Speaker: Jessie Bluedorn, Founder and Executive Director, The Carmack Collective
Jessie Bluedorn: building as inseparable. Stories spark imagination and movements turn that imagination into power.
How (and why) are you taking action on climate change solutions in, for, and with your community?
Jessie Bluedorn: I see the fossil fuel industry as one of the largest obstacles to a climate just future. So at the Carma Collective, we find artists, storytellers, and organizers working to combat the industry and make room for the climate solutions that exist all around us. We think of culture change and movement building as inseparable. Stories spark imagination and movements turn that imagination into power.
Describe a moment when you felt the real-world impact of your work in climate solutions.
Jessie Bluedorn: At the 2025 Hollywood Climate Summit, I had the chance to work with a few of the Carmac collective's grantee partners to produce a comedy forward session that put Big Oil on trial in the court of public opinion. We shared facts and solutions, but maybe more importantly, we made the audience laugh. People didn't just leave entertained, they left more knowledgeable and with specific resources to join movements fighting to make polluters pay for the damage they've caused.
Who or what inspires/inspired you to care about climate change and climate solutions?
Jessie Bluedorn: Climate change is the existential threat of our time, but I'm inspired every day by frontline communities who are not only organizing to survive, but also finding creativity and joy in their work.
