Author. Educator. Activist.
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Featured Project
How floods in the PNW affect the environment
December 2025 saw historic flooding across Washington and Oregon, with consequences for people and nature that will likely be felt for years. Read more on Columbia Insight.
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Book
Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change
Movement Makers is the first book to comprehensively document 20+ years of youth climate activism in the United States, showing how a scattering of campaigns grew into a massive grassroots uprising. Find out more.
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Other writings
Articles, commentary, stories
I write about climate, forests, biodiversity, social change, and much else. Most writings relate directly to our planet’s fight for life. Learn more.
About Nick
Nick Engelfried writes about inspiring grassroots social movements and important environmental issues. He is the author of Movement Makers: How Young Activists Upended the Politics of Climate Change. As a freelance journalist, Nick has covered the Pacific Northwest fossil fuel resistance, Indigenous-led campaigns to stop oil pipelines, the fossil fuel divestment movement, the rise of the Fridays for Future climate strikes, and many other important topics. Learn more here.
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