Since December of 2018, Kids for a Plastic Free Canada has grown from a small organization to a multi-grade youth coalition working determinedly with their municipal and provincial representatives on concrete plans for change. Prominent members, Anastasia Castro and Char Brady, accomplished a lot in 2019, encouraging the awareness of plastic pollution and reducing single-use plastics. Keep reading to learn about their actions! The award-winning duo partnered with the UVic…
We two high school students founded Kids for a Plastic-Free Canada — because plastic trash imperils our birthright and clouds our future. We now call on Premier John Horgan to take immediate action to protect the world we will inhabit. Future kids will thank him for it. The world’s oceans are choking on plastic bags, straws, food wrappers, bottles, Styrofoam and fishing gear — killing 100,000 marine mammals and a…
Charlotte Brady and Anastasia Castro began raising a ruckus about single-use plastics when they were in Grade 8 — a bit younger than Greta Thunberg was when she sat down for her first climate protest. The Glenlyon Norfolk School students would take their arguments anywhere people of influence would listen: Oak Bay council, Esquimalt council, business groups. Often, their audience would listen indulgently — as one does when young people…
Robyn Burns spoke with Anastasia Castro and Charlotte Brady, two Grade 12 students who are the founders of Kids for a Plastic Free Canada. These two Victoria teenagers are about to pitch their plan for reducing single-use plastics to B.C.'s environment minister. Listen to the interview here
Kids for a Plastic Free Canada, Surfrider Foundation of Vancouver Island and the University of Victoria's (UVic) Environmental Law Centre held a rally Tuesday to urge the province to get rid of the polluting plastics. Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Island has called upon Environment Minister George Heyman to grant municipalities the authority to implement plastic bylaws in their own jurisdictions. "This is very important right now," said Chris-Ann Lake, chapter manager…
Is recycling enough, or should we ban some plastics completely? You don't have to look hard, but you do have to look. To the dog walkers and strolling families, Willows Beach appears pristine. Start hunting for garbage, though, and you’ll find lots of it in a few minutes. Drink-box straws, candy wrappers, globs of styrofoam, cling wrap, bits of broken toys, zip ties — all plastic, tangled in the wood…
Never before in human history has the Earth been so endangered, and right now plastic pollution is one of the foremost environmental issues. With the world windmilling on the edge of a precipice, we can no longer afford to dawdle on changes, and youth are the prime candidates in forging this transformation. I am a 16-year-old high school student from Victoria, and an environmental activist. I began working on my…
Anastasia and Charlotte present to the Vancouver City Council on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 View the video here You can find their presentation at Minute 12:55:17
Saanich will formally look into the impact of plastic bags following a presentation from two middle school students, who urged council to reduce and eventually eliminate plastic bags. Charlotte Brady and Anastasia Castro of Glenlyon Norfolk School made this appeal during a presentation to council that included a long list of statistics detailing the prevalence of plastic bags and their effects on all forms of life, including humans. “In the…
Margaret and 3 students from the environmental action group from Glenlyon Norfolk School present to the Victoria City Council on October 29th, 2015 View the video here You can find their presentation at Minute 30:42
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