Greta Thunberg is the most popular name when it comes to climate activist, but the credit goes beyond that. There are many other young climate activist seizing the opportunity to raise their voices through campaign against issues of climate change and addresses them. People all around the world see climate change as the essential threat to their generation. They skip schools in more than 130 countries to demand policy changes and to bring social and political changes by either campaigning in public or working for an organization.
Here are the names of 7 young and inspiring climate activists you should know about.
1. Isra Hisri
Social Media:- @israhirsi
"Youth needs to get involved in the climate crisis. Because it impacts our generation the most. We are the generation that has grown up with climate change our entire lives."
Isra Hisri
Isra Hisri is an American environmental activist who was named on Fortune's 2020 40 under 40 government and political list. She is the daughter of US Congressman Ilham Omar. Hisri co-founded the US Youth Climate Strike, the American arm of a global youth climate change movement in January 2019. In 2019, she won the Brower Youth Award and the Voice of the Future Award. On April 8, 2020, she gave her first TED talk entitled "The Angry Black Girl''.
2. Autumn Petlier
Social Media:- @autumn.peltier
"One day I'll be an ancestor and I want my descendants to know that I used my voice so that they could make a difference."
Autumn Peltier
Also titled as the "Water Warrior '', Autumn is an Anishinaabe Indigenous clean water advocate from the Wiikwemkoong First Nation and also chief water protector from the Anishinaabe Nation. She is worried about the lack of safe drinking water and has been a voice for the universal right of clean drinking water. She was nominated for International Children Peace Prize and named as one of United States Union of Concerned Scientist list of 2019 science defenders. In 2018 and 2019, she was invited to speak at the United Nation Secretary- General's Climate Action summit in New York.
3. Licypriya Kangujam
Social Media:- @LicypriyaK
"If you can help someone, you are changing a life. If you can help many people, you are changing the world."
Licypriya Kangujam
Little 9 year old Licy, also known as the "Indian Greta" has became a face of climate activist in India. She was honoured with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Children Award in 2019. She fought to stop climate change by demanding BJP government to bring the climate change law to control air pollution. She has won the International Children Peace Prize and India Peace Prize for her work.
4. Alexandria Villaseñor
Social Media:- @AlexandriaV2005
"My name is Alexandria Villaseñor. I’m 14 years old. I’m from New York. And I am here because 30 years ago the world signed a contract between generations that the present world would leave a world worth inheriting to the future. And today I want to tell the world, you are defaulting on that contract, and we’re here to collect."
Alexandria Villaseñor
Alexandria is an American climate activist located in New York and co-founder of US Youth Climate Strike and founder of Earth Uprising. She's also a follower of Friday's for Future Movement. She received the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival "Disruptor" Award. She stands for the 50% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 as outlined by IPCC.
5. Xiye Bastida
Social Media:- @xiyebeara
“We don’t call water a resource; we call it a sacred element. The relationship we have with everything that Earth offers, it’s about reciprocity. That’s the only way we are going to learn how to shift our culture from an extraction culture to a balanced and harmonious culture with the land.”
Xiye Bastide
Growing up in a town stricken by both droughts and floods, Xiye is one of the strongest voices in the Youth Climate Movement. She is located in New York and is one of the leading organizers for the Fridays for Future Youth Climate Strike Movement. She received the "Spirit of the UN" Award in 2018 and is co-founder of Re-Earth Initiative.
6. Lesein Mutunkei
Social Media:- @trees4goals
"It does not matter how small you are, everything you do for the environment counts."
Lesein Mutunkei
Lesein is founder of Tree for Goals (T4G's) initiative. He loves football and so for every goal he scores, he plants 11 trees. Hence, he has planted 1000 trees over the last two years after hearing about deforestation, climate change and plastic pollution. He has also encouraged his school and football club to adopt the environmentally friendly attitude so they get motivation to improve their game which also helps nature.
John Paul Jose
Social Media:- @johnpauljos
"We are the last generation that can do something. We can no longer pretend nothing is happening."
John Paul Jose
John is a youth leader of Fridays for Future in India. His journey began with joining a protest against the Yettinahole project. John is Greenpeace ambassador and is also a part of UNCCD (UN Convention to Combat Desertification) Youth Forum, and the UNEP working group on marine litter and plastics.
If you don't go for something, chances are no one else will. In conclusion, these young climate activists are successfully changing the mindset of people. In addition, making them aware of the problem we are soon going to face if we don't take any actions today. They're battling for their future, demanding the leaders and other officials to do whatever it takes to protect mother Earth.
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