Jose Reyeros sees his Latinx culture as a pathway to climate resilience. The 23-year-old University of British Columbia graduate is co-founder and leader of Ritmos Climáticos.
As the founder of Really Good Work, Drew Minns and his team design and implement online consumer experiences with the health of our planet front and centre.
Climate activism can be a valid, even vital, coping strategy. But young people also say when they rush into action and find climate movements are not all structured for healing, they experience burnout and dejection.
Joshua Ralph honours the lives of invasive plants. The Vancouver-based artist, 25, hosts workshops teaching participants to make art supplies from plants removed in the work of restoring and rewilding.
Since 2015, Hope Blooms has grown to include not only the original working garden where local kids still work every summer and produce their famous salad dressing, but also a fair food community farmers’ market and many other initiatives.
As co-founder and executive director of Black Eco Bloom, Tyjana Connolly, 25, lifts up Black womxn’s voices, raises awareness about the disproportionate impacts of climate change on Black communities and builds resilience through knowledge-sharing.
Zamani Ra, founder and CEO of CEED Canada, helps low-income newcomer communities make a difference by showing them climate action can be simple, convenient and culturally relevant.