“We are the one’s we’ve been waiting for” – Xiuhtezcatl
What is more inspiring than seeing the next generation getting involved in the health and future of our planet?
Xiuhtezcatl (pronounced “shu-TEZ-cuht”) has been leading a youth movement to save the planet since he was ordering from the kids menu at the age of 6. He has assembled a global army of young people over the years with his organization Earth Guardians (which just keeps growing bigger!) to demand sustainable policy from world leaders. The Colorado-based organization has over 1,800 crews on six continents — and counting, partially thanks to social media.
In 2014, Xiuhtezcatl founded Rising Youth for Sustainable Environment (RYSE), a youth council that helps to plan, train, and execute an agenda to help combat climate change. Between the council’s role in this federal lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of them by Our Children’s Trust, and the lawsuits they have on the way in other sates, it’s clear they are onto something.
(Link to Upworthy article: http://www.upworthy.com/meet-the-teens-leading-an-unprecedented-lawsuit-against-the-us-government )
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