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Ethan Brown

Training Program Coordinator

Metcalf Institute

Ethan Brown is the Training Program Coordinator at the University of Rhode Island's Metcalf Institute, where he develops and oversees programs to support journalists and scientists in accurate and accessible climate communication. Prior to joining Metcalf, Ethan was the Founder and Host of The Sweaty Penguin, a comedy climate podcast presented by PBS’s climate initiative Peril and Promise aiming to tackle climate anxiety and polarization. In its four year run, the podcast released over 220 episodes, received over 50,000 downloads, and interviewed over 130 climate scientists and scholars from 18 countries and 6 continents. Ethan also has bylines in Newsweek, The Hill, and Hartford Courant among other outlets. At Young Voices, Ethan also completed the Middle East History & Peace Fellowship, where he drew on his Jewish identity and experience volunteering in Israel and meeting Israeli cleantech startups to write for Times of Israel about Jewish climate solutions and antisemitism in climate discourse. He earned a dual degree in Environmental Analysis & Policy and Film & Television from Boston University in 2021, and won Covering Climate Now’s Emerging Journalist of the Year Award in 2024.

Policy focus
Energy & Environment
Region
Northeast
Location
Connecticut

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