Kariel StuartThe Record
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KarielStuart

I work in environmental research and advocacy. This is also a home for my writing and creative projects.

Worked with
  • Friends of the Earth U.S.
  • United Nations
  • World Federation of United Nations Associations
  • Office of the Prime Minister, The Bahamas — Climate Change & Environmental Advisory Unit
  • University of Florida
  • Geosyntec Consultants
  • City of Gainesville
  • Sunrise Movement
  • Community Agriculture Corporation
  • A Growing Culture
  • ActionAid Brazil & ActionAid USA
  • Adasina Social Capital
  • Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
  • Amazon Watch
  • BankTrack
  • Rede Social
  • DOPENMIC Arts Incubator
  • Foodrise
  • LIFE
  • Rainforest Action Network
  • Seeding Reparations
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( About )

I grew up on Grand Bahama. Questions about the environment have always been questions about home.

That connection shapes my work, though my interests have taken me in quite a few directions. You’ll find some of them here.

ResearchPolicyAdvocacyOrganizingAgricultureContent
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01

Policy

International affairs and advocacy

My work has included research on the Sustainable Development Goals and congressional advocacy on plant-based school meals.

02

Climate

Environmental research

Research on how investment decisions affect forests, including public pension funds’ exposure to deforestation.

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03

Agriculture

Community Agriculture Corporation

Co-founder and President

We’re developing a place where farmers and researchers can test ideas together, with practical support for people getting started in agriculture.

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04

Content

Independent creative work

Video and digital storytelling

I make short-form videos about climate and culture, with room for my own observations and sense of humor.

Take a look around.

01 / A letter from Kariel D. Stuart2026

The part I wantedto tell you myself.

Read the letter

02 / Research & advocacy

The Dispatch

Research and writing from my fellowship at Friends of the Earth, examining how finance shapes forests and food systems.

Read The Dispatch

Public pensions and deforestation

Research on funds in New York City, California, and Massachusetts.
Sunlit agricultural fields beside the coast

03 / Community Agriculture Corporation

Making a living on the land.

My co-founder and I started Community Agriculture Corporation because we want farming to be a life more people can build. We’re working toward that through agricultural research and training for new farmers.

See what we’re building

04 / Independent publishing

Fairpoint
Media.

Books and worksheets to help you understand what you’re looking at, ask better questions, and make up your own mind.

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