Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is focused and inspiring young man. As Xiuhtezcatl said, “It is not about saving the world anymore, it is about awakening the human consciousness…. We have to see the Earth as more than just a resource and we have to start seeing sustainability as a way of life, as a lifestyle….”

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez from Boulder Colorado is a 15 year old Indigenous environmental activist and has spoken publicly at over 100 environmental and climate change events since his first climate change speaking engagement at six years old. He is co-founder of Earth Guardians a youth organization he leads to inspire and empower young people to unite on behalf of their future. He has worked locally in city councils and with county commissioners, to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash regulated, a fee on plastic bags, a moratorium on fracking and on many other issues.  He has filed lawsuits against his state and the federal government for not protecting the atmosphere based on the public trust doctrine. He went to Washington DC and met with Congress and White House staff and got the public support of over 80 congress men and women in his lawsuits. He has traveled to different parts of the world and throughout the United States waking youth and adults up to dire situation of our environmental and climate crisis and the need to take positive action NOW!

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Hereditary Chief Phil Lane, Jr. is a member of the Hinhan Wicasa Oyate, Yankton Sioux Tribe and Chickasaw Nation. For more than 45 years Phil has been working with Indigenous peoples from across the Americas, South East Asia, India, Hawaii and Africa. In 1970‐1971 Phil worked with Indigenous peoples in Bolivia. It was here where he began his lifelong dedication, with other indigenous peoples, toward actualizing the Reunion of the Condor and the Eagle. Phil served 16 years as Associate Professor in Indigenous Education at the University of Lethbridge, where, in 1982, he co-founded, with elders from across North America, the Four Worlds International Institute (FWII). With the guidance of the Four Worlds Elders Council and Phil’s leadership and applied experience, FWII has become an internationally recognized leader in human, community and organizational development because of the institute’s unique focus on the importance of culture and spirituality in all dimensions of development.