Short films, stories, and artwork honoring climate activists to enrich learning and inspire students. Students are invited to document their own climate action plans and submit stories, short films, and art celebrating their climate heroes.
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.
Two Stories and a Film about 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.
Greta Thunberg, a climate activist with Asperger's, started protesting outside of Swedish Parliament alone.
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.
Students can share their Hero Essays, Films and Art through our Create Program
How to use MY HERO's Create Program to Publish Stories, Art, Film and Audio for Students
Tutorial for students: Publish written stories, film, original artwork and audio in MY HERO's multimedia library.
The MY HERO Guestbook is a way to honor and celebrate heroes with a few sentences.
MY HERO Educators QuickStart Guide includes links to lesson plans and multimedia resources to enrich learning whether in the classroom or virtually. Lesson plans are organized by grade level and subject.
The MY HERO Teachers Room has resources and lesson plans organized by themes and grade level. Students are able to submit their own projects to MY HERO honoring heroes within their communities or the world for publication.
MY HERO's free media arts education resources support all levels of media makers with the tools needed to produce meaningful hero stories that can be shared with our global audience. Students can use cell phones, tablets, computers and video cameras to film their videos.
Organizer created on 11/29/2021 11:55:45 AM by Laura Nietzer
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