Vanessa Raditz, MA, MPH

News Journalism

Harrington, Samantha. (Oct 10, 2025). When a hurricane hits, she shows up for those left behind. Yale Climate Connections. https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/when-a-hurricane-hits-she-shows-up-for-those-left-behind/

Gray, Audre. (July 20, 2025). Out in the Storm. Inside Climate News. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072025/lgbtq-disaster-protection-politics/ 

Funes, Yessenia. (Jun 10, 2025). Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement. Atmos Magazine and HEATED. https://atmos.earth/fossil-fuel-billionaires-are-bankrolling-the-anti-trans-movement/ 

Linton, Madison (April 25,2025). “Forces of Nature.” Red & Black. https://www.redandblack.com/culture/forces-of-nature-earth-gay-event-at-uga-blends-queer-pride-and-sustainability/article_135aedef-b9f7-4430-ada2-9df68d8c96a3.html 

Funes, Yessenia. (Jun 25, 2024). Queer Communities Brace for Supercharged Hurricane Season. Atmos Magazine. https://atmos.earth/queer-communities-brace-for-supercharged-hurricane-season/ 

Mather, Nikolai (May 11, 2023). Community GIS Class Helps Map Evictions in Athens-Clarke County https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/local/2023/05/11/uga-students-map-out-evictions-in-athens/70198737007/ 

Nguyen, Melina (Feb 2, 2023) Extreme Heat Disproportionately Impacts LGBTQIA+ Communities, Say Experts. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/2023/02/extreme-heat-disproportionately-impacts-lgbtqia-communities-say-experts/ 

Renie, Kayla. (July 6, 2022) Community efforts to combat food insecurity in Athens help, but more to be done. Athens Banner-Herald. https://www.onlineathens.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/07/06/photos-community-efforts-combat-food-insecurity-athens/7750768001/   

Funes, Yessenia. (Mar 2, 2022) Climate Justice must include all women. Atmos Magazine. https://atmos.earth/climate-change-womens-rights-justice-trans/ 

Kosen, Linda (Aug 11, 2020). Pivoting during a pandemic: Fieldwork in the time of COVID. UGA Office of Research Communications. https://research.uga.edu/news/pivoting-during-a-pandemic-fieldwork-in-the-time-of-covid/ 

Podcasts & Interviews

Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society Podcast with Dr Mark Ashley Perry (June 17, 2025). The Impact of Disasters on LGBTQ+ Communities. https://youtu.be/FBFw6SI4Dcw 

Translash with Imara Jones. (Apr 25, 2024). Environmental Justice through a Trans Lens. https://translash.org/podcasts/translash-podcast/environmental-justice-through-a-trans-lens-2/ 

Queer Climate Futures (Feb 8, 2024). Vanessa Raditz, Co-Founder of Queer Ecojustice Project. Oral History. https://queerclimatefutures.com/2024/02/08/vanessa-raditz/ 

Green Dreamer with Kamea Chayne. (Jan 11, 2022) Vanessa Raditz: Queering resilience amidst climate disasters (ep339). https://www.greendreamer.com/podcast/vanessa-raditz-queering-resilience 

Wang, Elizabeth. (Spring 2021). Interview With Vanessa Raditz – Fire & Flood Filmmaker. Binghamton University oSTEM https://orb.binghamton.edu/library-sustainability-resources/3/ 

Del Rosso, Adam.  (June 11, 2021). “Highlighting Queer Resilience During Climate Crisis. Accuweather. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x81wpsg 

Carlson, Maya (June 24, 2020). Lessons of Resilience from Queer Movements for Liberation. Bioneers. https://bioneers.org/lessons-of-resilience-from-queer-movements-for-liberation/ 

Media Profiles

Verdigal (June 11, 2024). Queer Environmentalists to Follow This Pride Month. https://verdicalgroup.com/queer-environmentalists-to-follow-this-pride-month/ 

McNulty, Leanne (September 5, 2022) How is queerness represented in the environmental movement?https://greenisthenewblack.com/how-is-queerness-represented-in-the-environmental-movement/ 

Zagame, Kristina (June 19, 2022). Celebrating LGBTQ+ Climate Leaders, Influencers and Organizations. https://www.ecowatch.com/lgbtq-climate-leaders.html

Steinkopf-Frank, Hannah. (Nov 19, 2021) Queering Climate Activism. Yes! Magazine.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/11/19/queering-climate-activism

Bååth, Ingrid. (Date Unknown) Queer Ecology, Mapped: Top 15 Queer Ecology Activists. https://www.climateculture.earth/5-minute-reads/top-15-queer-ecology-activists 

Can’t Stop Change Film Reviews

Hamilton, Colleen. (Dec 11, 2024). Natalia Villarán-Quiñones Is Advocating for Queer People on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis. https://www.them.us/story/natalia-villaran-quinones-florida-cant-stop-change-film-interview 

Lowell, Grace. (June 18, 2024). Queers for Climate Justice explore intersectionality between climate change and Florida’s LGBTQ+ community in new documentary. https://watermarkonline.com/2024/06/18/queers-for-climate-justice-explore-intersectionality-between-climate-change-and-floridas-lgbtq-community-in-new-documentary/ 

Miller, Daylina. (April 3, 2024) New documentary highlights the intersection of LGBTQ+ activism and climate change. https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2024-04-03/new-documentary-highlights-the-intersection-of-lgbtq-activism-and-climate-change 

Uyeda, Ray. (Jan 2, 2024). In ‘Can’t Stop Change,’ queer climate stories from Florida’s front lines take center stage. https://prismreports.org/2024/01/03/cant-stop-change-florida-queer-climate/