The present moment is marked by profound uncertainty about how our communities can fight back against the life-threatening impacts of climate change, especially Black, Indigenous, and other communities of the global majority. Our communities already possess the vision and drive to build better futures for ourselves. Sharing accessible climate science information is how we push back against our communities being excluded from mainstream sustainability dialogues and decision-making. We are exposing the role of extractive and oppressive economies impacting climate and the environment, building common goals, and investing in our communities to collectively envision better futures. Anchored in the liberatory and innovative aspirations of Afrofuturism, Eco-Afro Futures is the Critical Ecology Lab’s response to these pressing challenges.

Eco-Afro Futures is an initiative designed to gather, inform, inspire, and mobilize these communities around local and global environmental realities and liberatory world-building. Inspired by Afrofuturism, moved by the Black Radical Imagination, and rooted in ancestral environmental wisdom, Eco-Afro Futures aims to spark creativity, collaboration, and grassroots action in communities across the US. EAF is more than a summit— it’s a constellation of experiences illuminating paths toward a socially just, sustainable, and thriving future.

Each Eco-Afro Futures event features:

Powerful and Thought-Provoking Talks and Panels: Insights from environmental thinkers who bring their lived experiences and values into their research, education, advocacy, and design work

Interactive and Creative Spaces: Opportunities for hands-on learning, critical conversations, skill-building, and deep networking

Showcasing Local Impact: Explore work and connect with local vendors, community organizations, and artists driving justice and sustainability

Generosity as a Radical Act: Experience abundance through freely available books, refreshments, gear, and more contributed by individuals, local organizations, and national entities and curated by CEL.

Our theme for 2025 is: From Seeds to the Stars!

Registration for Eco-Afro Futures 2025: From Seeds to Stars is live! Register here.

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