9 in 10 AGREE:
the world we want is filled with fresh air and safe water. And a thriving, beautiful home for ALL.
These are the stories of the people building that world, across America and its territories.
About our Storytelling Strategy
Storytelling is one of three strategies our coalition uses to advance its mission, alongside Collective Advocacy and Capacity Building. But it is more than a tactic.
A story, as we define it, is a true account of a person or community's relationship to the natural world, to one another, and to the conditions that shape their health. It is told by the person whose experience it holds, or with their consent, and it lives in specifics: a named place, a real moment, a thing seen up close that no one watching from a distance could see.
That last part is the whole point. Our approach is relational, community-led, and consent-based, which means frontline communities, experts, and advocates are the narrators of their own stories, never the subjects of someone else's. When people tell their own experience, the story carries an authority no institution can manufacture. It keeps the dignity of the teller intact. And it roots our movement in the voices of the people we exist to serve.
Our storytelling is also grounded in evidence. We draw on original language analysis and frames tested through national polling of more than 1,500 voters. The findings are clear. The language that moves people to act:
Centers shared values. It names the universal right to healthy air to breathe, safe water to drink, and a future where every child can thrive.
Names specific actors. It calls out the people and institutions causing harm instead of hiding behind abstract systems.
Builds toward something. It organizes us around the world we are making, not only the harm we are trying to stop.
About this Story Directory
Stories are what we are made of, which is what makes storytelling powerful. Storytelling is one of the strongest tools we have to build collective strength and move our culture toward a world where nature, justice, and health are inseparable.
This directory is our coalition's commitment to gather that power and keep it in the hands of the people who hold it, to make sure those closest to the harm, and to the repair, are the ones telling the story.
Here you will find people, places, wildlife, and the living record of a movement: the stories, the tools to tell them, and proof that you are not telling yours alone. And your story does not stop here. It becomes part of how we make the case, in fact sheets, in testimony, in the campaigns that turn what you have seen into fresh air, safe water, and a thriving, beautiful home for ALL.
Choose Your Storytelling Platform
FLICKR
PRIVATE SUBMISSIONS
Our Storytelling Platforms
Voices from our Community: Featured Stories
From the snapshots on Flickr to the deep discussions on Reddit, your contributions shape our collective narrative. Below are some of our community-sourced stories.
An Anniversary Worth Defending: Reflecting on the Endangered Species Act
America the Beautiful for All Coalition Stands with Pacific Partners Against Deep Sea Mining
Building Community Through Conservation: The Conservation Collective's Mission
WE ARE NOT INVENTORY: Honoring a Century of Black Stewardship of Nature, Justice, and Health
Storytelling Resources
Saving nature in ways that uphold environmental justice and public health is possible. Research shows that the words, frames, and stories we choose shape whether we reach that future. Built from cognitive language analysis and national polling, our growing resource library includes language research, ready-to-use templates, message frames, and storytelling strategies. Take what you need, make it yours, and let's begin sharing stories that carry our shared values: fresh air, safe water, and a thriving, beautiful home for ALL.
Ready to share your story?
