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Ruth Miller attends Brown University's first Indigenous People's Day celebration as a sophomore in 2016. | Nick Dentamaro / Brown University
Ruth Miller is a member of the Dena’ina Athabascan Alaska Native tribe who believes prioritizing Indigenous women’s voices in discussions about climate justice is crucial.
 Members of the the San Carlos Apache Nation attend a protest outside the U.S. Capitol against a land swap that "threatens the sacred Apache Leap site with environmental damage from nearby high-risk copper." July 22, 2015. | Win McNamee/Getty Images
Naelyn Pike, Chiricahua Apache, is fighting with paperwork and by speaking out to stop Resolution Copper, a foreign-owned mining company, from extracting copper ore from the Apache sacred site in Arizona. 
Xiye Bastida attends a CHOOSE US - Youth Climate Strike Demands Solutions And Action Now conversation with youth climate leaders at The New York Society for Ethical Culture. | Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images
Xiye Bastida is committed to helping create a future where climate activism is a space where people feel included and their actions matter.
EARTH FOCUS “The Youth Climate Movement Around the World” features Alexandria Villaseñor from Paradise, California. Image courtesy of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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In-depth profiles of four young environmentalists: Alexandria Villaseñor in California, Carl Smith in Alaska, Ayakha Melithafa in South Africa and Litokne Kabua in the Marshall Islands.
A Standing Rock Sioux flag flies over a protest encampment near Cannon Ball, North Dakota where members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and their supporters gathered to voice their opposition to the Dakota Access oil Pipeline (DAPL), September 3, 2016.
Cody Two Bears is merging his Standing Rock Sioux cultural knowledge and desire for climate justice to empower his community through renewable energy. 
L.A. River CleanUp. | Courtesy of Friends of the Los Angeles River
Thanks to the work of many agencies, from California State Parks to the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as from plenty of lesser-known organizations and individuals, progress is being made in the revitalization at the Los Angeles River.
A close-up photo of curling leaves | Joey Kyber / Unsplash
What is nature? Evan Meyer of UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden; Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, disability justice and culture expert; and Rebeca Méndez, a designer and artist whose work addresses climate change, tackle this complex topic.
(From left to right) Paulo Guajajara, Laercio Guajajara, Max Baring of Thomson Reuters Foundation, and Olimpio Guajajara, posed for a photo in Brazil on Jan 30, 2019. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Karla Mendes
The Thomson Reuters Foundation met Paulo Paulino Guajajara in the Amazon on a reporting trip for Earth Focus in January. This week he was killed, the latest fatality in an escalating battle between illegal loggers and indigenous tribes.
Moon jellyfish crudo,  Making the Best of It, garden tasting and dinner at the Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden, UCLA, 2018 | Barron Bixler
While many use words like fight, stand up or reverse to talk about climate change, Marina Zurkow and her collaborators are asking humans to re-think their diets and their place on the food chain.
Beyond Meat burger | Still from "Broken Bread" Future
Beyond Burger patties are vegan, but its texture, taste and even its color is so closely reminiscent to beef that it's hard to believe that it wasn't made from an animal.
Jellyfish dish by Hank and Bean held by Roy Choi | Still from "Broken Bread"
Henry Fischer and Anna Rose Hopkins have vastly different backgrounds, but as Hank and Bean, they work with artists to create immersive dining experiences that challenges what people classify as food.
Dough Girl - Team
In addition to baking creative pies like the In-N-Out-inspired Animal Style and lobster bisque-smothered Mobster pizzas, Dough Girl is lending a hand to local youth dealing with issues like homelessness and addiction.
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