Award Winning Short Films by Lynne Cherry

A group of kids and folk legend, Pete Seeger making the world a better place with music.

A group of high school kids take action to bring local grown produce to their school lunches.

Save Tomorrow is the 10th Young Voices for the Planet film. It documents three 9-year-old girls who are concerned about climate change and feel that the adults have let them down. But after seeing the kids in the other Young Voices for the Planet films (their peers who they can identify with) they come to believe that maybe they can make a difference, too. They testify at their town meeting and help overturn a regulation prohibiting solar panels on town buildings. Subsequently, Lexington, Massachusetts installs solar panels on all the town buildings. For these girls, this is only the beginning. As one of the Save Tomorrow team, Mari McBride, says, “find your team! Find your passion! Find your power!”

These committed scouts go door-to-door distributing free energy-efficient CFL light bulbs and educate the public about how much energy they can save.

Anya from Siberia is taking the initiative to be green.

Green Ambassadors recycle, compost, plant trees, carry Clean Canteens, start a Clean Plate Club, educate elementary school kids about sustainability and do much more to reduce their carbon footprint.

Team Marine is a group of students from Santa Monica High School who works to clean up their local beach community.

12-year-old Alec Loorz created Kids vs. Global Warming, the Sea Level Awareness Project and the Declaration of Independence from Fossil Fuels campaign.

When four Florida middle school students learn about the potential effect of sea level rise on Miami's economy, they conduct a school energy audit with the help of the non-profit "Dream in Green". Through their actions, their school saves thousands of dollars in energy costs by doing simple things that add up.

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