About this episode

Host John Whidden interviews 13-year-old environmentalist Prasiddhi about her tree planting initiatives and climate activism.

Host John Whidden welcomes 13-year-old Indian environmentalist Prasiddhi, founder of Prasiddhi Forest Foundation, who has planted 200,000 trees toward a goal of 10 million and built a global following to spread hopeful, action-focused climate messaging. She describes starting after the 2016 Varadhah Cyclone in Tamil Nadu, learning fundraising, creating a seed-collecting “kids army,” and growing a nursery capable of 30,000 saplings. Prasiddhi discusses attending UN COP conferences (including C...

People in this episode

Host: John Whidden

Guest: Prasiddhi

Topics covered

• environmentalism
• climate action
• youth activism
• tree planting
• sustainability

Keywords

• Prasiddhi
• tree planting
• climate messaging
• youth activist
• environmentalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prasiddhi Forest Foundation

Places: India, Tamil Nadu

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