An Aboriginal Canadian teen changing the world

From the CBCnews.ca YouTube channel: She is the teen fighting to protect Canada’s water — meet 13-year-old Canadian Autumn Peltier. She speaks bravely, confidently and passionately, and as a so-called water walker, Peltier pleaded with Justin Trudeau to protect Canada’s water. Now she is gearing up to speak at the United Nations for World Water Day.

In This Together

Wonderful theme-song for David Attenborough’s Our Planet nature series written by Steven Price and performed by Ellie Goulding.

David Attenborough speech at Our Planet premiere

Brilliant speech by David Attenborough, environmentalist and host of the wonderful nature series, Our Planet.

Fight For You

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Folk singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza performs “Fight For You,” a song she wrote during the Water Protectors movement at Standing Rock, and dedicates it to all who stand up for the environment and care for the Earth.

If you adults won’t save the world, we will

From the TED.com YouTube channel: In a deeply moving letter to her grandmother, Xiye Bastida reflects on what led her to become a leading voice for global climate activism — from mobilizing school climate strikes to speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit alongside Greta Thunberg — and traces her resolve, resilience and profound love of the earth to the values passed down to her. “Thank you for inviting me to love the world since the moment I was born,” she says.
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How we can turn the tide on climate (environmental video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Witness the unveiling of Countdown, a major global campaign to cut greenhouse gas emissions. TED has partnered with scientists, policy makers, organizations, activists and more to create an initiative that everyone in the world can be part of. Check out http://countdown.ted.com to learn how you can get involved — and help turn the tide on climate. [Note: there are two unusual features of this TED Talk. One, it’s much longer than our normal, extending a full hour. Two, it’s made up of contributions from more than a dozen people, including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Al Gore, Katharine Hayhoe, Jimmy Kimmel and Yuval Noah Harari, among others.
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A radical plan to end plastic waste (environmental video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Plastic is an incredible substance for the economy — and the worst substance possible for the environment, says entrepreneur Andrew Forrest. In a conversation meant to spark debate, Forrest and head of TED Chris Anderson discuss an ambitious plan to get the world’s biggest companies to fund an environmental revolution — and transition industry towards getting all of its plastic from recycled materials, not from fossil fuels.

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Wonderful Whale Rescue (environmental video)

Heartwarming video of the saving a Humpback Whale from the Great Whale Conservancy.

Why you should be a climate activist (environmental video)

From the TED.com YouTube Channel: “I dream of a world where geography classes teach about the climate crisis as this one great challenge that was won by people like you and me,” says climate activist Luisa Neubauer. With Greta Thunberg, Neubauer helped initiate “Fridays For Future,” the momentous international school strike movement that protests the lack of action on the climate crisis. She shares four first steps that anyone, regardless of age, can take to become a climate activist. “This is not a job for a single generation. This is a job for humanity,” she says.
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Greta Thunberg: 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit (environmental video)

We featured Greta Thunberg here last year and here she is again living her Mission with her passionate speech at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.

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