Title: 9 Teen Climate Activists Fighting for the Future of the Planet | Teen Vogue
Headings: 9 Teen Climate Activists Fighting for the Future of the Planet
9 Teen Climate Activists Fighting for the Future of the Planet
Gen Z has taken on the enormous task of saving the planet from future destruction — and ensuring we have a future to look forward to.
1. Greta Thunberg, 16
2. Katie Eder, 19
3. Jamie Margolin, 17
4. Nadia Nazar, 17
5. Isra Hirsi, 16
6. Alexandria Villaseñor, 14
7. Haven Coleman, 13
8. Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, 19
9. Jayden Foytlin, 15

Content: 7. Haven Coleman, 13
Sloths were the main motivator for Haven Coleman’s dive into environmental activism. She told Teen Vogue that a fifth grade lesson about deforestation was the catalyst for her commitment to ending climate change. “I was so mad that we were making the world so sick and hurting so many people, killing so many people. I knew that it was not about saving the sloths, it was about saving all the organisms that live on it,” Coleman told Teen Vogue. “ I started educating myself, then my parents, then the kids at different schools by doing presentations; then I started talking to politicians, speaking at rallies and events. I was doing everything I could do.” Having participated in climate work since she was 10, Coleman’s transition to founding her own climate-focused organization was only natural. “Millions of people will be displaced, millions will starve, billions of plants, animals, and organisms will go extinct,” she said. “