Chelsea Dade: Healing the Planet, One Community at a Time

In a world churning with climate headlines, it’s rare to meet someone whose journey feels as organic, and as purposeful, as Chelsea Dade’s. Raised in the United States with a childhood rooted in gardening, green living, and animal care, Chelsea didn’t just stumble into sustainability, she grew into it.

Chelsea Dade

Today, as the founder of Communicate For Health Justice (CFHJ) LLC, Chelsea is redefining what climate action looks like when it is infused with compassion, community, and clarity. With a keen understanding that climate justice is inseparable from health equity, she stands at the powerful intersection where advocacy meets action.

From Soil to Systems

“My passion for gardening mirrors my work, both require tending, time, and trust” Chelsea reflects. “But as I grew older, that passion evolved. I began to see the systems around me, how climate injustice is often health injustice, especially for vulnerable communities.”

For Chelsea, sustainability is not a lofty ideal, it’s a lived practice. Her earliest affinity for nurturing life has now matured into a mission to transform lives, particularly through education. She believes that teaching isn’t just about sharing knowledge; it’s about building power. “When people learn how the climate crisis intersects with equity, survival, and health, they realize they’re not just victims of it. They can be agents of change.”

Business for a Better Tomorrow

Chelsea’s company, CFHJ, is more than just a venture, it’s a vision realized. By committing to low-carbon operations, prioritizing digital engagement, and resisting the unchecked overuse of AI (due to its own climate costs), CFHJ models what it means to walk the talk,

and this isn’t theory. Backed by a recent People’s Climate Innovation Center grant, Chelsea is leading a flagship project in 2025: a bold and brilliant series of Climate Justice Workshops in Washington, D.C. These aren’t your average sit-and-listen sessions.

Designed for communities of color, especially east of the Anacostia River, they blend data tools, youth advocacy training, and hands-on exploration of pressing issues like asthma, air pollution, housing, and extreme weather.

The inaugural workshop, held in February, was a vibrant gathering of voices, questions, and hope, more are on the way.

A Leader on the Global Stage

Chelsea’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. In 2025, she was accepted into the prestigious United People Global (UPG) Sustainability Leadership Program, joining a worldwide network of changemakers committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. Her participation in UPG is more than a badge of honor, it’s a launchpad for scaling her mission globally, especially where climate and health intertwine.

Whether she’s facilitating climate-health dialogues, training youth in advocacy, or reimagining health systems as climate partners, Chelsea is a force of nature in her own right. With every workshop and every word, she reminds us that climate action is not just about decarbonization, it’s about re-humanization.

Teaching for Transformation

Ask Chelsea what keeps her going, and her answer is refreshingly clear: “Education. Because when people understand, they transform, and so does the world around them.”

In a time when climate doom dominates discourse, Chelsea Dade offers a welcome counter-narrative: one of empowerment, equity, and enduring hope.

Through CFHJ, through UPG, and through the communities she uplifts, she’s not just communicating for health justice, she’s building a healthier planet, one neighborhood at a time. If her story teaches us anything, it’s this: the roots of climate justice may begin in the soil, but they bloom in the hearts and hands of people like Chelsea.

To follow Chelsea Dade’s work or connect with CFHJ, stay tuned for the upcoming Climate Justice Workshops in D.C. and beyond. Because the future is green, and it’s growing fast.