Action for Nature presents the 14th annual International Young Eco-Hero Awards, honoring fifteen young environmental activists from the US, Canada, India, Indonesia, Iraq, and Kenya, for their creative projects aimed at solving the world’s environmental problems.
Free and open to the public, the program features a video presentation as well as a keynote by naturalist John Muir Laws. Among the honorees speaking at the event are: Eric Li (age 15, Manvel, TX) whose nonprofit We Care Act has collected and donated more than 30,000 used items to young victims of 12 natural disasters; Sonali Ranaweera (age 15, San Jose, CA) whose organization Recycling4Smiles has raised $63,000 for cleft lip surgeries for children in need; Joris Hutchison (age 8, Seattle, WA) whose fundraising efforts support cheetah conservation in Namibia; Olivia Russo Hood (age 14, Deltona, FL) whose nonprofit Save the Earth Projects has collected more than 22,000 pairs of gently used shoes for distribution internationally; and Rupert and Franny Yakalashek (ages 11 and 9, Victoria, BC) who have successfully lobbied 23 Canadian municipalities to pass official declarations for environmental rights.
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Free and open to the public, the program features a video presentation as well as a keynote by naturalist John Muir Laws. Among the honorees speaking at the event are: Eric Li (age 15, Manvel, TX) whose nonprofit We Care Act has collected and donated more than 30,000 used items to young victims of 12 natural disasters; Sonali Ranaweera (age 15, San Jose, CA) whose organization Recycling4Smiles has raised $63,000 for cleft lip surgeries for children in need; Joris Hutchison (age 8, Seattle, WA) whose fundraising efforts support cheetah conservation in Namibia; Olivia Russo Hood (age 14, Deltona, FL) whose nonprofit Save the Earth Projects has collected more than 22,000 pairs of gently used shoes for distribution internationally; and Rupert and Franny Yakalashek (ages 11 and 9, Victoria, BC) who have successfully lobbied 23 Canadian municipalities to pass official declarations for environmental rights.
Action for Nature presents the 14th annual International Young Eco-Hero Awards, honoring fifteen young environmental activists from the US, Canada, India, Indonesia, Iraq, and Kenya, for their creative projects aimed at solving the world’s environmental problems.
Free and open to the public, the program features a video presentation as well as a keynote by naturalist John Muir Laws. Among the honorees speaking at the event are: Eric Li (age 15, Manvel, TX) whose nonprofit We Care Act has collected and donated more than 30,000 used items to young victims of 12 natural disasters; Sonali Ranaweera (age 15, San Jose, CA) whose organization Recycling4Smiles has raised $63,000 for cleft lip surgeries for children in need; Joris Hutchison (age 8, Seattle, WA) whose fundraising efforts support cheetah conservation in Namibia; Olivia Russo Hood (age 14, Deltona, FL) whose nonprofit Save the Earth Projects has collected more than 22,000 pairs of gently used shoes for distribution internationally; and Rupert and Franny Yakalashek (ages 11 and 9, Victoria, BC) who have successfully lobbied 23 Canadian municipalities to pass official declarations for environmental rights.
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Free and open to the public, the program features a video presentation as well as a keynote by naturalist John Muir Laws. Among the honorees speaking at the event are: Eric Li (age 15, Manvel, TX) whose nonprofit We Care Act has collected and donated more than 30,000 used items to young victims of 12 natural disasters; Sonali Ranaweera (age 15, San Jose, CA) whose organization Recycling4Smiles has raised $63,000 for cleft lip surgeries for children in need; Joris Hutchison (age 8, Seattle, WA) whose fundraising efforts support cheetah conservation in Namibia; Olivia Russo Hood (age 14, Deltona, FL) whose nonprofit Save the Earth Projects has collected more than 22,000 pairs of gently used shoes for distribution internationally; and Rupert and Franny Yakalashek (ages 11 and 9, Victoria, BC) who have successfully lobbied 23 Canadian municipalities to pass official declarations for environmental rights.
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