Book 2

Youth Unstoppable Slater has been a director since an early age: she shot her first movie when she was just six years old. So when

A Blueprint for Climate Revolution Renegade rocker turned nonviolent activist, Srdja Popovic wrote the handbook for nonviolent resistance a text that’ s now taught around

The Children Will Lead the Way Valentina went to her first protest when she was only five years old, and she has been involved as

What Does Sustainability Mean to You? Trevor Tanaka grew up on the Big Island of Hawai’i, and from an early age he was taught by

A Multicultural Dreamer Taynara Goncalves has always dreamed of being a doctor — ever since she was a very young girl living in a little

Rise Up for Africa! When Vanessa Nakate was cropped out of a photo with Greta Thunberg and other white climate change activists, she said, “You

Indigenous Leader Invites Youth to Share Their Gifts In 2015, Xiye Bastida’s hometown of San Pedro Tultepec in Mexico was hit with massive floods after

Sustainable Farming for Our Future Vincent Kimura is a “serial entrepreneur” in sustainable agriculture and technology. He strives to center the agricultural conversation as being

Turning Trash Into Trees When Vihaan Agarwal read about a fire at a large landfill in Delhi, he learned that trash was causing almost 20

Acting Locally & In Solidarity with Others Nepal is a country that is being hit especially hard by the effects of climate change. So when

Walking Between Worlds Shilpa studied at Harvard, but she became frustrated with her feeling that getting a Harvard degree was more about succeeding in the

The Girl Who Silenced the World For Five Minutes At age 12, Severn Suzuki traveled with the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO) to the UN Earth

A Call to Civic Action Scott Warren is an emerging leader in the youth civics and voting rights movements. The organization he cofounded, Generation Citizen,

Planting the Seeds for Peace As the nephew of Mubarak Awad—known to many as the “Gandhi of Palestine” for his nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation—Sami

Like Kids Everywhere When Samantha Smith was 10 years old, she became very concerned about the threat of nuclear war between the Soviet Union, and

Creating a New Social Contract Sam Jacobs is a philanthropic activist focused on income inequality and social justice. Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement,

Light and Hope for Puerto Rico At the age of 15, Salvador Gabriel Gomez Colon lived through the most traumatic night of his life when

To the Ends of the Earth…and Back Parker Liautaud is an Arctic explorer and environmental campaigner. By the time he was17, he had already made

Building Community for Climate Refugees Mohamad Al Jounde grew up in a family of revolutionaries: both of his parents protested in the Syrian revolution. Mohamad’s

From Invisible to Visible Michelle Dilhara is a well-known television actress in Sri Lanka. But even before she became famous, she was an activist for

Speaking Truth to Power Maria Ressa, who is originally from the Philippines, wants to bring some of the tactics of climate change and human rights

We Will Rock This! Linus Dolder has been an environmentalist from an early age — he used to organize bake sales with his friends to

A Citizen of the World Model, activist, citizen of the world. Leila Ndabirabe, who grew up in Burundi and Belgium, likes to think of herself

Learning as Leadership: Humanizing Business Lara Nuer was 14 years old when her mother, Claire, was diagnosed with cancer and told that she had just

Ripples of Hope Kerry Kennedy learned from her father early on that public service was “just really what you wanted to do because that was

Luna In 1997, Julia “Butterfly” Hill climbed up an ancient redwood tree named “Luna” in Northern California. Like many of the trees around it, Luna

Generation Waking Up Joshua Gorman is an emerging leader in the field of youth advocacy. At George Mason University, he created a selfdesigned major to

Get Into Good Trouble! U.S. Congressman John Lewis urged people to get into what he called “good trouble, necessary trouble.” As a child in Alabama,

For Tomorrow’s Child: An Environmental Epiphany It took Ray C. Anderson, founder and CEO of Interface Inc., 60 years to have his environmental epiphany. While

The Peace Corps in Malawi As a Peace Corps volunteer, Jill Bhowmik taught English in Malawi; and in the process she inspired countless young people.

Digital Toolkits for Inclusive Climate Justice Movements While researching an essay on the Paris climate agreement, Jett reached out to Pensacola 350, a local climate

Traveling with a Purpose As a teenager, every year at the start of the rainy season, Jessa would wake up at 4 a.m. to celebrate

Hope Springs from the Land Down Under Jean Hinchliffe is a 15-year-old climate change activist leading the youth movement in Australia on many fronts. She

All Hands On Deck: This Is Zero Hour Jamie Margolin is a youth climate justice activist inspiring the world to take action on behalf of

Connecting Islands Virtually for Climate Action James Ellsmoor is a renewable energy advocate, digital nomad, and serial green entrepreneur. He is cofounder of Solar Head

Climate Action in a Digital World Iris Zhan first learned about the climate crisis in the third grade. “When our teacher told us about climate

Healthier Skin with True Botanicals Growing up just outside of Los Angeles, Hillary Peterson was aware of the role toxic environments could have on one’s

Blue Planet Foundation: A Sustainable Legacy of Blue Innovation One day Henk Rogers woke up in the back of an ambulance, with a 100 percent

Invent Something to Help Others! The first public health crisis that Gitanjali sought to address scientifically was the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. “When I

A Life of Service: Water.org Gary White was raised for a life of service. “My parents, teachers, and faith really instilled in me a passion

Service Is Just What You Do As a child Gary Hirshberg had learned from his mother about the importance of serving others; a lesson that

Rise and Grind: Minimizing Food Waste In Scotland, where every year more than 40,000 tons of used coffee grinds end up in landfills, Fergus Moore

Nature’s Little Secrets Growing up on the tiny island of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, Feliza Fenty saw income inequality close up from

Plant-for-the-Planet When Felix was five years old, he got a present: it was a stuffed polar bear, almost as big as himself. Four years later,

An Indigenous Leader Evon Peter grew up in a village nearly 100 miles above the Arctic Circle. Despite being surrounded by natural beauty, Evon faced

Building a Sustainable Business Ecosystem Cooperation Equals Power. That was the message Elliot saw scrawled on the wall of the electric power plant he saw

Human Nature Projects When Elliot was just 10 years old, he met a leopard in Botswana. It was a close call, and an experience that

Green Generation Destiny Hodges always wanted to become a journalist. She joined her middle school’s broadcasting class, and became a news editor in high school.

An Opportunity to Give Back – via Zoom!! Demi had imagined that her 17th birthday would be quite different from what it turned out to

Savvy Social Media Influencer Strikes for Our Future David Wicker is an environmental activist fighting against climate change on the European front. At age 14,

Creating Mission-Driven Companies As a young reporter, David Dietz embarked on a dangerous journey to the Middle East, to cover the political situation that came

Carrying on His Grandfather’s Legacy “When you bring people together who believe in something very strongly, good things can happen,” Cesar Chavez’s grandfather had taught

Raising Our Voice for Change One of the founders of the Women’s March, Carmen Perez, rose to national fame in 2017. But her path to

A Voice for the Voiceless At the age of 16, Betsabe Reyna was offered the opportunity to travel to Mexico with a few other kids

The Land of Many Waters Guyana is called the “land of many waters.” But until she was in college, Benita Davis never truly understood the

Turning Waste into Fuel Azza Faiad is an up-and-coming leader in Egypt’s renewable energy space. In high school she discovered a way to convert plastics

A Petition Changes the Food Industry Asha (12) and her sister Jia (10) love orangutans. So they were shocked to learn that their favorite cereal

We Must Be the Change We Want to See in The World Born and brought up in South Africa, Arun Gandhi faced a lot of

Sustainability for Black Communities From her mother’s work in sustainability issues, even as a child Illai Kenney understood that marginalized communities like hers are very

How Can I Help? When Josue Cruz was 14, he was invited to serve as a youth delegate to a Youth Leadership Summit being held

Sustainable Business, Sustainable Living After the first Earth Day in 1970, Ed Begley Jr. began pondering what the future could look like if the momentum

From Recycling to Resale: Rebag When Kassandra Castillo Cruz was 14 years old, a friend invited her to join a new youth leadership program, the

Water Walker The grandniece of Josephine Mandamin–an Anishinaabe First Nations elder who started the Water Walk movement—Autumn Peltier has activism in her blood. Still in

Applied Hope: Building Resilient Communities Ana Sophia always knew she wanted to work at a mission-driven organization that had an outlook as positive and hopeful

Changemaking from the Nation’s Capital Jerome Foster grew up near our nation’s capital. “I always understood what BLM (Black Lives Matter), women’s rights, and other