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Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is focused and inspiring young man. As Xiuhtezcatl said, “It is not about saving the world anymore, it is about awakening the human consciousness…. We have to see the Earth as more than just a resource and we have to start seeing sustainability as a way of life, as a lifestyle….”
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez from Boulder Colorado is a 15 year old Indigenous environmental activist and has spoken publicly at over 100 environmental and climate change events since his first climate change speaking engagement at six years old. He is co-founder of Earth Guardians a youth organization he leads to inspire and empower young people to unite on behalf of their future. He has worked locally in city councils and with county commissioners, to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash regulated, a fee on plastic bags, a moratorium on fracking and on many other issues. He has filed lawsuits against his state and the federal government for not protecting the atmosphere based on the public trust doctrine. He went to Washington DC and met with Congress and White House staff and got the public support of over 80 congress men and women in his lawsuits. He has traveled to different parts of the world and throughout the United States waking youth and adults up to dire situation of our environmental and climate crisis and the need to take positive action NOW!
He was one of the youngest speakers at the Rio+20 UN summit in Brazil and at the Uplift Festival in Byron Bay Australia. He is starting Earth Guardian crews around the global and has five already established and going strong, in Australia, Africa, Brazil, India and Europe. Since a young age, through the Aztec tradition and ceremonies, he has developed a deep connection with the Earth and he has witnessed in his travels that most people have lost their connection with themselves and the natural world. He is on a mission to bring the awareness of our environmental and climate crisis to youth globally, help them reconnect with the earth and engage them into positive, united, concerted action on behalf of the survival of his and future generations.
Listen to more amazing insights from Indigenous elders at the Global Indigenous Wisdom Summit Library. Register here: http://bit.ly/1xpJ4C2 and listen to all the recordings for free.
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By The Shift NetworkXiuhtezcatl Martinez is focused and inspiring young man. As Xiuhtezcatl said, “It is not about saving the world anymore, it is about awakening the human consciousness…. We have to see the Earth as more than just a resource and we have to start seeing sustainability as a way of life, as a lifestyle….”
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez from Boulder Colorado is a 15 year old Indigenous environmental activist and has spoken publicly at over 100 environmental and climate change events since his first climate change speaking engagement at six years old. He is co-founder of Earth Guardians a youth organization he leads to inspire and empower young people to unite on behalf of their future. He has worked locally in city councils and with county commissioners, to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash regulated, a fee on plastic bags, a moratorium on fracking and on many other issues. He has filed lawsuits against his state and the federal government for not protecting the atmosphere based on the public trust doctrine. He went to Washington DC and met with Congress and White House staff and got the public support of over 80 congress men and women in his lawsuits. He has traveled to different parts of the world and throughout the United States waking youth and adults up to dire situation of our environmental and climate crisis and the need to take positive action NOW!
He was one of the youngest speakers at the Rio+20 UN summit in Brazil and at the Uplift Festival in Byron Bay Australia. He is starting Earth Guardian crews around the global and has five already established and going strong, in Australia, Africa, Brazil, India and Europe. Since a young age, through the Aztec tradition and ceremonies, he has developed a deep connection with the Earth and he has witnessed in his travels that most people have lost their connection with themselves and the natural world. He is on a mission to bring the awareness of our environmental and climate crisis to youth globally, help them reconnect with the earth and engage them into positive, united, concerted action on behalf of the survival of his and future generations.
Listen to more amazing insights from Indigenous elders at the Global Indigenous Wisdom Summit Library. Register here: http://bit.ly/1xpJ4C2 and listen to all the recordings for free.