frontlines are fighting for their lives and our future. They’re the ones with real solutions—not just for the 1%, but for everyone.

Host Shilpi Chhotray has spent the last decade alongside these communities. Her guests have gone toe-to-toe with the biggest polluters on the planet, built movements in the millions, and restored entire ecosystems.

The future we need is being built from the ground up. Not by corporations. Not by billionaires. By us. The people demanding justice, reclaiming power, and rebuilding what’s been broken.

Host

Shilpi Chhotray is a media strategist, storyteller, and movement-builder dedicated to environmental justice. She is the President and Co-Founder of Counterstream Media, where she leads organizational strategy, fundraising, and produces storytelling projects rooted in frontline voices and movement organizing.

She also writes Narrative Edit, a newsletter exploring the intersection of power, media, and resistance. Her work spans nearly 15 years, from global campaigns on plastic pollution to building platforms for movements that challenge extractive systems and reclaim the narrative.

Executive Producer

Mindy Ramaker

Engineer

Dennis Maxwell

Engineer

Francisco Núñez Capriles

Project Manager

Marianella Nuñez

Additional Research

Sarah Morgan

Season Artwork

Ly Ngo Heisig