Diamond Spratling

Founder and Chair, Girl Plus Environment, Atlanta, GA

Diamond Spratling, MPH (she/her) is an award-winning environmental justice activist, storyteller, and  public speaker. In 2019, she founded Girl + Environment, the national non-profit organization  designed to educate, engage, and empower Black and Brown girls, women, and non-binary folx to  stand up for climate and environmental justice in their own communities. Diamond’s leadership in  environmental justice and beyond is driven by her own lived experiences in Detroit as well as the  motivation to dismantle health, racial, and environmental inequities in other Black and Brown  communities alike. 

The Detroit native and two-time TEDx speaker has spent years at the intersection of environment and  health. Her strong dedication to the sector has earned her the William H. Sterner Memorial Award  (2017), the Elmore Manufacturing Award (2018) and the Yale New Horizons in Conservation Award  (2021, 2022). In addition to her work at Girl + Environment, she has helped many cities, companies,  and organizations globally to adopt meaningful, equitable processes that prioritize community and  protect our planet. Namely, Diamond has supported projects at Bloomberg Associates, Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention, City of Atlanta, Climate Advocacy Lab, Greenlink Analytics,  International Society for Urban Health, among others.