My name is Itzcuauhtli Roske-Martinez, and I am a 11 year old indigenous environmental hip hop activist from Boulder, Colorado. I have been working with the Earth Guardians on climate change since I was 7 years old, because I am concerned about the kind of world I am going to be left with.
I have been traveling for months to perform at climate change and environmental conferences across the U.S. At these conferences I've been listening to some of the top experts and scientists talking about the fact that it's game over for the planet if carbon is not capped in the next year. We have already reached a tipping point and are feeling the impacts of climate change across the planet. Oceans are acidifying, eco systems are collapsing, and we are seeing bigger storms and disasters across the planet, displacing people and destroying homes. We are in the midst of the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaur age.
Now as a 11 year old boy listening to this information, it hit me hard. I have been hearing the facts for years, but this time was different! Some of my heroes like Van Jones, Bill Mckibben, David Orr, and James Hansen are saying that we are at a crossroads and have to act NOW!
I was sitting in the Newark Airport in New York after performing at the Omega Conference with my family getting ready to return to Colorado and I thought, what does it matter anyway if I go to school or go to college and learn all this stuff, if there is not going to be a world worth living in? A world where there will be more and more climate refugees from rising sea levels and people suffering from draughts and floods and famine. That's when I thought, I have to do something drastic to change the outcome of our future. What can I do as one person to help change the direction we are headed?
I decided to take a vow of silence to inspire all of YOU to speak up for FUTURE GENERATIONS. It WAS the hardest thing I have ever done. I didn't speak for 45 days and people from around the world joined me in a talking strike on December 10th, 2014. We are moving from Silence into Action leading all the way up to the UN Paris climate talks in December of 2015!
The voice of our generation must be heard because our futures will be most impacted by Climate Change!!!
CHECK OUT VIDEO BELOW TO LEARN HOW ALL THIS STARTED
I have been traveling for months to perform at climate change and environmental conferences across the U.S. At these conferences I've been listening to some of the top experts and scientists talking about the fact that it's game over for the planet if carbon is not capped in the next year. We have already reached a tipping point and are feeling the impacts of climate change across the planet. Oceans are acidifying, eco systems are collapsing, and we are seeing bigger storms and disasters across the planet, displacing people and destroying homes. We are in the midst of the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaur age.
Now as a 11 year old boy listening to this information, it hit me hard. I have been hearing the facts for years, but this time was different! Some of my heroes like Van Jones, Bill Mckibben, David Orr, and James Hansen are saying that we are at a crossroads and have to act NOW!
I was sitting in the Newark Airport in New York after performing at the Omega Conference with my family getting ready to return to Colorado and I thought, what does it matter anyway if I go to school or go to college and learn all this stuff, if there is not going to be a world worth living in? A world where there will be more and more climate refugees from rising sea levels and people suffering from draughts and floods and famine. That's when I thought, I have to do something drastic to change the outcome of our future. What can I do as one person to help change the direction we are headed?
I decided to take a vow of silence to inspire all of YOU to speak up for FUTURE GENERATIONS. It WAS the hardest thing I have ever done. I didn't speak for 45 days and people from around the world joined me in a talking strike on December 10th, 2014. We are moving from Silence into Action leading all the way up to the UN Paris climate talks in December of 2015!
The voice of our generation must be heard because our futures will be most impacted by Climate Change!!!
CHECK OUT VIDEO BELOW TO LEARN HOW ALL THIS STARTED
My silent strike is over after 45 days on we are moving from SILENCE INTO ACTION -
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WE WANT TO GET ONE MILLION SIGNATURES TO DELIVER AT THE UN TALKS IN PARIS IN DEC. OF 2015
Sign the pledge now on the sign the pledge page! You can also sign the pledge on Eco Watch at this link: https://ecowatch.com/petition/pledge-climate-leader/
WE WANT TO GET ONE MILLION SIGNATURES TO DELIVER AT THE UN TALKS IN PARIS IN DEC. OF 2015