Journalist & Author

Books

Climate Champions paper book out in October 2024 Release date: Oct 15, 202

"This book promises an introduction to 15 women climate champions, but it delivers far more...the women's stories offer hope and inspiration."

- Booklist starred review 


Cover + Illustrations by Ana Copenicker

"Engaging, brilliant, and intersectional: a must for shelves everywhere."

- Kirkus starred review

About Rachel

Rachel Sarah is a journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area.

She currently works on the Media Team at RMI, an international nonprofit that’s transitioning the world from fossil fuels to clean, carbon-free energy for all.

Rachel was a 2022 Climate Kiplinger Fellow in climate reporting. Her most recent book, Climate Champions: 15 Women Fighting for Your Future (Chicago Review Press), came out in 2023. Her fourth book — Farming is Female — is due out with Simon & Schuster/Little Bee in 2025.

Rachel is back at Left Margin LIT this September 2024 to teach an online, generative writing class with her dear friend Susie Meserve. You can sign up here.

Illustration of woman with clipboard and fist in the air by Ana Copenicker

Author

GIRL WARRIORS: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the Earth was published in 2021 (Chicago Review Press). Rachel’s third book, CLIMATE CHAMPIONS: 15 Women Fighting for Your Future, came out in 2023.

Woman with flower walking. Illustration by Ana Copenicker

Teacher

Rachel is back at Left Margin LIT to teach an online, generative writing class for two weeks in September 2024. She’s co-leading this popular, fun class again with her dear friend Susie Meserve. Sign up here.

Woman with megaphone, illustration by Ana Copenicker

Journalist

Rachel’s next book — Farming is Female: 20 Women Shaking up the Field — is due out in spring 2025 with Simon & Schuster.

Featured Work -

  • The Guardian

    “‘Filling in the gaps’ for food access: women-run farms rethink California agriculture”

    Feburary 15, 2023

  • Yahoo News

    “Activist gets candid about pollution fears: 'Climate anxiety is real, especially for a young Indigenous woman'“

    April 21, 2022

  • Yahoo News

    “How undrinkable water in Indigenous Canadian communities pushed this 17-year-old activist to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau”

    April 21, 2022

  • Yahoo News

    "Disposable masks can take up to 450 years to decompose. Here’s how to help the environment while remaining safe from COVID"

    Feb. 28. 2022

  • Yahoo News

    Here’s why you might want to stop washing your jeans: ‘It’s about reducing our impact’

    Feb. 16, 2022

  • Yahoo News

    Meet the Young Black Farmers Fighting Environmental Food Injustice: “Sustainability is About Longevity.”

    February 7, 2022

  • YES! Magazine

    Whose Voices Are (And Aren’t) Being Heard at COP26

    November 4, 2021

  • POPSUGAR

    How to Get Out the Vote —

    Even Under Stay-at-Home Orders

    August 27, 2020

  • LIVEKINDLY

    Want a Sustainable, Livable, World? Listen to Women.

    December 1, 2021

  • Institute of Science and Policy

    Essay on climate activism

    Nov. 15, 2021

  • The Washington Post

    Reported feature on teen activists hustling to save the planet

    July 10, 2019

  • GoDaddy

    “20 questions with Jonathan Levy (aka Zero Waste Guy)”

    April 22, 2019

Events -

  • Author's Visit: March 20

    Speaking to 120 sixth-eighth graders at Julia Morgan School for Girls in Oakland, CA

  • Saturday, April 29, 2023 - 3:00pm

    Climate Champions (Ferry Building Store)

    Rachel Sarah's new book Climate Champions explores 15 contemporary women on the frontlines of science to create a sustainable future on Earth.

  • Rachel will be joined in conversation by artist Peter Stein, discussing the global climate crisis and ways that everyday people are taking action on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at Vibe Gallery in downtown Petaluma.

  • Broward Country Public Schools

    4th Annual Broward Youth Climate Summit for BCPS Students in Grades 5-12

    March 9-10 (Virtual) and April 20 (In-Person), 2022

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Girl Warriors: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the World by Rachel Sarah

    Monday, March 7, 2022

  • Bay Area Book Festival

    Climate moderator at 2021 event,

    part of the Festival’s Women Lit series

  • Instagram Live

    This week Rachel Sarah sits down with environmentalist and storyteller @ayisha_sid to talk about #PollutionAwareness.

    April 2

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