Hazel V.
Age: 19 | Hometown: Eugene, oregon
"We need to protect our land, water, air, and wildlife. Our government is turning a blind eye to our planet, and our future."
Hazel has loved camping, the ocean, and every aspect of nature since she was very little. But she didn't realize until she was eight that climate change is threatening the environment.
Hazel frequently visits the Oregon coast, where she enjoys bodysurfing, playing on the beach, tidepooling, harvesting seaweed, and hunting mushrooms. Increased surface and ocean temperatures, sea level rise, and ocean acidification caused by climate change threaten Hazel’s future ability to enjoy these activities, which are important aspects of her childhood.
Unfortunately information about the disastrous affects of climate change wasn't taught in her school, so Hazel started trying to educate people about the harmful effects of climate change. "And I believed in this cause. We have hope, and we have the power to change."
News reel
March 21, 2019 - Vogue
Do Americans Have a Constitutional Right to a Livable Planet? Meet the 21 Young People Who Say They Do
September 24, 2018 - OPB
Meet The Young Climate 'Warriors' Of Eugene, Oregon
September 17, 2018 - The Register Guard
Meet Eugene’s young climate ‘warriors’
April 24, 2017 - Democracy Now!
"See You in Court": Kids Suing Trump Admin over Climate Change Speak Out at March for Science
March 28, 2017 - Rolling Stone
High-Stakes Climate Lawsuit Led by Youth Turns Its Attention to Trump
Nov 10, 2016 - CNN
Kids are taking the feds -- and possibly Trump -- to court over climate change