Youth Climate Activists
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Luke Wallace and The Dandelion Resistance Project
Luke Wallace’s Dandelion Resistance Project brings music, storytelling and community together to inspire hope and collective action on climate change. Discover how his work reaches choirs, schools and audiences across North America.
Swapping fast fashion for climate solutions
Ulwiana Mehta-Malhotra keeps clothing out of landfills and helps students stay hopeful. This 18-year-old from North Vancouver inspires highschool students to trade fast fashion for thrift shops and clothes swaps, and provides a newsletter that spreads good news about climate solutions.
Loving the life of bees
Liam Sisson wants to teach you about bees. This 19-year-old University of British Columbia science student from Kelowna, B.C., spends his summers keeping bees and hosting guided beekeeping tours for visitors.
Wandering and learning about Canada's wild spaces
Graeme Hopkins is passionate about immersing young people in nature. This 20-year-old from Saskatchewan takes groups of youth, aged 13 to 18, into wild spaces in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Youth Climate Corps BC on CBC Radio's What On Earth Podcast
It might not sound like a climate job, but mechanical insulators help make buildings more energy efficient. Laura Lynch, host of CBC’s ‘What on Earth’ podcast, head out to meet a young woman who trained in the trade through a program set up by the Youth Climate Corps BC. The group is training young people around BC for a wide variety of good, green jobs and hopes to expand across the country.
How a nursing student champions environmental health in healthcare community
Ankur Patel, a 21-year-old nursing student from Terrace, British Columbia, is helping nurses see care for the planet as care for people.
Advocating for climate-friendly jobs for youth
Abbey Piazza understands the future. This 29-year-old knows that the climate crisis needs everyone, and everyone who works on climate change will carry eco-anxiety and grief for the rest of their lives. Her passion is to help them become more resilient.
Helping farmers access cheaper power with solar panels
Sonia Vinogradova is helping small farmers gain more energy independence. This 25-year-old woman from Montreal and her business partner, Joe Workentin, broke new ground, persuading regulators to allow solar panels on the BeetBox Co-op Farm’s barn.
Using social media to explain the climate crisis
Karishma Porwal uses her influence with millions of TikTok and Instagram users to link their day-to-day concerns to the climate crisis.
From sugarcane paper to shoreline cleanups: How one teen built a climate movement
Alexandra Chow encourages students to collaborate, so they increase their impact on the climate crisis. This 18-year-old from Vancouver was a 2024 winner of The I-SEA Youth Climate Activism Award for bringing together high school students from seven Vancouver schools.