Young filmmaker Arian Tomar shows others how they can change the world
By Patricia Lane & Arian Tomar | Jan 30, 2023
Arian Tomar in Eden Grove, one of the remaining areas of old-growth that is set for clear-cutting. Photo by Mike Graeme
Arian Tomar, a 19-year-old Indigenous Hmong-Indian American documentary filmmaker, mentors and supports youth climate leaders.
As part of a project with Gulf Islands-based I-SEA and Vancouver Island’s Take A Stand: Youth for Conservation, I support young people with good ideas about climate action to deepen their knowledge and amplify their abilities to make a difference in the ways that matter to them.
Tell us about your project.
As part of a project with Gulf Islands-based I-SEA and Vancouver Island’s Take A Stand: Youth for Conservation, I support young people with good ideas about climate action to deepen their knowledge and amplify their abilities to make a difference in the ways that matter to them.
For example, Emmanuel Shamambo is currently enrolled in the climate leadership program at Pearson College in Metchosin. I am helping him combine his talent in illustration with his concern for deforestation in his native Zambia. I found a small grant to give him motion-graphic creation capacity so his community can better understand the scale of destruction and pathways to change. We are using social media networks to disseminate the information.
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A film by Arian Tomar, sponsored by Take A Stand: Youth For Conservation, and made in collaboration with the Youth Climate Corps BC.
Facing the threat of climate change, the Youth Climate Corps BC collaborates with communities across British Columbia to challenge what resilience looks like through youth led, locally designed, climate action initiatives that inspire hope.