On the last day of the UN Climate Change conference in South Africa last December, U.S. student urges the delegates to reach a strong and binding agreement to stop carbon emissions that cause climate change.  Then she Mic-Checks the delegates, along with many other students in the room, using the familiar Occupy Wall Street technique.

Click this link to see more inspiring videos of young people, whose future is at risk from climate change, speaking out passionately and taking non-violent direct action.  They join with millions of people of all ages, from around the country and the world, in the huge and growing international movement to stop and reduce global warming, protect the environment, and build a clean energy, just, and sustainable economy and society.

Left to right: John Berkowitz, PVCA Coordinator; Nova Venerable, Smith College senior who performed hip-hop poetry at our Nov. 18, ’11 event in Northampton called “It’s Our Future! Youth Speak Out to Save the Environment and the Earth” (she also won top award in 2008 Chicago teen poetry slam); and Savannah Sullivan, Oberlin College ’11 and organizer (til Jan. ’12) of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign in western MA.

Here's John's Honda Civic Hybrid with the message on both sides and rear bumper: "Take a Stand for a Safe Climate Future! For your kids, grandkids, and all life: Act now! Call Congress at 202–225-3121"