Greta Asks Media to Focus on Other Young Climate Activists
Celebrity environmentalist Greta Thunberg is urging media to pay more attention to other young climate activists. The 16-year-old Swede has drawn huge crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year. “Our stories have been told over and over again,” Thunberg said as she spoke Monday at a U.N.
Autumn’s citation reads that she “is an Indigenous girl and a passionate water ambassador. She is fighting for the right of Indigenous Canadian peoples and children to have access to clean water while at the same time acting as the voice for all against the abuse of clean water as our most important natural resource.
Young People’s Peace Prize
Autumn Peltier nominated for international honour WIIKWEMKOONG – Autumn Peltier, the 14-year-old Wiikwemkoong water warrior who is following in the literal footsteps of her late aunt Josephine Mandamin in bringing the issues of clean water onto the global stage, and who was appointed the chief water commissioner for Anishinabek Nation has been nominated for the …