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Roya Aghighi partners with microbes and other living organisms to design and manufacture colours. This 34-year-old from Vancouver co-founded Lite-1...
Tim Nash is changing investment finance to support the continuation of life on Earth as the founder and president of Good Investing.
Kaelem Moniz is helping young people see the forest and plant trees. As special advisor to Scouts Canada’s national leadership team, this...
Ginger Boehme-Vertefeuille invites us to get close to raptors. This 19-year-old from Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, spends her summers educating...
Casandra Fletcher is executive director of the One Straw Society. This Sunshine Coast, British Columbia elder uses the power of local food to build...
Trenton McIntyre helps people across Canada plan for the climate emergencies coming their way. This 30-year-old from Victoria, BC, works at My...
As director at Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation (NNC), 32-year-old Heather Shilton is passionately committed to ensuring communities drive the...
Juliana Janot wants all post-secondary students to understand climate change. This 20-year-old University of British Columbia student...
Emma Rae Lierley helps communities stop deforestation. As senior communications manager for the forests program at the Rainforest Action Network,...
Maya Colombani believes nature and people are more beautiful together. As chief sustainability and human rights officer for L'Oréal Canada, the...
Ulwiana Mehta-Malhotra keeps clothing out of landfills and helps students stay hopeful. This 18-year-old from North Vancouver inspires highschool...
Liam Sisson wants to teach you about bees. This 19-year-old University of British Columbia science student from Kelowna, B.C., spends his summers...
Graeme Hopkins is passionate about immersing young people in nature. This 20-year-old from Saskatchewan takes groups of youth, aged 13 to 18, into...
Bill Darnell has been helping protect what we love since he helped found Greenpeace in 1970. He recalls the meetings always ended with one member,...
Erlene Woollard is a Suzuki Elder who works on many climate-focused projects. She partners with diverse youth climate activists to organize and...
Alexandra Chow encourages students to collaborate, so they increase their impact on the climate crisis. This 18-year-old from Vancouver was a 2024...
Dr. Albert Marshall is a Mi’kmaq Elder who helped build understanding of the concept of “Two-Eyed Seeing.”
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At 79, Mary Anne Pare prefers to think of retirement as “re-firement. She is very active in climate and reconciliation work, lives on Pender...
Sonia Vinogradova is helping small farmers gain more energy independence. This 25-year-old woman from Montreal and her business partner, Joe...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Zaida...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Natasha Kumari...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Ankur Patel, a...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Patricia Dijak...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Charlotte...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. John Redfern...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Summer Sharma...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Ben Liegey...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Abbey Piazza...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Ella Bradford...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Enya Fang...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Karishma Porwal...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Smiely...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Divya Dey is...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Marcelle...
Ren Buhay showcases youth climate art. This 27-year-old New Westminster BC resident co-founded and leads Solastalgia , a project that empowers...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Aloïs Gallet...
Jessica Turner curates art to raise awareness about climate change. This 32 year old Belleville, Ont., resident believes an encounter with art can...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Luiza Salek is...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Annabelle Liao...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Lesley Johnson...