Sisters on the Planet

As obvious as it sounds, climate change affects everybody. But climate change is already having a disproportionate impact on people in poor communities, and it's hitting women hardest.

It's not the easiest idea to understand, so to help explain we've made these short films about women, in both rich and poor countries, who are determined to do whatever they can to put a stop to climate change.

Watch them and become aware of the impact our changing climate is having on people's lives. And be inspired to join the fight against climate change too.

Watch the videos

• Sahena's story
• Sharon's story
• Muriel's story
• Martina's story

Become a Sister on the Planet (or a Brother)

It's time for you to tell your story. So talk to people about Sisters, get them to do the same, and you'll line up alongside Sahena, Sharon, Muriel, and Martina in the growing ranks of people taking on climate change.

• Sign the Sisters pledge (and join the Climate Change Action Team). Sign a pledge asking the US to help poor people adapt to the inevitable changes to their environment. You will automatically be added to our online action team, where you'll be given easy ways to educate your friends, family, Congress, president, and the media about the effects of climate change.
• Meet the "Sisters on the Planet" Ambassadors. Learn more about the American women leaders who are speaking out about women and climate change.
• Order a free DVD. Host a screening of these short films to help spread the word.
• Download a PDF of the "Sisters on the Planet" guide.
• Download a PDF of a Climate Change and Women Fact Sheet.
• Learn more. Climate change is hitting the world's poorest people first and worst, and it is women who are often at the greatest risk.
• Tell your story. Email us at climatechange@oxfamamerica.org and tell us what you're doing to spread the word in your community.

Oxfam's Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors represent a diverse group of American women leaders from business, politics, the arts and sciences, and the faith community. Inspired by the efforts of the women profiled in the Sisters on the Planet films, they have come together to serve as spokeswomen for Oxfam's climate change campaign, and to speak out on behalf of women around the world who now face the devastating effects of the climate crisis.

Linda Adams
Secretary
California Environmental Protection Agency

Elizabeth Becker
Journalist and Author;
Board Member, Oxfam America

The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham
President
The Regeneration Project
Interfaith Power and Light Campaign

Joy Bryant
Actress

The Rev. Miriam J. Burnett
President
Resource and Promotion of Health Alliance, Inc.

Ashley Cecil
Artist and Program Manager
Louisville Visual Arts Association

Carol Christ
President
Smith College

Kristie L. Ebi
Human Health Lead Author
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Anna Eshoo
Democrat of California
US Representative

The Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell
Ecumenical Officer
Progressive National Baptist Convention

Sharon Hanshaw
Executive Director
Coastal Women for Change

Nancy Hirshberg
Vice President of Natural Resources
Stonyfield Farm

Nancy Jackson
Executive Director
Climate and Energy Project

Serene Jones
President
Union Theological Seminary

Frances Moore Lappé
Author and Co-Founder
Small Planet Institute

Rachel Larson
Executive Director
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Barbara Lawton
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

Barbara Lee
Democrat of California
United States Representative

L. Hunter Lovins
President
Natural Capitalism Solutions

Doris O. Matsui
Democrat of California
US Representative

Betty McCollum
Democrat of Minnesota
US Representative

Thanh Xuan Nguyen
Executive Director
Women's Environment and Development Organization

Cynthia Ryan
Schooner Foundation

Zainab Salbi
Founder and President
Women for Women International

Susan Scrimshaw
President
The Sage Colleges

Kathleen Sebelius
Governor of Kansas

Angela Vincent
Regional Director
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Office
ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA Inc.

Jody Williams
Founder
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Nobel Women's Initiative

Mary Wilson
President
League of Women Voters

Lynn Woolsey
Democrat of California
US Representative

Order your free "Sisters on the Planet" DVD and Action Guide

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