XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ has grown up in the Aztec tradition, and committed himself to protect a healthy environment and climate for future generations. Since the age of 6, Xiuh is known on all continents for awakening his peers to recognizing Earth as a living being and all life as sacred. Earth Guardian Clubs are springing up around the globe, members run campaigns to ban pesticides from parks, stop fracking and protect the environment, they organize training camps, create media, tool-kits and sue their government for wrecking the climate Will you start the next club? Video link: http://bit.ly/XRjsyL Video link 2: http://bit.ly/14wYQuV Video link 3: http://bit.ly/14wY7K8 Weblink: http://bit.ly/XRjcja Article link: http://bit.ly/11dGEZv Facebook: http://bit.ly/14wYoNq
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Live the Earth Guardians' 50 Ways of Sustainable Lifestyle for a week and report about your experience (Social Experiment) LEVEL 2 > Research the environmental aspects of Fracking, and your national situation. Report your findings, and reflect about your stand about fracking. LEVEL 3 > Start an Earth Guardians local chapter LEVEL 4 > Are you determined to protect the biosphere? Study the Law for Making Ecocide a Crime. Will you start a Local Focal Point for making it real? LEVEL 5 > Connect with a Sacred tradition you feel close to, start practicing.
LULU CERONE – a girl from an adventure novel! When this heroine hears of starving communities, she makes sure to bring help for clean water. What differs her from you and me is that she called for a ‘water war’ between girls and boys, to see who could raise more money through Lemonaid Stands. The battle spread like wildfire throughout her community to 400 stands from coast to coast! You can feel the fun factor, right?! Thus were born the Lemonaid Warriors - always up for Parties with a Purpose, rocking their ‘hood with water bucket marches, backyard carnivals, music festivals. Of course, our heroine also has a rock band, and have you met Boo-Lu in 'Monster High!'? It's her! This ghoul, erh, girl is unstoppable. Lulu's heart is with the water crisis in Africa, but her mission is all about mobilizing her generation for combining fun, adventure and friendship for a lifestyle to change the world. 'Beautiful Beasts – may the PhilanthroParties begin!' Video link: http://bit.ly/ZAv365 Weblink: http://bit.ly/ZAuw4g Article link: http://bit.ly/19c1blX Video link 2: http://bit.ly/ZAuWre Video link 3: http://bit.ly/ZAvb5B Video link 4: http://bit.ly/ZAwn9k Video link 5: http://bit.ly/19c1u0h Video link 6: http://bit.ly/19c1xsU
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Organize aPhilanthroParty for a Youth-LeadeR Webcast Partner LEVEL 2 > Organize a PParty for a cause of your choice. Send us photos/video LEVEL 3 > Start a LemonAID Warriors local chapter
CASSANDRA LIN What do you do when you hear about climate change, clean energy solutions, and residents suffering from cold, harsh winters, while local resources are being wasted and clogging drainage systems? ‘No time to wait!’ said fifth-grader Cassandra Lin, as she combined a few threads for a perfect solution: TurnGrease-Into-Fuel collects used cooking oils for recycling by biofuel companies. This system existed in San Francisco, but it was new to Westerly. So Cassandra and friends distributed thousands of flyers and calendars to restaurants, made TV announcements, presentations, and now … a law! Business owners first doubted these 10 year-olds, but soon 10, 20, 100 restaurants started participating! TGIF has already donated their profit marge = $80,000 worth of heat to the needy. Their mission is now scaling to their entire state, to universities, - and now, they’ll train You to do it! Video link: http://bit.ly/17REH7Q Weblink: http://bit.ly/17REVeU Article link: http://bit.ly/18RRVRx Interview: http://bit.ly/1cWLMJ5
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Study Cassandra's resources above, then research the local situation of restaurant cooking oil recycling LEVEL 2 > Start a TGIF local chapter
GABRIELLE POSARD watched her sister working on a documentary film when a message got stuck in her mind: 'A quarter of the U.S. Population experiences hunger, yet 40% food produced is wasted.' At 12 years of age, Gabrielle started talking to grocers about donating food that was near its sell-by-date. To alleviate legal liability concerns, Gabrielle explained that President Clinton signed into law the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, protecting donors. Response has been amazing, impacts immediate. Her network of 4,000 picks up and distributes 20,000 pounds of food every month. "Food drives used to consist of non-perishable foods, low in nutrition. We get foods with short shelf lives like fresh fruits and vegetables. People are so grateful, they get choked up because fresh produce is so expensive." Her logo has spread throughout San Diego County. Is your City next? Video link: http://bit.ly/Y6UtK8 Weblink: http://bit.ly/118n8Lb Article link: http://bit.ly/118n4Lf
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > research and report your national statistics of food wasting, the local situation of homelessness, poverty and hunger, also among youth, and how many grocery stores, supermarkets and farmers markets do forward still good fresh foods to food banks LEVEL 2 > do a Sandwich Run, distributing delicious, healthy sandwiches to homeless people in the streets. Reflect your experience and share it with us LEVEL 3 > start a Donate Don't Dump local chapter
JULIA AND EMMA MOGUS have 1000’s of volunteering hours between them and they love to read. When they learned that First Nation kids in remote fly-in communities of Northern Ontario have no access to any books at all, they remembered the famous quote ‘My ticket out of a life in poverty was reading’. They started Books With No Bounds to collect and buy 1,000’s of new and ‘like new’ books, meet officials, arrange airline transportation, fundraise and pack around the clock. Schools contribute with great enthusiasm. One year later, 18,000 books have been sent to all 49 communities, thank you letters are streaming, the sisters receive gifts in return and are invited to visit the communities. ‘We have only started! We are Teen Sisters on a Mission, and everyone can help: by donating books, funds for postage, and starting enormous book drives for Tribal Nation children in Your country!" Video link: http://bit.ly/XyYcQy Weblink: http://on.fb.me/Y5S54w Article link: http://bit.ly/Y5SGTO Video link 2: http://bit.ly/11EvngH Article link 2: http://bit.ly/Y5SLa8
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Do a book drive in support of Book With no Bounds. Do you live outside Canada? Make a fundraiser for their mailing costs. LEVEL 2 > Research the situation of tribal / underpriviledged populations in your country and region. Organize a book drive for their school or youth club. LEVEL 3 > Start a Books With no Bounds local chapter. Go big, keep going!
ROBYN HAMLYN is not the only student who has seen films documenting how bad practices in business and politics have led to water pollution, soaring prices, and very bad health effects, even in her water rich country of Canada. But Robyn has turned her shock into action! She joined a powerful coalition of experts and citizens who have crafted a solution to safeguard water aquifers and rivers and provide abundant clean water for generations to come. Robyn is their youngest speaker asking town councils to become ‘Blue Communities’ by passing legislation that water services stay public, banning bottled water, and making clean water a human right. Hold your seat: Robyn has already made several cities turn Blue! She is training kids and teens like you to protect their water for the future. Hi5! Video link: http://bit.ly/18iDOYo Weblink: http://bit.ly/18iwYSZ Article link: http://bit.ly/18iwJY2 Interview: http://bit.ly/1cWLFxd
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Research Robyn's materials and your national and regional water situation. Report to us, reflect and decide on your stand about your water future. LEVEL 2 > In Canada, decide whether you have the backbone to make steps to turning your city into a Blue Community LEVEL 2 > If not in Canada: Research legislation, connect with leading water organizations, explore reactions to the Blue Communities approach and resolution LEVEL 3 > Start a Blue Communities initiative in your nation
RACHEL PARENT is a passionate advocate of healthy foods, full transparency and the right to know what we are eating. When she learned about mounting evidence of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) risks to our health, the environment and bee colonies, Rachel started speaking up. During tv interviews, as Rachel shows images of rats grossly disfigured by tumors, moderators ask in shock 'What's wrong with these rats?' 'They were fed a diet of GMO corn, by Monsanto.' They developed cancers, immune system breakdowns, impotence, the worst diseases. Even the epidemic of allergies and attention disorders is being linked to GMOs. You find them in many products, also in candy bars and cereals. Rachel invites you to learn how to safeguard a world of healthy foods and join Kids Right to Know Rallies for demanding proper laws. Video link: http://bit.ly/18UqDfS Weblink: http://bit.ly/185LOfs Article link: http://bit.ly/19qcsxH Video link 2: http://bit.ly/185KUzz Facebook: http://on.fb.me/185LIV9 MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Learn your facts, research reports of GMO hazards in your country. LEVEL 2 > Organize a Kids Right to Know March, with fun preparation, costumes, signs, and delicious freshly prepared goodies. Invite good journalists, share your experience, photos and videos with us LEVEL 3 > Start a Kids Right To Know Club local chapter and keep marching! LEVEL 4 > Learn about model solutions for creating food abundance: at home and overseas, promote them to practitioners (YL Soil, Food & Farming issue)
MADISON AND RHIANNON were preparing for their Girl Scout Bronze Award, when they discovered a shocking fact. And it was right in time for their favorite treat: Girl Scout cookies! The 11 year old friends were researching the endangered orangutan and found that the production of palm oil contributes to the destruction of the Orang Utans' rainforest habitat. In a powerful online campaign, they mobilized over 70,000 people and generated such broad media coverage that Girl Scouts USA adopted a sustainable palm oil policy for their products as a result. This is a step in the right direction but the girls are not done yet. Madi and Rhiannon are working to start a movement demanding responsible palm oil sources to ensure the protection of the forests, animals, and people of Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. Join them in the fight! Video link: http://bit.ly/185SeuU Weblink: http://bit.ly/185PFJn Video link2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_scvSw8BiE4 Article link: http://bit.ly/185S5HO Interview:http://bit.ly/1cWLv93 MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Learn about the impacts of unsustainable palm oil production, and research palm oil in your food sources. Collect voices for campaigns. LEVEL 2 > Live for 1 or 2 weeks without palm and vegetable oils (hidden palm oil), document your experience in our facebook stream (Social Experiment) LEVEL 3 > Research ethical institutions (like Girl Scouts) in your nation and start a campaign for making their products ethical and sustainable LEVEL 4 > Support an Orang Utan Sanctuary / Clinic with a fundraiser
ALICIA SERRATOS has always had a heart for people, animals, gardening and yummy foods. At age six, she had a revelation: "Did you know that some GMOs make bugs' tummies explode? That can't be good." When she found out that even the Girl Scout cookies she was selling contain GMOs, she started asking Girl Scouts to go GMO-free. Her petition has passed 10,000 signatures and there is no end in sight. Alicia is also active in her school garden and meets with her school principal for making school lunches more healthy. For this purpose, she is developing a GMO-free cookbook, all menus cooked and tested by herself!
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Learn about the potential hazards of GMO foods and research GMO presence in your food sources. Collect voices for campaigns. Research local organic grocery stores, farmers markets and contacts to farmers LEVEL 2 > Live for 1 or 2 weeks without GMOs. In the US or Canada, this probably means living without supermarkets and school menues. Your food sources are organic stores, farmers markets and kind local farmers. Discovery! LEVEL 3 > Do a Face Your Farmer project. Visit local farmers, take lively, friendly portrait photos, note their quotes about food, life and the people. Make an exhibit: online (send to us), at school and in public. LEVEL 3 > Combine your exhibit with a PhilanthroParty with delicious purely fresh and self baked / cooked goodies. Will it turn into a Soupstock festival? LEVEL 4 > Start an awesome edible School Garden. Will it be a butterfly garden? Some schools even have bee hives! Get inspired by "Green Bronx Machine"!
WYATT WORKMAN was seven years-old when he learned about the grave threats and impacts on the ocean from pollution and plastic waste. A lover of the ocean, its fascinating creatures, and the arts, Wyatt combined his passions and created a claymation movie. Eight months later, the movie premiered, starring 70 clay actors and Wyatt’s best friends. The event was a huge success! A party, a workshop, and fundraiser all in one, the day washed $2,800 into the treasure chest of Wyatt’s favourite conservation society, Oceana. The original ‘actors’ sold, Wyatt created drawings, a book, and T-shirt. His movie is a smash hit in classrooms everywhere. Make sure to watch it and take the Ocean Hero Pledge. Join Wyatt's initiative: educate children, show the movie, create clay heroes and have lots of fun! Video link: http://bit.ly/185GwQX Weblink: http://bit.ly/185GCZ3 Article link: http://bit.ly/X0gSDd MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Take the Ocean Hero Pledge and live without plastics for 1 or 2 weeks. Document your experience with a daily blog post (Social Experiment). LEVEL 2 > Organize a film screening and fundraiser as part of a family friendly event. This can be a school festival, green festival, children's day... Tips: create a tent, show the film every 10 minutes. Create a set of clay film actors for display and sale. Will you even create scenes in frames? Manage a big table with clay fish making activities for children. Most important: Wear Fish Costumes! Yes! LEVEL 3 > Ask restaurants to only offer plastic straws on demand LEVEL 4 > Go for a Ban of Plastic Bags in your city. Other cities have done it!
ZANDER SRODES was fooling around on the beach shooting fireworks, as a voice boomed through the dark ‘Stop it! Don’t you know it disturbs baby turtles trying to find their path to the water?’ An 'old lady' appeared, her authority so strong that the party was over. The next morning, as Zander walked into his kitchen and saw the same lady having coffee with his Mom, shock turned to amazement as he listened to Linda Soderquist, the State Permit Holder for Florida beach turtles, explaining the turtles’ paramount need for safe hatching grounds. From this day, Zander's world has revolved around sea turtles and protection initiatives. At age 11, he created Turtle Talks, an educational Activity Book. 250,000 free copies have been distributed to schools worldwide! Find out how to create Good Turtle Beaches in support of Zander’s projects. We can do it - and it’s amazing! Video link: http://bit.ly/XRk5bE Article link: http://bit.ly/XYywuw Article link 2: http://bit.ly/XRk1ZB Interview: http://bit.ly/1cWLOkg MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Study and create a global map showing the interconnectedness of turtles, hatching beaches and marine biodiversity. Exhibit it. Make it nice in 3d with turtles, ships. Show turtle friendly fisheries and killing fields. LEVEL 2 > Organize a fundraiser / PhilanthroParty for sponsoring Turtle Talk books for kindergarten, schools and public libraries of your city LEVEL 3 > Organize a fundraiser / PhilanthroParty for a Turtle Beach project. Will it be Zander's partner community for education, a library and more? LEVEL 4 > Lobby for turtle friendly fisheries referring to the model solutions.
OLIVIA TAYLOR'S journey started with a field trip to the park to look at some birds. Can you imagine how awesome those little green birds were?! Olivia was hooked. At age 11, another magnificient bird entered here life: the Bearded Vulture. Only 200 pairs remain in the wild! Can you guess what their biggest threat is? The portrayal of vultures in popular media as ugly and dangerous. So Olivia set out to show how that is all wrong. They are beautiful harmless beings and they even protect us from disease. When she met some vultures up-close and personal, her commitment was honoured: a splendid young bird was named after her. When Olivia's vulture was found dead, Olivia climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and started ‘4 Elements Conservation’ in support of more new friends: Sharks, White Lions & Rhinos! Olivia tells you: The Truth is: they need your help. NOW! Video link: http://bit.ly/18QXH5I Weblink: http://bit.ly/185DhsJ Article link: http://bit.ly/185DXhZ MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Research and create an Exhibit of Awesome and Beauty about Vultures and Sharks at school, other schools, in public. Include media from Shark Angels and Shark Week. Collect supportive voices for campaigns.LEVEL 2 > Organize a screening of SharkWater and include a PhilanthroParty fundraiser for a shark protection project, like Shark Angels. LEVEL 3 > Research regions of extensive shark killings and finning. If you live in such a region lobby for banning shark finning and soup (ex. Hong Kong). LEVEL 4 > Start support for a Sanctuary of sharks, vultures, rhinos or lions.
ABBIE BARNES is a passionate nature lover, film maker and campaigner. Abbie's dream is to inform and mobilize her generation to rise against the epidemic destruction of our gran world for the benefit of a few. Abbie has started with films about plastics in our oceans, unsustainable palm oil farming, deforestation and extinction of Orang Utans, and can't wait to film young heroes creating the world they wish to see. Will you be among them? Abbie is also ready to share her skills with aspiring young mediamakers, eager to merge their passion for the Earth, activism and media for something new. We are going to offer online trainings, together. If you start realizing that your creative genius makes best sense when sparking action by millions, we are happy to pioneer this new media culture with you!
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Gather the most inspirational video clips about positive change that you know, and analyze what makes them so magical. Share results with us. LEVEL 2 > Organize a Change Cinema Session, be it at school, a festival or home party. Build links to the real causes and organizations in them, and generate tangible support, by raising money or other. Be awesome! LEVEL 3 > Create a creative screening in public. Ideas: Nighttime projections. Video installations and screens at events. Be present, add an info table. LEVEL 4 > Do you have a vision for a short film? Sketch it, get started!
VOICE OF YOUTH Every generation has its sound. What is the sound of the Change Generation making is RISE to our greatest dreams, love and being our most awesome selves, beyond the limits of earlier generations? it is definitely not to be heard on television. Nor in funny youtube clips. And the old ... cannot sing it. There is a new, unprecedented generation rising, and we know we have found its sound. This is the beginning of a new culture of music, and we want you, my friend, to connect with it. And if you have the Heart to Sing - get in touch. We share a mission! Video link: http://bit.ly/14wY7K8 more: www.youth-leader.org/music
MISSIONS LEVEL 1 > Feel into the music and sound. We seek music (and art) conveying the Spirit of the Change Generation: "I want to see this awesome planet and its beautiful people to live, and I will make it happen. We will make it happen as a generation!" Share the music with us! It can be by adults, too. Be aware: we do not seek 60's or angry music. We seek music that makes us RISE! LEVEL 2 > Tune into the spirit and lyrics - can you sing it? When you feel the spirit pumping, record your jam and share! LEVEL 3 > Now go 'live'. Perform rocking Voice of Youth songs on stage. It's cool to add other change spirit songs, and- of course - your own!
By now you know that we are wounderful friends doing wonderful things together with You. We also have OLDER friends who address super tough issues, and their work is awesome. It takes killer courage. True hero style! In fact, it's so awesome, new, and profoundly changing inherited hurtful ways of broken societies that the people who 'grew up with the old' don't get it, and don't support it. But Youth Love it! YEAH! And WE CAN MAKE IT THRIVE! Which again is ... SOOOO awesome. MEET OUR HERO FRIENDS:
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