Get inspired by these short films, stories, poetry, and artwork addressing the issues of Climate Change.
Goldman Prize Winners
Climate Activist Films
In 2020 Nemonte received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize and was named to Time Magazine’s Top 100 most influential people.
Our Atoll Speaks (Ko Talatala Mai Tō Mātou Wenua) is a communal film poem about the vast environmental knowledge of Pukapuka/Nassau, an atoll in the Northern Group of the Cook Islands.
Young People Making a Positive Difference
Though children are too young to vote, they're finding ways to take action in other ways.
Films Made by Youth
Young Climate Activists Slater Jewell-Kemker and Greta Thunberg
Slater Jewell-Kemker is a climate activist and was a student reporter for The MY HERO Project for many years. View her work on MY HERO as she worked towards completing an extraordinary feature documentary on Climate Activists called Youth Unstoppable which can be viewed online and the link is included below.
This documentary gives a voice to kids on the front lines of climate change. (COP 15)
Youth activists are exasperated by a lack of action from world leaders regarding climate change. (COP 16)
Director Slater Jewell Kemker's started as a student filmmaker for MY HERO and now is a climate activist who has made a feature film about climate change.
Slater Jewell-Kemker has been inspired to use media for expressing her activist voice since her teens.
Youth Unstoppable: Feature Film Made by Slater Jewell-Kempker
Greta Thunberg, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 16. She exemplifies the heroic traits of courage and perseverance. Greta started out protesting alone and ignited a global youth climate movement.
Paragraph about Greta Thunberg written by a student.
A poem about Greta Thunberg written by a student.
Chibeze Ezekiel of Ghana was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa in 2020 for his efforts to build a youth movement and mobilize community members to stop the construction of a 700 MW coal-fired plant.
Chibeze Ezekiel’s four-year grassroots campaign led to the Ghanaian Environmental Minister canceling the construction of a coal-fired power plant.
Films appropriate for Elementary Students and Artwork created by an elementary student.
Organizer created on 10/27/2022 11:13:10 AM by Laura Nietzer
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