Sustainable Stories
Cloud9 Climate exists to tell stories that spark action for a better future. Our mission is to create media that makes sustainability engaging, practical, and inspiring. Our first show, Spork the System, a show about the people, ideas, and innovations rebuilding the way we grow, move, and eat food. We focus on solutions and ideas that move beyond doom and gloom, showing how innovation, creativity, and everyday choices can shape a healthier planet. By blending storytelling with real-world impact, we aim to connect audiences, creators, and partners in building a climate-positive culture.
SPORK THE SYSTEM
Our content highlights innovations, practical choices, and cultural shifts that help audiences see what a climate-positive future can look like. Through Spork the System, we take a closer look at the food industry, digging into the policies, players, and power structures shaping what ends up on our plates, and imagining what a better system could look like. By going on social media and YouTube, we meet audiences in their daily lives and connect them with ideas that inspire change. Through partnerships with brands, creators, and experts, we're out to amplify stories that matter and spark real change.
Meet The Team
Matt Osterman
CO-FOUNDER · PRODUCER
Matt is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and storyteller who brings two decades of creative, business, and brand-building experience to Cloud9 Climate. His work spans feature films, marketing, and sustainability-driven ventures, all grounded in the belief that better stories can help people rethink what is possible.
Taylor Karasch
CO-FOUNDER · PRODUCER
Taylor is a Sustainable Systems graduate, a teacher in the University of Minnesota's Sustainable Systems Management program, and co-founder of a startup that sold building materials built to trap carbon. She's hands-on with producing the show and the one bringing new partners into the Spork the System fold.
Cassidy Schnell
CO-OWNER · HOST · PRODUCER
Cassidy studied Environmental Studies and Film/Media, with fieldwork that took her from coral reefs in Bali to sustainability projects in Japan. She's WWOOFed her way through farms in Japan, Eastern France, and the Netherlands, getting her hands in the dirt along the way. Cassidy is the face, heart, and storyteller of Spork the System.