Bert’s Story

Editor’s Note: All images were provided by the author. Samuel Lee (University of Pennsylvania) At Bellevue Hospital in New York, the weather never really stayed outside. I didn't understand that at first. Like a lot of people, I still imagined weather as background,...

Editor's Note: This memoir is presented in its original PDF format to preserve the author’s creative vision and the intentionality of its visual and structural elements, which could not be fully replicated on WordPress. While its presentation differs from other posts...

Editor's Note: All Images were provided by the author. Ellen Hu (University of Pennsylvania) I will always remember the exact moment when the AC broke in my suburban home. It was around pi time, 3:14 p.m., on a Saturday, and everyone else in my family was taking naps...

Editor's Note: All images were provided by the author. Diego Rogelio Varela Lugardo (University of Pennsylvania) Peppery and cinnamon would be the notes my family used to describe Christmas. My grandmother’s house had a chimney that made sure all of us were warm on...

Editor's Note: All images were provided by the author. Jonathan Ling (University of Pennsylvania) Dear ten-year-old Jonathan, California always has a way of surprising you. I’ll tell you right now that you have it really good in California, and I know it doesn’t seem...

It’s been a summer of climate chaos. It’s time to organize and build solidarities. I’m putting the WE into Wednesdays this fall.

Photo Credit: Alex Georgiev, View From Author's Home in Central Florida Alex Georgiev (University of Pennsylvania) When I think about climate change, what comes to mind is not statistics or politics. What comes to mind is sitting in my parents’ bathroom on a blow-up...

Welcome to The Next Chapter! As we begin this new phase of My Climate Story, we wanted to introduce ourselves: the three student research interns who will be helping bring this project to life. We are all undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania, and...

This first of two posts about transformational climate education introduces the project’s Campus Correspondents pilot program which trained undergraduate reporters from 12 North American campuses.

“The Next Chapter” introduces a new phase in our climate story. We’re soft launching this MCS project blog in this summer of 2026 with a showcase of college students’ stories about climate’s impacts on their lives today-and about how it’s changing their future hopes and expectations,