A Teenager’s Journey to Climate Advocacy in Puerto Rico
Journal of Applied Research on Children
; 12(1), 2021.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1918891
ABSTRACT
As a teenager with severe atopic dermatitis and asthma living in Puerto Rico, life has presented me with many obstacles and challenges that have shaped me into who I am. Living through powerful hurricanes, earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on the immediacy of the climate crisis. Our future is at stake, and the countdown to prevent and prepare is running out. I am discovering my role in promoting climate action as a vested stakeholder. How can an adolescent help and truly make a difference in the mitigation of climate change? Analyzing these issues from the intimate perspective of intergenerational environmental justice and an ever-growing passion for the environment, stirs the pot (PFOA free) to activate the environmental conscience in every reader. Key Take Away Points As a teenager with severe atopic dermatitis and asthma living in Puerto Rico, life has presented me with many obstacles and challenges that have shaped me into who I am. Living through powerful hurricanes, earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on the immediacy of the climate crisis. Our future is at stake, and the countdown to prevent and prepare is running out. I am discovering my role in promoting climate action as a vested stakeholder. How can an adolescent help and truly make a difference in the mitigation of climate change? Analyzing these issues from the intimate perspective of intergenerational environmental justice and an ever-growing passion for the environment, stirs the pot (PFOA free) to activate the environmental conscience in every reader.
Children And Youth - About; Climate Change; Atopic Dermatitis; Puerto Rico; Hurricane; Environment; Environmental justice; Asthma; Stakeholders; Dermatitis; Adolescents; COVID-19; Conscience; Pandemics; Advocacy; Brightness; Earthquakes; Atopic; Coronaviruses; Mitigation; Hurricanes; United States--US
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Database:
ProQuest Central
Country/Region as subject:
Puerto Rico
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Applied Research on Children
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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