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Sixteen-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s notoriety recently scolded world leaders over inaction on climate change at the UN General Assembly. Autumn Peltier (Anishinaabe) is a young First Nations environmental activist who also recently used the UN platform to speak up about the lack of clean water for Indigenous people in Canada. Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh Martinez is part of a group of young people suing the U.S. Government over climate change. Young Indigenous people are finding their voice and risking backlash, speaking up over climate change. Is their message being heard?
Guests:
Yang (Diné) – student at New Mexico School for the Arts as a visual artist, part of the steering committee for Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA)
Kimberly Pikok Piquk (Inupiaq) – student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bernadette Demientieff (Gwichyaa Gwich’in) – executive director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee
Break 1 music: Get Down On It (single) Neon Nativez (artist)
Break 2 music: Way Ya Hey Ya (song) Dawa (artist) A Joyful Defiant Tone (album)
