Climate Activist and founder of Climate NOW

Sarah Goody is an internationally recognized social entrepreneur and climate activist. At 12-years-old Sarah began a 60-week climate strike outside of San Francisco City Hall, amassing political attention from Senator Bernie Sanders and Governor Jay Inslee amongst others. In 2019 Sarah founded Climate NOW, a youth-led organization focused on educating and empowering young people to take climate action. Climate NOW has worked with over 10,000 youth from across the world and presented to over 70 K-12 schools from around the world.

Sarah has forged a community of youth climate activists through speaking events and media contributions. Her work has been profiled by Good Morning America, Forbes, Nickelodeon, CNN, NBC, Access Hollywood, and more. As a freelance author her opinion work has been published in Teen Vogue, the San Francisco Chronicle and Marin Independent Journal.

Providing insight for NGOs, Sarah has served as an advisory member for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and the chair of the Corte Madera Climate Action Committee. In 2020 Sarah received the Princess Diana Award, the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action or humanitarian efforts.

Currently in her second year at UC Berkeley, Sarah aims to explore the intersection of law, entrepreneurship and sustainability.