Recommended age 8-18
31 minutes
YOUNG VOICES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
This is a collection of short videos by Lynne Cherry. The production values are consistently good for all. Middle school kids will appreciate the small steps it takes to produce change in the environment, from recycling to retrofitting a school, resulting in $39,000 energy savings in one year. That's impressive! Anya Citizen, working in Siberia, gathered water samples for the Woods Hole Institute in Mass. Inspiring and achievable.
Young people from around the world who are making a difference by reducing the carbon footprint in their communities, schools and cities. Who better to speak for the future than the children? 11-year-old Felix Finkbeiner has planted 500,000 trees in Germany and teaches workshops on climate justice around the world. Alec Loorz from California has started kids vs. globalwarming.com, collected more than 40,000 signatures on a Declaration of Independence from Fossil Fuel that he wrote. Team Marine got a ban on plastic bags in their county. Anya collected water samples for climate change research in Siberia. Four girls in Florida saved their school thousands. The series shows that kids have the power to change our world.
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