Prologue:
Video of a young climate activist discussing the IPCC Report and how we can move forward in English Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
An article about 3 young Latin Americans fighting for the environment (In Spanish with an English version)
A list of young Latine environmental activists in Spanish
Video on Nemonte Nenquimo and Alexandra Narvaez and the indigenous effort to save the Amazon In Spanish with English subtitles Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Interview with Nemonte Nenquimo In Spanish with English subtitles Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Chapter 1:
Article on Greta Thunberg in Spanish
Greta Thunberg’s Ted Talk on Climate Change in English Transcript available in Spanish Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Video of a young person explaining why Autism is his superpower in English Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
An article on Fridays for Future in Spanish
Chapter 2:
An article about a young Indonesian activist working to save the oceans in English
Ted Talk from Melati and Isabel Wijsen on fighting to ban single use plastics in Bali in English Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
A short article on Bye Bye Plastic Bag in Spanish. This website also has a ton of projects run by young climate activists in Spanish and English
A video on ocean plastic in Spanish Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Chapter 3:
A video of Alvarado Quesada on fighting for our Environment in English Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
A Telemundo news clip on ecotourism and renewable energy in Costa Rica with an interview with the Costa Rican first lady Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
A small bio and a ted talk from Diego Arguedas Ortiz – a Costa Rican environmental activist in Spanish
A news clip on renewable energy in Costa Rica in Spanish Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Costa Rican travel vlog in Spanish Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Chapter 4
A news clip about the death of the last giant tortoise on the Galapagos in Spanish Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
A video clip about the eradication of invasive species in the Galapagos in English and Spanish with English subtitles Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/brink A podcast in English with English transcript about the eradication of goats from the Galapagos
A short video on the animals and biodiversity of the Galapagos in English Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
A Galapagos Travel Vlog in Spanish Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Chapter 5
An article about the young women fighting for equal education in English
A list of women fighting for better and equal education in English
A short bio plus quotes on education from Malala Yousafzai in Spanish
Interview with Malala Yousafzai on the power of education for girls in English Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
Chapter 6
An article on young people fighting against poverty in English
Kiva loan success stories in English
An article on a young Ugandan activist in English
An interview with a young Ugandan activist in Spanish
City tour of Kampala Uganda no speaking Note: Please watch videos in their entirety before sharing them with students.
A list of things to do in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan in Spanish with photos