Young people around the world are using innovative social activism to spark cultural, political and environmental change more than ever before. Local Heroes showcases their amazing work and triumphs the spirit of activism that has been taken up by a new generation of change-makers.

In this truly international series, we meet a frontline worker rescuing migrants off the coast of Greece, an Afro-Latina poet combatting inequality in New York, an Israeli activist supporting victims of bullying, and a Kenyan inventor putting his skills to use protecting lions.

These stories provide an inspiring vision of a generation of activists willing to fight to bring about the world they believe in. Show less