Author and filmmaker Lynne Cherry wants everyone to know that
kids have the power to bring about change. Her documentary,
Young Voices for the Planet, tells eight different stories of
kids who are offering solutions for environmental problems. “It
has been exciting to meet so many cool, caring kids and working
[with them] to help their voices be heard,” Cherry told TFK.
Learn more about the young change makers featured in the film,
below. Felix Finkbeiner, 11, finished his homework on climate
change and wanted to do more. So, he started Plant for the
Planet, which helped plant 2.5 billion trees in Germany and 12
billion trees worldwide. "If the adults won't do something, we
have to do it, because we'll be around for another 80 years and
our grandchildren even longer," he says. Olivia Bouler, 11,
heard about the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and
offered to help. She created and sold paintings of birds to
raise money for the cleanup. She raised more than $200,000 for
the National Audubon Society, a gr