We are building a global cultural movement that's inspiring big, bold, and beautiful climate action.
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Arts and culture to inspire action for a just and thriving world.
What are your Human Impacts? Climate change is complex and often overwhelming. We also know that caring about something doesn’t necessarily lead us to meaningful impact. We make action personal and practical by highlighting new voices of leadership, connecting you to solutions in engaging ways, and welcoming you to a diverse, creative community that is addressing the root causes of the climate crisis.
How We Do It
Announcements & Events
Open Call for Artists
CCA New York 2025
Artists worldwide, this is your call! The 2025 Creative Climate Awards (CCA) invites you to submit your work—any medium, any style—that envisions Inspiring Futures in the fight against climate change. Showcase your art in NYC, compete for $2,000 in awards, and be part of a global movement for climate action. Submissions due February 10, 2025.
Creative Climate Awards Marseille 2025
Join us for our first Creative Climate Awards Marseille - a monthlong festival of art and climate action in the Phoenician port city. Visit the whole month of February for an exhibit with 14 local artists, +130 local initiatives, +40 works from Marseille youth, performances, film screenings, workshops, and so much more!
Trophées Pionniers du Climat 2030
Human Impacts Institute est fier d’être partenaire de Marseille 2030. Les Trophées Pionniers du Climat 2030 récompensent les initiatives innovantes en faveur de la transition écologique.
Candidatez avant le 21 février 2025.
Social Amplifiers
Are you a community leader—or do you know someone who is?
We are seeking Social Amplifiers to lead climate conversations and actions in NYC. This pilot program provides training, a $200 stipend, and a platform for emerging grassroots leaders.
Nominate someone, or yourself!
Amplify Frontline Voices
We are proud to invite young climate leaders to join our latest storytelling project - Artivism and Amplfiers. This story library is for amplifying the demands and visions for the future from youth from communties most impacted by the climate crisis.
Explore Our Research
At the Human Impacts Institute (HII), we believe arts and culture are vital for inspiring meaningful climate action, which prompted our research into what sparks environmental justice action, how arts and culture influence this action, and how to measure that impact for community-based programs.
APPLY TODAY
Become an HII Intern
Applications are open for our ongoing internship program, which is offered in-person in NYC and Marseille, as well as virtually. If you are passionate about climate justice and creativity, we'd love to see your application!
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Our Impact
What are your Human Impacts? Ours include building collaborations between artists and scientists, policymakers, activists, and educators and developing over 25,000 hours of creative climate programming to audiences across the globe. We are ready to do more.
873+
educational events
324,000+
program participants
25,600+
volunteer hours
