Longing for a Local Lunch

Activism, Short Film, Young Voices for the Planet

Longing for a Local Lunch Activism – 10 min Students in Great Barrington, MA change their cafeteria fare from processed foods to local food and calculate the difference in CO2 emissions between eating locally grown food vs food coming from great distances....

Dreaming in Green

Activism, Short Film, Young Voices for the Planet

Dreaming in Green Activism – 6 min Four Miami girls learn that Miami will suffer serious economic loss from sea level rise; they do an energy audit and save their school $53,000 in energy bills. DIRECTOR Lynne Cherry PRODUCER Lynne Cherry Watch on: Curated by:...

Save Tomorrow

Activism, Short Film, Young Voices for the Planet

Save Tomorrow Activism – 7 min Inspired by the Young Voices for the Planet films, nine-year-old Alice Van Evera starts a club called “Save Tomorrow,” which helps overturn a ban prohibiting solar panels on town buildings in Lexington, Massachusetts...

The Last Straw

Activism, Short Film, Young Voices for the Planet

The Last Straw Activism – 4 min Young Milo Cress encourages restaurants to go “straw-free” and say “no” to  plastic drinking straws. DIRECTOR Lynne Cherry CINEMATOGRAPHER Alison LechmerJill HoldrenVentana Productions PRODUCER Lynne CherryPeter Rhodes EDITOR...

Plastic: Villain or Hero

Activism, LXL Ideas

Plastic: Villain or Hero Activism – 3 min It is widely known how much destruction plastic can cause to the environment. But  have we ever wondered if maybe the way in which we are using it is causing all the harm? In this stop-motion film, a girl and her grandma...

Luke’s Black Lives Matter Poem

Activism, Xtalks

Luke’s Black Lives Matter Poem Activism – 2 min “There’s more to me than what your eyes see.” UK youth Luke Azille recites his poem, depicting how society sees and judges him, often without first knowing him. DIRECTOR Luke Azille PRODUCER Patrick Azille CAST...

Olivia’s Birds

Activism, Short Film, Young Voices for the Planet

Olivia’s Birds Activism – 7 min Olivia’s Birds and the Oil Spill 11-year-old Olivia Bouler from NY who raises $200,000 for Audubon’s efforts to rescue oiled birds after the BP spill. Olivia encourages Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and her...

Take a Stand for Animals

Activism, Short Film, Xtalks

Take A Stand For Animals – Mphukira Activism – 5 min Bridging a deeply held respect for the environment and an understanding of the fragile relationship between humans and other animals, Mphukira gives an impassioned argument of why we should all take a stand...

Team Marine

Activism, Short Film, Young Voices for the Planet

Team Marine Activism – 6 min Students get a ban on plastic bags in their city and inspire hundreds of other students to work toward the successful statewide California ban on plastic bags. DIRECTOR Lynne Cherry PRODUCER Lynne Cherry Watch on: Curated by:...

Peace Boat

Activism, KIDS FIRST!, Short Film

Against The Tide: A Journey for Climate Hope Activism – 30 min In 2017, a group of young leaders from states on the front line of climate change and marine degradation joined Peace Boat’s Global Voyage as a part of a new programme to highlight these...