For young climate activists, the pandemic is the defining moment for action

  1. Alexandria Villaseñor

Is the founder of a climate education group Earth Uprising.

During the pandemic they have:
1.recruited and educated new activists 2.prepared campaigns.

  1. Rabab Ali

Rabab and her brother Ali have sued the government for the right to live in a healthy environment.

  1. Ghislain Irakoze

Is the founder of Wastezon in Rwanda.

  1. Kehkashan Basu

Found ways to keep the Green Hope Foundation.

The organization installed toilets in Bangladesh and solar panels on homes, a community center, and a school in Liberia.

  1. Felix Finkbeiner

Is the founder of Plant-for-the-Planet.

He moved to a remote Mexican village to join his organization’s largest planting project.

Finkbeiner is working with scientists to set up large-scale forest restoration experiments.

  1. Mayumi Sato

She worked in several research programs that address other global issues that the pandemic exposed, such as racism and human rights.

7.Rosie Mills

Is an activist in the United Kingdom.

She believes there is still a long way to go to combat climate change.

  1. Basu

Is a National Geographic Young Explorer.

Sees opportunity in the Biden administration to combat climate change.

  1. Jamie Margolin

Is one of the founders of the climate activist group Zero Hour.

She doesn’t know if she has hope for the future, but she takes action to combat climate change.

Is an activist in Pakistan.

The company has helped send 460 million tons of electronic waste to recyclers.