Youth Grabbing the Wheel: Young Leaders Speak Up on Driving Down Carbon

Duration
1:04:13

Youth Grabbing the Wheel: Young Leaders Speak Up on Driving Down Carbon

 

Jason Bade, 19, Stanford Student; Co-director, Green Youth Alliance; California Climate Champion
Gemma Givens, 19, UC Santa Cruz Student; Member, Indigenous Environment Network
Shreya Indukuri, 16, Harker Upper School Student; Co-founder SmartPowerEd.org
Alli Reed, UC Berkeley student; Real Food Challenge

 

What would the move to a clean-energy economy look like if your kids were driving? Business and policy leaders often talk about preserving natural resources for future generations, and yet youth are rarely part of the conversation. In fact, they usually are on the margins or not even in the room.

 

This program was recored in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on May 4, 2010.