Robin L. Murray is Professor Emeritus of English (Eastern Illinois University, United States) and continues to teach film courses.

Joseph K. Heumann is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies (Eastern Illinois University, United States) and continues to teach film courses.

Introduction: An Eco-Teen Film? Part I Teen Bodies, Eco-Trauma, and Eco-Activism 1. "Why Should I Study for a Future I Won't Have?": Activism and Eco-Trauma in Teen Climate Change Films 2. Turning Teens into Advocates: Crip Camp and the Real Meaning of Sustainability Part II Coming of Age in Post-Colonial Environments: Young Adult Eco-Struggles for Hope 3. Young Adult Postcolonial Ecologies in Zombi Child and Atlantics 4. "You Don't F**k with the Girls from Pang": Indigenous Science Fiction Meets YA Eco-Woman Power Part III Post-Colonial Teen War Films 5. When Teen Soldiers Tell their Own Environmental Narratives: The Case of War Witch and Beasts of No Nation 6. War as a Window into Nature in Monos Part IV Teens, Tweens, Viruses, and Spores: Finding Hope in/with the More-than-Human 7. Pangolin Love: South Park's Covid-19 Specials and the Power of Satire 8. Teen Identity Formation, Interdependence, and the Vegetal: Turning Monstrous Plants into Hope Conclusion: Climate Justice Film on the Front Lines

Illuminating the impacts of environmental disasters and climate crises globally, this book examines the experiences of teens grappling with eco-disasters and issues in films of the 21st century.