Saplings

We often make grand state­ments about the youth being the future, bestow­ing upon them the respon­si­bil­i­ty to cre­ate changes in the future.

Saplings is a call to action; a light cen­tered on the incred­i­ble work the youth are doing, and a wake­up call to cen­ter their voic­es and lis­ten as they plant seeds of trans­for­ma­tive resistance.

In Saplings, For­est For Trees invite youth to chal­lenge cor­po­rate greed, the fos­sil fuel indus­try, green­wash­ing, and extrac­tive poli­cies that are direct­ly impact­ing our chang­ing com­mu­ni­ties, ecosys­tems, and every­day lives. Weav­ing togeth­er voic­es of young activists and envi­ron­men­tal­ists, we cel­e­brate those right­ful­ly claim­ing space with­in cli­mate jus­tice. What would it mean to real­ly listen?

For­est For Trees Col­lec­tive is one of the 2025 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence.