10-yr-old Ryan Hickman (now 12 years old!) is already an old pro at recycling. As CEO of his company, Ryan’s Recycling, he’s on a mission to keep our land and seas trash free.

Irene Montes and her family switched from a conventional farm to utilizing regenerative agriculture methods to bring balance back to their ecosystem.

Anne Therese Gennari is an entrepreneur, activist, and a great example of how you don’t have to be in the environmental field to make a difference.

Pablo Borboroglu uses science, policy, education and an indomitable spirit to protect penguins in the furthest corners of the world.

Dr. Nancy Knowlton, cofounder of Earth Optimism and #oceanoptimism, created a movement by just switching her environmental narrative from problems to solutions.

Patricia Chan is the founder of Spay Panama. Through her organization, she has bettered the lives of hundreds of thousands street cats and dogs in Panama.

Kelly Donithan recently returned from rescuing wildlife after the Australian fires. We talk about what it was like and what stills gives her hope.

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. Paul Thomson is the cofounder of Save Pangolins, an organization that has been bringing attention to these elusive scaled mammals with the hopes that to know them is to love them and, therefore, protect them.