Tory Stephens
@torystephens.bsky.social
Climate Storytelling | Husband, Dad, Hopeful Wu-Tang Clan Member 🤞🏾 | Publishing and curating climate fiction stories @grist.org
Former @HealthPolicyHub / Community Catalyst
Former @HealthPolicyHub / Community Catalyst
Black Communities, Legacy Pollution, and The Path Forward
From forced labor to forced exposure, Black communities still bear the burden of pollution and environmental injustices rooted in slavery and systemic racism.
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#BlackSky #Environment
From forced labor to forced exposure, Black communities still bear the burden of pollution and environmental injustices rooted in slavery and systemic racism.
plantationstopollution.selc.org?utm_source=G...
#BlackSky #Environment
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Black Communities, Legacy Pollution, and The Path Forward
From forced labor to forced exposure, Black communities still bear the burden of pollution and environmental injustices rooted in slavery and systemic racism.
plantationstopollution.selc.org?utm_source=G...
#BlackSky #Environment
From forced labor to forced exposure, Black communities still bear the burden of pollution and environmental injustices rooted in slavery and systemic racism.
plantationstopollution.selc.org?utm_source=G...
#BlackSky #Environment
Heading out the door for #ClimateWeekNYC 🌍 but had to pause + highlight #Grist50 honoree Bonnetta Adeeb. She’s preserving culturally significant seeds + building resilient food systems through the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance. 🌱
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#Seeds #Food #Farming #Farms #
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#Seeds #Food #Farming #Farms #
September 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Heading out the door for #ClimateWeekNYC 🌍 but had to pause + highlight #Grist50 honoree Bonnetta Adeeb. She’s preserving culturally significant seeds + building resilient food systems through the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance. 🌱
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Seeds #Food #Farming #Farms #
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Seeds #Food #Farming #Farms #
💧 Fletcher Sams is Juliette, GA’s fiercest clean water advocate. From testing 300+ wells to forcing action on toxic coal ash, he’s taken Georgia Power to task & delivered safe water to his community. 🌊
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#Grist50 #GA #Georgia #Water #Coal #Toxic #Health
Fin for now!
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#Grist50 #GA #Georgia #Water #Coal #Toxic #Health
Fin for now!
September 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
3/5
🌱 Next up: Caroline Cotto wants plant-based meats to actually taste good. At Nectar, she runs blind taste tests to help brands improve flavor & win over meat lovers. Because climate wins when dinner tastes better. 🍔✨ #Grist50
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#Food #Meat #Environment #Veggies
🌱 Next up: Caroline Cotto wants plant-based meats to actually taste good. At Nectar, she runs blind taste tests to help brands improve flavor & win over meat lovers. Because climate wins when dinner tastes better. 🍔✨ #Grist50
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Food #Meat #Environment #Veggies
September 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
3/5
🌱 Next up: Caroline Cotto wants plant-based meats to actually taste good. At Nectar, she runs blind taste tests to help brands improve flavor & win over meat lovers. Because climate wins when dinner tastes better. 🍔✨ #Grist50
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Food #Meat #Environment #Veggies
🌱 Next up: Caroline Cotto wants plant-based meats to actually taste good. At Nectar, she runs blind taste tests to help brands improve flavor & win over meat lovers. Because climate wins when dinner tastes better. 🍔✨ #Grist50
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Food #Meat #Environment #Veggies
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Meet Tonya Hicks, a barrier-breaking electrician and entrepreneur reshaping the EV world.
From being the first Black woman journeyman electrician in Mississippi to launching sheEV, Tonya is making EVs safer & more accessible for women everywhere.
Read here: grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
Meet Tonya Hicks, a barrier-breaking electrician and entrepreneur reshaping the EV world.
From being the first Black woman journeyman electrician in Mississippi to launching sheEV, Tonya is making EVs safer & more accessible for women everywhere.
Read here: grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Meet Tonya Hicks, a barrier-breaking electrician and entrepreneur reshaping the EV world.
From being the first Black woman journeyman electrician in Mississippi to launching sheEV, Tonya is making EVs safer & more accessible for women everywhere.
Read here: grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
Meet Tonya Hicks, a barrier-breaking electrician and entrepreneur reshaping the EV world.
From being the first Black woman journeyman electrician in Mississippi to launching sheEV, Tonya is making EVs safer & more accessible for women everywhere.
Read here: grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
5/5 🚲 Former PE teacher Sam “Coach” Balto started a “bike bus” for kids to ride to school together. Now there are 200+ across the U.S.—building safety, health & climate action on two wheels.
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#Grist50 #Bicycle #Bikes #Biking #School #Kids #Transportation
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#Grist50 #Bicycle #Bikes #Biking #School #Kids #Transportation
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
5/5 🚲 Former PE teacher Sam “Coach” Balto started a “bike bus” for kids to ride to school together. Now there are 200+ across the U.S.—building safety, health & climate action on two wheels.
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Bicycle #Bikes #Biking #School #Kids #Transportation
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#Grist50 #Bicycle #Bikes #Biking #School #Kids #Transportation
4/5 🌲 Nikola Alexandre co-founded Shelterwood Collective, a #queer- & BIPOC-led project restoring 900 acres in CA. He’s growing a generation of forest stewards & bringing that vision to global scale.
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#Grist50 #Forest #ReWilding #ReWild #Trees #Nature #Environment
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#Grist50 #Forest #ReWilding #ReWild #Trees #Nature #Environment
September 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
4/5 🌲 Nikola Alexandre co-founded Shelterwood Collective, a #queer- & BIPOC-led project restoring 900 acres in CA. He’s growing a generation of forest stewards & bringing that vision to global scale.
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Forest #ReWilding #ReWild #Trees #Nature #Environment
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Forest #ReWilding #ReWild #Trees #Nature #Environment
3/5 🎨 Nicole Kelner turns watercolors into a climate “Trojan Horse” — playful art that makes complex issues relatable, sparks action, and teaches others to create climate art too.
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#Grist50 #Art #Watercolors #Paint #Culture #Climate #Media
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#Grist50 #Art #Watercolors #Paint #Culture #Climate #Media
September 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
3/5 🎨 Nicole Kelner turns watercolors into a climate “Trojan Horse” — playful art that makes complex issues relatable, sparks action, and teaches others to create climate art too.
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Art #Watercolors #Paint #Culture #Climate #Media
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Art #Watercolors #Paint #Culture #Climate #Media
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🌍 Meet Ufuoma Ovienmhada, a geospatial data scientist mapping how prisons face toxic heat, storms & contamination. Her work exposes carceral environmental injustice and fuels real change.
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#Grist50 #Prisons #BlackSky #Heat #Jails #Incarceration
🌍 Meet Ufuoma Ovienmhada, a geospatial data scientist mapping how prisons face toxic heat, storms & contamination. Her work exposes carceral environmental injustice and fuels real change.
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Prisons #BlackSky #Heat #Jails #Incarceration
September 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
2/5
🌍 Meet Ufuoma Ovienmhada, a geospatial data scientist mapping how prisons face toxic heat, storms & contamination. Her work exposes carceral environmental injustice and fuels real change.
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Prisons #BlackSky #Heat #Jails #Incarceration
🌍 Meet Ufuoma Ovienmhada, a geospatial data scientist mapping how prisons face toxic heat, storms & contamination. Her work exposes carceral environmental injustice and fuels real change.
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50 #Prisons #BlackSky #Heat #Jails #Incarceration
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In this thread I'll share a few honorees.
🌱First up is Zoelie Rivera-Ocasio is turning soil into a cultural movement in the Caribbean — blending science, art, and community to show soil as memory, identity & healing. 🌱
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
In this thread I'll share a few honorees.
🌱First up is Zoelie Rivera-Ocasio is turning soil into a cultural movement in the Caribbean — blending science, art, and community to show soil as memory, identity & healing. 🌱
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
September 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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In this thread I'll share a few honorees.
🌱First up is Zoelie Rivera-Ocasio is turning soil into a cultural movement in the Caribbean — blending science, art, and community to show soil as memory, identity & healing. 🌱
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
In this thread I'll share a few honorees.
🌱First up is Zoelie Rivera-Ocasio is turning soil into a cultural movement in the Caribbean — blending science, art, and community to show soil as memory, identity & healing. 🌱
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Grist50
🔥 The 2025 @grist.org 50 list just dropped! 50 bold leaders proving climate solutions & justice are alive and thriving. From art to science to local action — meet the changemakers shaping our future. 🌍✨
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Climate #Policy #Media #Arts #Food #Business #Culture #Energy
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Climate #Policy #Media #Arts #Food #Business #Culture #Energy
September 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🔥 The 2025 @grist.org 50 list just dropped! 50 bold leaders proving climate solutions & justice are alive and thriving. From art to science to local action — meet the changemakers shaping our future. 🌍✨
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Climate #Policy #Media #Arts #Food #Business #Culture #Energy
grist.org/fix/grist-50...
#Climate #Policy #Media #Arts #Food #Business #Culture #Energy
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🌍 One of the most promising—and least talked about—climate solutions I’ve come across? Networked #geothermal heat pumps.
#Energy
🌍 One of the most promising—and least talked about—climate solutions I’ve come across? Networked #geothermal heat pumps.
#Energy
August 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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🌍 One of the most promising—and least talked about—climate solutions I’ve come across? Networked #geothermal heat pumps.
#Energy
🌍 One of the most promising—and least talked about—climate solutions I’ve come across? Networked #geothermal heat pumps.
#Energy
Climate storytelling tip I swear by:
Start with the genre you love—then weave in climate themes with intention.
Don’t lead with “climate fiction.” Lead with story.
#ClimateFiction #Writers #Write #Solarpunk #Literature
Start with the genre you love—then weave in climate themes with intention.
Don’t lead with “climate fiction.” Lead with story.
#ClimateFiction #Writers #Write #Solarpunk #Literature
August 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Climate storytelling tip I swear by:
Start with the genre you love—then weave in climate themes with intention.
Don’t lead with “climate fiction.” Lead with story.
#ClimateFiction #Writers #Write #Solarpunk #Literature
Start with the genre you love—then weave in climate themes with intention.
Don’t lead with “climate fiction.” Lead with story.
#ClimateFiction #Writers #Write #Solarpunk #Literature
Birmingham deserves a better story.
Join us for the first public screening of As Goes The South — a powerful new doc reframing Birmingham's past, present, and future.
Free screening
A.H. Parker High School Auditorium: bit.ly/3UelNpf
Let’s tell a new story for the South.
#Birmingham #AL #Alabama
Join us for the first public screening of As Goes The South — a powerful new doc reframing Birmingham's past, present, and future.
Free screening
A.H. Parker High School Auditorium: bit.ly/3UelNpf
Let’s tell a new story for the South.
#Birmingham #AL #Alabama
August 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Birmingham deserves a better story.
Join us for the first public screening of As Goes The South — a powerful new doc reframing Birmingham's past, present, and future.
Free screening
A.H. Parker High School Auditorium: bit.ly/3UelNpf
Let’s tell a new story for the South.
#Birmingham #AL #Alabama
Join us for the first public screening of As Goes The South — a powerful new doc reframing Birmingham's past, present, and future.
Free screening
A.H. Parker High School Auditorium: bit.ly/3UelNpf
Let’s tell a new story for the South.
#Birmingham #AL #Alabama
This might interest this group. It's an interview I did with Brazilian anarchist, geography teacher, and climate fiction / Solarpunk author Danilio Heitor.
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#Climate #Fiction #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #QandA #Interview #Anarchist #Geography #Brazil #EcoFiction
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#Climate #Fiction #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #QandA #Interview #Anarchist #Geography #Brazil #EcoFiction
July 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This might interest this group. It's an interview I did with Brazilian anarchist, geography teacher, and climate fiction / Solarpunk author Danilio Heitor.
www.linkedin.com/posts/toryst....
#Climate #Fiction #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #QandA #Interview #Anarchist #Geography #Brazil #EcoFiction
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#Climate #Fiction #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #QandA #Interview #Anarchist #Geography #Brazil #EcoFiction
NEW Short Climate Fiction!
The Hunger and the Hunger
A former guerilla fighter struggles to explain his past when he finds himself in a land without poverty or want.
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#Climate #Fiction #CliFi #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #BookSky
The Hunger and the Hunger
A former guerilla fighter struggles to explain his past when he finds himself in a land without poverty or want.
grist.org/climate-fict...
#Climate #Fiction #CliFi #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #BookSky
July 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
NEW Short Climate Fiction!
The Hunger and the Hunger
A former guerilla fighter struggles to explain his past when he finds himself in a land without poverty or want.
grist.org/climate-fict...
#Climate #Fiction #CliFi #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #BookSky
The Hunger and the Hunger
A former guerilla fighter struggles to explain his past when he finds himself in a land without poverty or want.
grist.org/climate-fict...
#Climate #Fiction #CliFi #Solarpunk #ClimateFiction #BookSky
Noticing fewer fireflies this year? You're not alone! I'm breaking down why, and what we can do about it, in this thread.
#Fireflies #Nature #Climate #Environment
#Fireflies #Nature #Climate #Environment
July 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Noticing fewer fireflies this year? You're not alone! I'm breaking down why, and what we can do about it, in this thread.
#Fireflies #Nature #Climate #Environment
#Fireflies #Nature #Climate #Environment
(1/3) 🌱 "They’ve always had plans for us all to die."
THE SEED DROPPER by @simone banks @grist.org floored me.
A Black man returns to his flood-ravaged Louisiana hometown to plant seeds—and confront the ghosts of environmental racism.
#Fiction #ClimateFiction #SolarPunk #Literature #Climate
THE SEED DROPPER by @simone banks @grist.org floored me.
A Black man returns to his flood-ravaged Louisiana hometown to plant seeds—and confront the ghosts of environmental racism.
#Fiction #ClimateFiction #SolarPunk #Literature #Climate
May 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(1/3) 🌱 "They’ve always had plans for us all to die."
THE SEED DROPPER by @simone banks @grist.org floored me.
A Black man returns to his flood-ravaged Louisiana hometown to plant seeds—and confront the ghosts of environmental racism.
#Fiction #ClimateFiction #SolarPunk #Literature #Climate
THE SEED DROPPER by @simone banks @grist.org floored me.
A Black man returns to his flood-ravaged Louisiana hometown to plant seeds—and confront the ghosts of environmental racism.
#Fiction #ClimateFiction #SolarPunk #Literature #Climate
Glitch is online! 🌸 #Blossomwatch is LIVE. Meet glitch, a cyberbug turning grey streets green. Plot, plant & play at blossomwatch.bug0.io. Chat, explore biodiversity & map green gaps.
#Glitchxnt #Solarpunk #SeedBomb #Climate #Native #Plants #trees
#Glitchxnt #Solarpunk #SeedBomb #Climate #Native #Plants #trees
May 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Glitch is online! 🌸 #Blossomwatch is LIVE. Meet glitch, a cyberbug turning grey streets green. Plot, plant & play at blossomwatch.bug0.io. Chat, explore biodiversity & map green gaps.
#Glitchxnt #Solarpunk #SeedBomb #Climate #Native #Plants #trees
#Glitchxnt #Solarpunk #SeedBomb #Climate #Native #Plants #trees
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And yes, I’ve heard about SMRs. No, they’re not a magic bullet. But they help.
Let's talk about those too!
#Energy #nuclear #Environment #GreenSky #Solarpunk
And yes, I’ve heard about SMRs. No, they’re not a magic bullet. But they help.
Let's talk about those too!
#Energy #nuclear #Environment #GreenSky #Solarpunk
May 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
4/
And yes, I’ve heard about SMRs. No, they’re not a magic bullet. But they help.
Let's talk about those too!
#Energy #nuclear #Environment #GreenSky #Solarpunk
And yes, I’ve heard about SMRs. No, they’re not a magic bullet. But they help.
Let's talk about those too!
#Energy #nuclear #Environment #GreenSky #Solarpunk
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#Renewables alone could work—if we had infinite land, time, and minerals. But we don’t.
#IPCC says we need #nuclear to hit net-zero.
So:
If you oppose it, what’s your realistic alternative?
If you support it, why aren’t we yelling louder?
Let's talk nuclear energy!
#Renewables alone could work—if we had infinite land, time, and minerals. But we don’t.
#IPCC says we need #nuclear to hit net-zero.
So:
If you oppose it, what’s your realistic alternative?
If you support it, why aren’t we yelling louder?
Let's talk nuclear energy!
May 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
3/
#Renewables alone could work—if we had infinite land, time, and minerals. But we don’t.
#IPCC says we need #nuclear to hit net-zero.
So:
If you oppose it, what’s your realistic alternative?
If you support it, why aren’t we yelling louder?
Let's talk nuclear energy!
#Renewables alone could work—if we had infinite land, time, and minerals. But we don’t.
#IPCC says we need #nuclear to hit net-zero.
So:
If you oppose it, what’s your realistic alternative?
If you support it, why aren’t we yelling louder?
Let's talk nuclear energy!
1/ Everyone loves #solar/ #wind (as they should). But nobody wants to talk about the one zero-carbon energy source that works when it’s dark + windless + needs 100x less land.
Why is #nuclear the only climate solution people hate more than fossil fuels?
A thread🧵 and invitation to chat💬.
Why is #nuclear the only climate solution people hate more than fossil fuels?
A thread🧵 and invitation to chat💬.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
April 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM