If we compress the entire history of human civilization into a single day, our planet would have about five minutes left before it goes boom unless we do something about the global issues, the most jarring one being global warming.
There’s still time to save our lovely Earth, but we need to act fast, and these magnificent young boys and girls are the ones to lead the charge!
1. Alexandria Villaseñor, 16, USA
Villaseñor became interested in the issue of climate change and started the “Fridays For Future” movement in New York after she nearly choked to death from California wildfires in the fall of 2018. In 2019, Alex became friends with Greta Thunberg, supported her initiatives, and joined her lawsuit against the authorities of Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Turkey, and France for violating the Paris climate agreement.
2. Lilly Platt, 14, UK-Netherlands
Lilly Platt moved from the UK to the Netherlands with her family in 2014 and has been involved with the local FFF movement since 2018. Platt also participates in these events with the full support of her mother and grandfather and with the written permission of the teachers. To show the world what their trash looks like, she started Lilly’s Plastic Pickup project on Instagram.
3. Melati and Isabel Wijsen, 20 and 22, Indonesia
Back in 2013, the Vijsen sisters launched the Bye Bye Plastic Bags project to protect their home island of Bali from plastic pollution. In a few years, a small organization had evolved into a powerful youth movement, which the authorities could not ignore. As a result, thanks largely to the actions of the Vijsen sisters, since 2018, plastic bags have been officially banned in Bali, and from 2021 the ban has been valid throughout Indonesia.
