Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Thomas

Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Thomas

Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Thomas, a 6-year-old boy from Ontario who has decided to make his own impact in his community with his passion for the health of our oceans by selling Krispy Kreme Donuts to raise money for ocean conservation. With a goal of selling 1,002 donuts, Thomas blew past that number with a record 1080 donuts sold!

Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Sean

Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Sean

Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Sean, a freediver and explorer on a mission to see what lurks beneath the oceans and lakes of Canada and to keep them clean! Sean takes everything he finds underwater back up with him to show what’s down there isn’t exactly treasure!

What I do changes the world – Step by step.

What I do changes the world – Step by step.

Lizz Hills is going on a walk, a long walk across all of Australia. Why? To understand the stories of our diverse communities. To give a voice to the changing environment of rural and remote Australia. To create a forum for individuals and communities to reflect on and take action for the earth. 

Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Kieryn Matthews

Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero Kieryn Matthews

Meet Mind Your Plastic #LocalHero and Environmental Education Program Manager Kieryn Matthews! Growing up on Coast Salish Territory surrounded by the ocean inspired Kieryn’s love of nature and passion for sustainability. Kieryn has almost seven years of experience engaging communities in climate action as an Educator and Program Manager working for non-profits like Science World and The Starfish Canada.

A Humble Ssstart to My Life

A Humble Ssstart to My Life

Puneet Singh Singhal is based in New Delhi, India. Puneet is a person with an undiagnosed learning disability and stammering. He is a disability activist for people with different and distinct, visible, and invisible disabilities for a more inclusive society. He is the founder of a non-profit called ssstart.org, working towards normalizing speech and communication disabilities, mainly stammering.

Chris Dube’s story

Chris Dube’s story

Read Chris Dube’s story as the 2022 Grand Prize Winner for Natural Curiosity’s National Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education