Let C4C help you in the fight for our planet.

Walking around McNeely Lake Park in Louisville, Kentucky on a Sunday afternoon in 2020, high school seniors Katelyn Johnston and Shayla Roberts-Long noticed trash throughout the trails, destroying their beautiful green space. The pollution littering their once spotless trails forced them to face the reality of climate change. Encouraged to start a project through Lead4Change at their high school, they hosted their first park clean up at McNeely Lake Park. After a successful cleanup, they thought deeply about the needs in their community. One that they saw was a need for education around advocacy and the environment. So many people don't know how to contact their legislators or are confused about topics relating to the environment, like carbon credits or gasification and pyrolysis. These are things that we aren't taught about, and can be difficult to understand. We started Clean4Change to change that.

Since the founding of Clean4Change in 2021, the organization has evolved from park clean ups, and now hosts advocacy socials, climate cafe's, flood relief mutual aid trips, movie nights, and more. Our group has continued to serve the Louisville community, but has also expanded throughout the state with membership at colleges around Kentucky. We are now active in Louisville, Berea, Whitesburg (for our flood relief trips), and soon, Lexington.

Clean4Change’s mission is to create a joyful community around climate justice work that empowers and supports Kentuckians to take action to address the climate crisis.

Your donation helps us to continue our work. This may go towards funding our team to attend conferences, lead Letcher County mutual aid trips, host park cleanups, and provide other necessary supplies for our events. Donating today will allow us to continue our work for a brighter tomorrow.