Be inspired by the stories of student change agents throughout the world! Let their stories inspire you to take action yourself, so that you are able to share your own story! Take a look below at how these young people are changing the world and use the links to explore more about the great things they are doing to make a positive impact in and to the world.

food for thought

There are nearly 17 million kids in the United States who experience hunger at any given time throughout the year. That’s more than the combined populations of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles – America’s three largest cities – combined. We can do better. Let’s be the generation that solves America’s child hunger problem. 

"Had Fun while Helping Others!" held a Game Over for a Childhood Hunger event. Forty-five kids brought FUN to the table by playing games and brought 2800 meals to the table, too! The kids also wrote letters to elected officials encouraging them to help the hungry and  advocate for local food banks.

What will you bring to the table? Click HERE to learn more.

The Secret of trees

What do trees know that we don't? 13-year-old inventor Aidan Dwyer realized that trees use a mathematical formula to gather sunlight in crowded forests. Then he wondered why we don’t collect solar energy in the same way. As a result, Aidan carefully studied Fibonacci sequences to design a more efficient model for solar power.

To read more about Aidan, click HERE.

If students designed 
their own schools

A small town in America experiments with self-directed learning at its public high school. A group of students gets to create their own school-within-a-school and they learn only what they want to learn. Does it work? Charles Tsai finds out by spending a week with the Independent Project.

Hackschooling Makes Me Happy

When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy. He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal. 

Everyone has a voice

A girl from our home country, 12-year old Victoria Grant explains why her homeland, Canada, and most of the world, is in debt. April 27, 2012 at the Public Banking in America Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Click HERE to watch an interview, where Victoria shares the truth about corrupt bankers and the economy. 

the girl who silenced the world

Environmental activist, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, gave the speech at the UN Earth Summit of 1992, when she was only 12 years old. E.C.O raised money to attend the Summit in Rio de Janeiro. 

"If you don't know how to fix it, please stop breaking it."

To see how Severn is continuing to take action, please click here.

20 years later at the U.n.

Q. What’s your prognosis? Is the world completely screwed, or can we turn this thing around?

A. I think it can be saved. I was talking with Severn Suzuki this morning. She was telling me about this Nature article that shows we’re approaching some kind of tipping point. I think we’re heading for one of those if we don’t do anything, but I think we can change it, move things around. If we start working now, we can level things out.

But I also think we’ve made some wrong moves and we will pay the consequences. And if we continue to make wrong moves, the next generation will pay the consequences.

Whats wrong with our Food?

Birke Baehr wants us to know how our food is made, where it comes from, and what's in it. At age 11, he's planning a career as an organic farmer. At age 9, while traveling with his family and being "roadschooled," Birke Baehr began studying sustainable and organic farming practices such as composting, vermiculture, canning and food preservation. Soon he discovered his other passion: educating others -- especially his peers -- about the destructiveness of the industrialized food system, and the alternatives. He spoke at TEDxNextGenerationAsheville in 2010.

Kids developing apps

Most 12-year-olds love playing videogames -- Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like "Bustin Jeiber," a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids become developers.

Interested in joining Thomas in learning how to code for free? Click here to get started!

What adults can learn from kids

Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach. With almost 2 Million views, Adora (12 years old) wows us in this 8 minute talk.

Check out Adora's continuing activism by clicking here.

Mr. President, Can You Hear Us? Youth Inaugural Address

Children and young people from across the U.S. talk to President Obama and Congress about what needs to be accomplished in the next four years. This grassroots video is a project of the Children's Leadership Council and powered by SparkAction. 

Add your voice at http://bit.ly/kidsinaug.