During this era of coronavirus lockdown, youth leaders across the country continue to innovate their climate strike tactics against Wall Street banks. Following the 50th Anniversary Earth Day Live three day livestream event last week, youth climate advocates are launching a pledge called Not My Dirty Money. The youth pledge is a joint partnership of highschool and college age focused organizations led by Divest Ed, Earth Guardians, Future Coalition and the PowerShift Network with the Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition. The youth pledge is calling on people ages 13-25 to commit not to open their first bank account with JPMorgan Chase, due to the banks’ outsized role in financing climate change.

Looking for a few simple ways to cut carbon? Earth Guardians has been recognized publicly for this comprehensive yet accessible little list. Pretty soon we’ll be launching a campaign that incentivizes folks to collectively commit to taking on one of these items for a week straight. Our goal is to track the carbon our global tribe is cutting. Meanwhile, scope out the list and get a head start on your carbon-cutting practice.

Some words from Earth Guardian, Ludo at a recent strike in Golden Bay, New Zealand.
“United we rise to call on all children, parents, politicians, teachers and everyone else to
work with us to create a world we can live in, a world we can pass onto future generations
with pride. United we rise to act on this crisis. The time for consideration of this crisis is gone.”

As an organization, Earth Guardians encourages Youth leaders to show up with authenticity and let authenticity inspire our work. Earth Guardian’s work is anchored in these three qualities, authenticity, spirit, and family or community, and these qualities are the reason we have affected the change that we have. Tamara, our Executive Director, envisioned Earth Guardians out of a recurring dream she had of hundreds of thousands of youth collaborating and pouring into the streets, together. With this vision, she began the Earth Guardians school in 1992, in Maui, Hawaii.

Earth Guardians’ India Crew has been mobilizing hundreds of youth to work on enacting real change. From planting roof top gardens to planting 500 seedlings in their urban neighborhoods, they are working on the front lines to improve their living conditions and engaging youth.

Hundreds of children who are passionate about football on climate change issues and the protection of the environment, but also to follow them in their school curriculum and to help the most vulnerable to have the courage, the strength and the means necessary to go to school and flourish.

“How can we find a solution for sustainable agriculture that is less pollutant, smart, food - safe and compatible with the equilibrium of ecosystems and also gives the taste of cultivating the land to young Togolese and West Africa?”

Aran is a 16-year-old from Udine, Italy that just recently started an Earth Guardians Crew, but has been active in his community since 2016 trying to protect the Alberone torrent from an unsustainable hydroelectric power station.