SPEAKING UP FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN AT THE UNA-USA’S MUTUALLY ASSURED SURVIVAL PRIORITIES FOR CLIMATE ACTION PANEL
LATIFAH NANSUBUGA | SEP 2022
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YOUTH SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES
Through our comprehensive programs we partner with youth, supporting them as emerging leaders who will shape a more just and equitable future. Hear directly from youth taking action with H2OO as they bring awareness and drive collective action to protect our planet.
EMMETT
California, US
Despite the challenges of 2020, the Berkeley Heirs have accomplished a lot! January 1, 2020 marked the start of the Disposable Free Dining Ordinance in Berkeley. We helped pass this groundbreaking law by collecting signatures and speaking at press conferences and city council meetings beginning in 2018. The all …
OLILAI
Palau
Olilai Chilton, head of H2OO Palau, organized an opportunity for youth to learn in their beautiful outdoor laboratory! H2OO Palau’s UEL Day was a success! UEL means turtle in the Palauan language, and UEL stands also as an acronym for Underwater Excursion Learning. Sixty-four high school and elementary school students…
CAMBRIA
California, US
Climate change is one of the most significant issues we are facing today. Plastic, a material that fills our daily lives, is contributing to this crisis. Many people are aware of the numerous negative ways in which plastic is impacting our oceans. But plastics have another hidden threat: climate change. In this way, plastics are […]
LADEN
Palau
I have been a member of Heirs To Our Oceans for two years, and over the years I have been able to do things that are amazing…
RANTON
Chuuk, FSM
Attending SEAL 2019 was really hard, and I did learn a lot of new things. I made new friends who are…
KAI-YUAN
Taiwan
After attending the 2020 Youth Summit for the UN Ocean Decade (YS2020UNOD) my perspective changed because I never…
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Raina Ivanova, H2OO Global Youth Leader and Intern, Speaks at the 54th Session of Human Rights Council
RAINA | SEP 2023
Raina Ivanova, 19 year old Youth Leader and Intern of H2OO, and one of 16 Petitioners in the Children vs. Climate Crisis Petition (10 of which were identified and supported by H2OO), was a guest speaker September 20, 2023, at a side-event on Children and…
The Solution to the Climate Crisis is Right Under Our Feet
DAKOTA | DEC 2022
This week World Soil Day was recognized, but as you read these words, all living beings are suffering environmental catastrophes that out-scale any we have seen in human history. We must seize the opportunity to step away from the precipice…
Berkeley H2OO Youth Speak Out: Center for Environmental Health
SHANZA | NOV 2022
Today is National Recycling Day, but contrary to popular belief, recycling is not the solution to plastic pollution! Most plastics we use cannot be recycled. Even recycled plastic cannot be reprocessed infinitely, which means the plastic will end up in…
Inspiring Next Gen Advocates at 2022 Reef Futures Conference
CATARINA | SEP 2022
On the 25th of September, together with 3 other youths from around the world, I had the opportunity to speak on the Reef Futures panel hosted by International Coral Reef Initiative. There we shared our different experiences of climate change…
YOUTH ARTIVISM THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING
I was Beautiful and Blue.
Then I felt the explosions deep within me,
And crude, dark oil spread thru my beautiful blue water.
Don’t you understand?
Heirs.
H-E-I-R-S.
Hope. Empowerment. Inspiration. Research. Solutions…
I am Big Oil.
I can make a lot of money off the ocean.
I am a powerful influence on the government…
I used to be beautiful.
I used to be happy.
I used be bountiful and willing to give.
But then something changed…