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In 2018, the pair were named two of the 25 Most Influential Teens of 2018 by Time magazine. [10] In 2020, Melati was an invited speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [13] [14] In 2021, a documentary film on Melati Wijsen titled Bigger Than Us was released.
Also known as Kids for A Clean Environment, [15] Kids F.A.C.E. has a stated mission to provide information on environmental issues to children, to encourage and facilitate youth's involvement with effective environmental action, and to recognize those efforts which result in the improvement of nature. As of January 2008, they claim to have more ...
Better Planet Education (formerly the Young People's Trust for the Environment) is a British charity, founded in 1982 to encourage young people's understanding of the environment. The charity's main goal is to give young people a real awareness of environmental issues [ 1 ] such as climate change , pollution , deforestation , endangered flora ...
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrêːta ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj] ⓘ; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate change.
Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez (/ ʃ uː ˈ t ɛ z k ɔː t / shoo-TEZ-kawt; born May 9, 2000), also known by the initial X, [a] is an American environmental activist and hip hop artist. [2] [3] Martinez was the Youth Director of Earth Guardians until 2019. Martinez has spoken about the effects of fossil fuels.
Fridays for Future (FFF), also known as the School Strike for Climate (Swedish: Skolstrejk för klimatet [ˈskûːlstrɛjk fœr klɪˈmɑ̌ːtɛt]), is an international movement of school students who skip Friday classes to participate in demonstrations to demand action from political leaders to prevent climate change and for the fossil fuel industry to transition to renewable energy.
We Are Water Protectors is a 2020 picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade.Written in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, the book tells the story of an Ojibwe girl who fights against an oil pipeline in an effort to protect the water supply of her people.
This article lists film and television works which feature or discuss the environment, environmentalism or environmental issues.. Some notable and commercially successful films have featured environmental themes [1] and are commemorated through several environmental film festivals held annually.