The environmental activist boy Francisco Vera Manzanares is one of the most influential figures in the fight against climate change, a voice that always asks that the children of the world be heard. In 2021, she recounted her experience in creating the movement Guardians for Life in his native Colombia, in a meeting with schools, within Arona SOS Atlántico, in which he was appointed international ambassador of this initiative that launches a message in defense of the Oceans and cetaceans. This 2022, in the ninth edition of the Festival, he returns to Tenerife, to star in a meeting with students from Arona, with whom he will share the messages of the book What is climate change?illustrated by Lwillys Tafur, in which he explains, in a simple way, what it is and how this great environmental problem affects us.
Francisco Vera Manzanares will share his efforts in favor of the environment at the Infanta Leonor Auditorium, in Los Cristianos (Arona), Tenerife, this Friday, October 7, at 10 a.m., in a meeting with 560 6th grade students , from the Luis Álvarez Cruz (Las Galletas), El Fraile, Chayofa-La Camella, Valle San Lorenzo, La Estrella, Buzanada, Óscar Domínguez, Playa de las Américas and Pérez de Valero centers. The general public can follow the activity through the streaming in Facebook . In addition to reflecting on climate change, the activist will present the work he is carrying out to create a network of environmental schools around the world.
Last year, Francisco Vera was distinguished by the festival and named its ambassador by the mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, in an act that also took place in the Auditorium and was attended by students from all over the municipality.
The environmentalist leader is, at the age of 13, a member of the United Nations Commission on the Rights of the Child. Her way of speaking clearly and effectively, and of connecting with both children and adults, has made Vera Manzanares a leading disseminator and very present in the media. In this sense, El Gran Wyoming decided a few months ago, after interviewing him, to have the young activist in The intermediatewhere the section takes place The Child and the Earth.
love for cetaceans
With the help of the Arona SOS Atlántico Festival, Francisco Vera Manzanares was able to approach, in the 2021 edition, the marine wealth of the Canary waters and in them he learned the importance of cetaceans, not only for the oceans, but for life in general on our planet, since they are “walking purifiers” of the air, due to their ability to generate plankton and eliminate CO2.
The young activist has endorsed the motto of this ninth edition of the Festival, Whales of Lifein accordance with the always optimistic spirit that Vera Manzanares adopts when facing the defense of the environment.
To spread the importance of whales in particular, and the richness of the seabed in general through different cultural disciplines, Arona SOS Atlántico has the support of the Arona City Council, as the main municipality-headquarters, Government of the Canary Islands [ICDC y Promotur]Council of Tenerife [Cultura y Turismo de Tenerife]Council of La Gomera and FAUCA [Canarias Viva].
Guardians for Life
At a very young age, Francisco Vera Manzanares created the Guardians for Life Movement, to encourage boys and girls to become actively involved in protecting the environment. Currently, this young man has become one of the most influential in the fight against climate change, from an optimistic and proactive attitude. He has been present at important meetings on environmental matters, such as the Summit against Climate Change in Glasgow (COP26), an English city in which he coincided with Greta Thunberg.
This young activist has reached political institutions such as the Congress of the Republic of Colombia, where he asked to “legislate for life”, in a historic intervention in his country, or at the UN, where he was recognized by the High Commissioner for Human Rights. , Michelle Bachelet, who appointed him Goodwill Ambassador of the European Union Delegation of Colombia.
Arona SOS Atlantic deepens on the role of the arts and cultural and creative activities and processes in sustainability, especially in our oceans and seas. To make it visible, spread it and investigate the ways in which artists, producers, managers and creators are trying to put into practice, encourage and promote the cultural changes we need for sustainable development.
I am an 84 year old grandmother, in France, who has been concerned for the planet, and all its children, human and non human, for 50 years, and done as much as I could in my small way. I wish I could meet this wonderful young boy, who has already done so much in his short life to help in this deperately important cause .
Thank you dear boy for the extraordinary work you are doing, and may your movement grow and grow and GROW !!!!!!!
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