Earth Day was established to bring attention globally to the urgent issue of the destructive impact of humans on the planet.
On Earth Day 2026, every person and every community—students and teachers, faith groups, ranchers, farmers, first responders, local governments— is being called upon to take a stand for clean air, clean water, renewable energy, and the protection of our health and the countless species that share our planet. Find out more: www.earthday.org
Earth Day
Teachers: Visit the free MY HERO Lesson Plan for Earth Day featuring earth heroes. Includes discussion guide and learning outcomes.
'Water for Life' by Will Parinello
Will Parrinello’s "Water for Life" World Premiere
By: Deborah Neff
Will Parrinello's new feature film, Water for Life, has its World Premiere and other screenings in the Bay Area in October 2023.
Ko (Aqua) By Lila Downs & Daniela Millaleo
By: Maria Jose Calderon
'Ko' is the theme song from the feature documentary "Water For Life." National PBS broadcast premiere as Earth Month Special. Streaming on PBS.org and the PBS appwww.waterforlife.film
These short films were created by MY HERO Interns to raise awareness for Earth Day.
Earth Day
By: Madeline Kirsch
This poetic video about the importance of Earth Day was made by MY HERO Intern Madeline Kirsch.
Earth Day Recycling PSA
By: Joshua Stewart Mejia
This video was made by MY HERO Intern Joshua Stewart Mejia.
Earth Day
Aabha Muley
This short documentary about Earth Day was created by a MY HERO intern. It includes the history of Earth Day and ways to help the environment.
Film
A Little Story About Forever
By: Max Romey
This short film by artist and filmmaker Max Romey unfolds from the points of view of father and son as they attempt to write a book about what forever means.
Rainforest Action
Will Parrinello
In 2020 Nemonte received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize and was named to Time Magazine’s Top 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Trash Counts
By: NOAA Ocean Today
Featuring a citizen science project that is making a difference, one data entry at a time.
Climate Solutions!
By: Will Moffett
Will Moffett, a 6th generation Florida teen, sets out to restore dead coral reefs in Florida and globally.
Bottles of Change
By: Ethan Dumper, Nathaniel Dumper, Eloise Dumper
High School youth take charge in recycling.
Who Should Decide The Future of the Amazon?
Martin Kingman | Executive Producer: Amazon Frontlines
A global campaign aims to raise awareness on the urgent need to respect Indigenous people's right to decide over the future of their territories, cultures & lives.
Climate change and indigenous knowledge: An unknown asset
Produced by:CTA
Green SuperHeroes 2030 Trailer
By: Los Angeles Barea
A group of 10 young environmentalists changing the world for the better. Their powers make the planet greener.
The Emerald Edge: Cedar's Story
By: Chad Horn
"Explore the world’s largest coastal temperate rainforest in 360 degrees in a new immersive experience.
Voice Above Water
Produced by:Turning Tides Films
Learn about 90 year old, Wayan Nyo from Indonesia, who does his part to clean the ocean and make the world a much better place.
A Walk Through The Land of A Thousand Hills
Chema Domenech
Claver Ntoyinkima, a native park ranger, shares the secrets of Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda as he guides us through the forest.
PB&J Productions My Hero
By: Shelby Dahl
This is an interview of Savannah Ackerman, the School Outreach Coordinator for Tree People.
The Story We Want - Episode 1 - Coal and Climate
Dayna Reggero
SPECIAL HERO AWARD - 2021 --Dayna Reggero traveled across America to listen to ordinary women who are confronting fossil fuel industries, climate change impacts, and a culture of extraction.
We are the Earth
By: Zoé Rose
A powerful expressionistic animation for connecting to life.
Dian Fossey; A Hero
Produced by:Lora Batchelor Middle School
This is a film about the life and career of Dian Fossey.
Nature Needs You
Mark Pearce
Industrial resource developments continue to put at risk our natural and cultural significance.
360 SEA PLASTIC
Hendrik S. Schmitt
The Jetlagged and Plastic Pollution Coalition want to show our addiction to plastics and raise awareness about the impact plastic waste has on the environment.
Words Have Power
Produced by:Lynne Cherry
10-year-old Jaysa rallies the community with speeches about how the power plant causes “so much suffering.” When they shut down the plant, Jaysa concludes that “words have power."
Mother of All Rivers
Producer: Produced by: Will Parrinello / Directed by: Will Parrinello
Berta Cáceres rallied her indigenous Lenca people to protest, successfully pressuring the government of Honduras and the world's largest dam builder to withdraw from building the Agua Zarca Dam.
MABON ‘The 8 year old activist’
Jack Davies
Our world has a serious ocean plastics problem. There are now a higher number of plastics in the ocean than the number of fish.
Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies
Michael Hanrahan
A collaboration of government agencies, non-profits, and private industry come together to solve the problem of commercial ships causing air pollution and whale strikes in the Santa Barbara Channel.
My Toxic Reality
Produced by:Tom Dusenbery
Hilton Kelley is tired of seeing his community ravaged by pollution from oil refineries. He and his fellow citizens demand change.
Upstanders: The Kids Who Killed an Incinerator
Produced by:Howard Schultz and Rajiv Chandrasekaran [Starbucks]
The high school students who battled a giant incinerator — and won.
Yacouba - The Village Fool (the man who stopped the desert)
Produced by:Dave Puls / Fredrick Armstrong
Endangered Species
Produced by:Quinn, Moses, Shyon, Logan
An original song and video to raise awareness about endangered species. Made by Elementary students.
Earth In Their Eyes
Melahn T Atkinson, Talia Keys
Earth In Their Eyes was written for the children who will inherit this beautiful planet Earth. An urge to make it right.
Watch an Exclusive Interview with Sophie Healy-Thow
Interview with Youth Activist Sophie Healy-Thow
Kitty Richardson
Watch Youth Unstoppable by MY HERO Award Winner and Former Intern Slater Jewell-Kemker
Watch Youth Unstoppable directed by Slater Jewell Kemker
Credit: Youth Unstoppable
Stories | Current Climate Change Activists Working for Good
Greta Thunberg
By: MY HERO Staff
On the first day, Greta Thunberg, a climate activist with aspbergers, protested outside of Swedish Parliament alone. Now, she's leading 1.5 million students globally.
Chibeze Ezekiel : Award Winning Climate Activist
By: Deborah Neff, MY HERO Staff writer
Dayna Reggero Wins Special Award for THE STORY WE WANT
By: Deborah Neff, MY HERO Staff writer
Two grassroots environmental activists--moms address fracking and coal ash dumping in Walnut Grove and the state of North Carolina.
Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet Celebrates 50th Anniversary
By: Deborah Neff, MY HERO Staff writer
Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet Celebrates 50th Anniversary with new edition.
Dorcas Lukwesa’s Mobile, Sustainable Farms
By: Abigail Richardson
Gaz Oakley – Vegan Chef and Food Hero
By: Abigail Richardson
Gaz Oakley, known as the Avant-Garde Vegan, is a vegan chef and cookbook author from Cardiff, Wales.
Wangari Maathai
By: Frances Moore Lappe
Wangari Maathai was an environmental activist and Nobel laureate who founded the Green Belt movement.
Leonardo DiCaprio
By: Nadine Bader
Leonardo DiCaprio is an award-winning actor who is considered one of the most active celebrities involved in the climate change movement.
David Suzuki
By: Anna Gustaf
David Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist with a PhD in zoology.
Dr. Vandana Shiva
By: David Kemker
Dr. Vandana Shiva
works to preserve biodiversity for the planet.
Another song from Sing For Earth Day available from www.auntielitter.info
MY HERO Suggested Video
"Dear Future Generations: Sorry" (2015) by Prince Ea
An Apology Letter to Future Generations. Sorry.
Listen & Read Along | Founding Voices in the Environmental Movement
John Muir
By: Harold W. Wood, Jr.
John Muir
advocated preservation, feeling that natural areas promote mental health.
Rachel Carson
By: Wendy Jewell
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring,
was the mother of the environmental movement.
Art
Fight the Rise
By: Josie Morway
Mural by artist Josie Morway located in the Seaport neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Untitled
By: Draya Madú
Mural done by artist Draya Madu located in the Seaport neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Earth Singing Tree
By: 800 people in McKees Rocks, PA <br>under the guidance of artist Laurie Marsh...
Protect the Sacred by Shepard Fairey for Amplifier
By: Shepard Fairey
Artist Shepard Fairey of Obey Art has created many posters for the Amplifier Foundation as well as being instrumental in initiating the Kickstarter campaign to get the Amplifier Foundation off the ground.
Stop Fracking Stop Drilling
By: Gregg Deal
Aldo Leopold
By: Robert Shetterly
Wendell Berry
By: Robert Shetterly
Protect Sacred Waters by Ernesto Yerena- Amplifier
By: Ernesto Yerena
This poster for the Amplifier Foundation represents artist Ernesto Yerena's commitment to Native American heritage, issues and sacred lands
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2021 IFF Special Hero Climate Activist Award | Slater Jewell-Kemker and Wendy Jewell
Slater Jewell-Kemker
Slater Jewell-Kemker and Wendy Jewell accept the Special Hero: Climate Activist Award at the 2021 MY HERO International Film Festival.
2021 Global Educator Award - Frances Moore Lappé & Anna Blythe Lappé
Produced by:The MY HERO Project
Learn about Frances Moore Lappé & Anna Blythe Lappé in this video celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Book Diet for a Small Planet.
Will Parrinello Wins 2021 Best in Fest
By: Deborah Neff, MY HERO Staff writer
Goldman Environmental Prize Wins MY HERO Media Award
By: Deborah Neff, MY HERO Staff writer
Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded Media Award at the MY HERO 17th Annual Film Festival
International Day for Biological Diversity | May 22
By: Becky Miller
To raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and issues related to the variety of life on the planet, in different ecosystems and species.
Poster Contest
By: Giselle Villatoro
MY HERO in partnership with Art Miles and UN Association- San Diego
World Day of Social Justice
By: Becky Miller
On World Day of Social Justice (February 20), we celebrate heroes who worked to remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability--so all people can live to their full potential with dignity.
