Climate change gets under 10 hours of class time per year — these seven youth-led environmental initiatives are taking action anyway
Why It Matters
As Canada deals with wildfires, droughts, heatwaves and the loss of old growth forests, the scope of environmental work needed is vast. Youth have always been at the forefront of social change, and the environmental movement is no different. To continue and grow their ambitious work, these youth leaders need funding.
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While it’s no surprise that youth have led, and continue to lead, the environmental movement in Canada, the various approaches they take show the grand scale of climate-related issues present in the country. As youth push these movements ahead with the sense of urgency that guides them for a better future, they bring creative solutions through the immediate need for change.
Sophia Mathur, at just 11-years-old, joined Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for Future movement and brought it to Canada — applying pressure on policy makers to focus their attention on climate action. At the end of 2021, the federal government announced they will ban six types of sing
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