Catarina Lorenzo

A young woman stands outside, holding a handmade cardboard sign with colourful drawings

Catarina Lorenzo is a 13-year-old global activist and surfer from Salvador, Bahia in Brasil! She loves horses, reading, skateboarding and is really passionate about the environment. Catarina is part of the petition Children.vs.climate crisis, and together with 15 other youths from all around the world went to the United Nations to demand climate action from world leaders; powerfully reminding them that the new generations are the ones which are going to be there in the future. She is also part of the S.O.S Vale Encantado, Heirs to Our Oceans, Irregular Labs, KidsRight Changemakers and is a Jovem Embaixadora Eco Women. Recently Catarina created Eco Club Sustentare, a project focused on environmental and sustainable education.

One action Catarina would like you to do:

“Try and be more conscious of the power of your actions. By being conscious you will start changing your actions from negative to positive, always thinking in a sustainable way. Getting conscious makes the people that surround you also mindful of the power of their actions. Change starts in us, and then it spreads all around.”

Follow Catarina's work on Instagram and read this interview to find out more.