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27/11/2019 GMT

The Kids are Alright

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How Stella Bowles' school project and persistence led to a clean-up of her local river

How Stella Bowles' school science project and persistence led to the 15 million Canadian dollar clean-up of her local river.

Stella Bowles is a teenage environmental campaigner; one you probably haven’t heard about - yet. But she has sparked real change in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Her school science project, and a great deal of persistence, led to a 15 million Canadian dollar project to clean up pollution in her local river. Now she is trying to show other teenagers around the world how they too can be guardians of their local waterways.

Teenagers are often dismissed as too young to have an opinion and too inexperienced to make a difference. But throughout history, changes in society have been powered by youthful outrage and determination. Today’s young adults face a new array of dangers which will stretch out over decades. This is their inheritance, and they have a clear incentive to improve it. 

This is the first of a three-part series, in which Sandra Kanthal talks to teenagers around the world who are determined to be a voice for change. They are passionate, articulate and determined. Their experiences may provide inspiration to others who are fighting to make their world a better place.

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Teenagers inspired to try and make a difference in the world around them.

Kids today: the lament of adults for generations. But throughout history, changes in society have been powered by youthful outrage and determination.  Today’s teenagers face a new landscape of dangers, stretching into the 2050s and beyond. This is their inheritance, and they have a clear incentive to improve it. 
  
In this three part series, The Kids Are Alright, Sandra Kanthal meets inspiring teenagers around the world working to make a difference in their communities and beyond.
 
This series will introduce you to, among others, youth reporters in South Africa trying to confront the rising tide of violence engulfing their neighbourhood; a Canadian teenager who has persuaded her government to spend millions to clean up a heavily polluted local river; and in Sweden, a young Syrian refugee working to improving the lives of hundreds of school age children in the camp in Lebanon where he lived for years.
 
Teenagers are often dismissed as too young to have an opinion and too inexperienced to make a difference.  But these young adults are passionate, articulate and determined. Their experiences may provide inspiration to others who are fighting to make their world a better place.

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