As an economic adviser to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Faith Edem helped identify West African countries that would benefit from Canadian financial help to reduce carbon emissions.
Brandon Leeds and his brother, Jordan, 26, run SOFi Products, which manufactures the paper straws and cold drink cups you now get at many fast food restaurants. Together, they have replaced 100 million plastic straws.
Laurence Letarte-Préfontaine and her friend Vanja Lugonjic designed and produced a card game to allow players to have honest and hopeful conversations about their relationship with nature and the climate and to choose actions to protect it.
Seventeen-year-old Ziya Merchant is the founder of Phasing Out Plastic Bottles, a multi-school campaign using plastic water bottles to raise awareness about climate justice.