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As we reflect on International Youth Day (12 August) this week, we invite you to celebrate the achievements of young individuals within the environment movement who are creating seismic change and challenging the status quo.
This year, International Youth Day focuses on the digital pathways into environmentalism that are increasingly driven by 'digital native' young people. In our featured articles, you'll find inspiring stories of youth-led initiatives that develop new technologies or harness the power of digital platforms to tackle climate justice and environmental racism, as well as some recommended further reading from our bookshop.
From activism that challenges systemic issues to grassroots projects transforming local communities, young leaders are driving meaningful change through the power of tech. This International Youth Day, we celebrate the contributions of those making environmental spaces more accessible and inclusive for young people from all backgrounds.
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Active hope
by Diyora Shadijanova, Issue 341, Nov/Dec 2023
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Diyora Shadijanova reviews It's Not That Radical by young activist, speaker and co-founder of Awethu School or Organising, Mikaela Loach. In her book, Mikaela sets out a vision for climate action that is fundamentally intertwined with social justice. Rejecting the notion of 'green capitalism', which 'makes the same world but green', Mikaela sees capitalism and its inequality at the root of the climate crisis. | |
Tackling period poverty
by Dipisha Bhujel, Issue 343, Mar/Apr 2024
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Dipisha Bhujel shares her journey of founding Project Sparśa, a women-led non-profit making compostable sanitary pads from banana plants and educating young Nepalese women about menstruation.
Growing up in Nepal, Dipisha experienced stigma and shame around menstruation, motivating her to create change. In 2020, she co-founded Project Sparśa with NIDISI, addressing period poverty and plastic pollution.
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Within the climate emergency
by Russell Warfield, Issue 336, Jan/Feb 2023
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Russell Warfield reviews The Climate Book, created by Greta Thunberg, one of the best-known young activists of the climate movement, highlighting her growth as a thinker and activist.
This comprehensive volume features contributions from various experts, including Michael Oppenheimer, Margaret Atwood and Kate Raworth, and showcases Thunberg's bold stance on anti-capitalism and colonialism. Her writings reveal her shift from merely critiquing the lack of climate action to addressing systemic inequalities.
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Bookshop
Explore further the visionary ideas of young activists through their books — available from the Resurgence bookshop
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
by Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg is a climate activist and Nobel Prize nominee whose school strikes in 2018 ignited a millions-strong global movement to protect the living planet.
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference collects Thunberg's history-making speeches, from climate rallies around the worldadiences at the UN, at the World Economic Forum, and in the UK British Piament.
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Diary of a Young Naturalist
by Dara McAnulty
The teenage star of BBC's Countryfile, and a social media sensation, Dara McAnulty opens up about his autism and its interrelation with his love of the natural world, as well as providing fascinating practical advice and knowledge about British wildlife.
Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, he spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries about his connection to wildlife and the way he sees the world are raw in their telling.
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Calling out racism to save our planet
by Mya-Rose Craig, Issue 317, Nov/Dec 2019
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When she was just 13 years old, Mya-Rose Craig founded Camp Avalon to engage inner-city and minority ethnic children and teenagers with Nature. Highlighting institutional racism within the environmental sector, she stresses the importance of making environmental spaces accessible to these communities.
By the time she was 14, Craig set up Black2Nature, a project aiming to increase the engagement of visible minority ethnic people with Nature. These camps allow individuals to learn about the benefits to physical and mental health and wellbeing and relate to their rural heritage abroad..
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Helping Delhi's waste workers boost recycling
by Vandana K, Issue 324, Jan/Feb 2021
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Vandana K interviews 14-year-old Freya Thakral, a British Indian teenager and developer of Recycler, an app that has saved a tonne of plastic and e-waste from the streets of New Delhi.
Alarmed by witnessing a cow eat plastic bags from the street, Thakral set out to tackle local recycling issues and the vulnerability of waste workers in Delhi. She secured funding, set up a warehouse, and learned coding to develop the app, which offers a free door-to-door waste collection service.
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Leah Thomas in conversation with Susan Clark
Resurgence Talk recording, 28 February 2024
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In this conversation recorded in the run-up to International Women's Day 2024, Susan Clark and Leah Thomas discuss the new wave of Eco Feminism and what that means. Thomas shares her thoughts on
social media for positive change.
Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist, founder of the non-profit Intersectional Environmentalist, and author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect
People + Planet.
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In all its work, Resurgence seeks to share new ideas and inspire connection with community and with each other. We hope you will enjoy these features from our archive celebrating the initiatives and achievements of these young leaders and activists seeking change.
With all good wishes,
The Resurgence Team
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